IVP’s 2007 fund handily leads a mid-decade venture portfolio at San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System. The late-stage fund edges out competition from Landmark Partners’ secondary fund from several years earlier, but its advantage over the rest of the pack is substantial, according to a recent performance report. The SFERS portfolio is made up of 13 […]
Venture activity this year has been gradually expanding its reach outside its traditional hubs, with the most noticeable upticks in the states of Florida, Minnesota, Virginia and Oregon. An analysis of U.S. first-half deal-making found 20 states where deployed capital increased, even as venture capital nationwide fell 10 percent. The biggest gainer was Florida. But Oregon and […]
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As fintech evolves into its second iteration, one of the first advisers in the sector has consolidated some early moves into a dedicated fund
The San Francisco nonprofit organization found the overall performance of the women and their portfolios combined is a 3.78x, calculated before fees
Georgian Partners has secured US$375 million ($485 million) for its third growth equity fund, winning limited partners over to an investment strategy that adds to the firm’s pioneering focus on applied analytics. The Toronto-based firm announced the close of Georgian Partners Growth Fund III this week. It finished with more than twice the committed capital of its predecessor, which raised $200 million in April 2015. Georgian’s Fund III is one of Canada’s largest private tech partnerships on record, according to Thomson Reuters.
A total of 715 deals were completed in June, July and August, through Aug. 22, compared with 689 in 2009, according to preliminary MoneyTree data
VCJ found 77 funds ranging from seed-stage to growth and opportunity vehicles that are aiming to raise more than $8.7 billion in total commitments
It’s not often that the launch of a new $100 million fund undergoes the splashy intro similar to that of Bryant Stibel. But when you’ve been a professional basketball star for two decades, you’re a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a five-time NBA champion, an all-star 18 times over and you rank third all-time in league scoring, then […]
Two funds from Menlo Ventures, vintages 2011 and 2006, ranked on top of the WSIB portfolio of venture holdings from that period