Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) made a $20 million venture capital commitment in July, which makes venture the pension fund’s top private equity strategy so far in 2019. The California limited partner made a $20 million commitment to Threshold Ventures III last month, according to an investment report released this week. Threshold Ventures, the […]
Israel’s auto tech venture ecosystem is humming and startups are on pace surpass the $527 million raised in 2017.
Kuo-Yi Lim describes his perfect day as sitting in Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21 of Fenway Park, under 80-degree weather, with a hot dog and a cold beer. The seat, colored red, marks the longest home run ever hit at Fenway, by Ted Williams, on June 9, 1946. The ball traveled 502 feet from […]
Anik Bose, General Partner at BGV, shares his perspective on the rise of mega VC funds and the role of scale in venture investing.
Brick & Mortar Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture firm focused on construction tech, has wrapped up its maiden fund with $97.2 million in commitments. Brick & Mortar founder and Managing Director Darren Bechtel, who has construction and engineering in his family tree, told Venture Capital Journal that he came up with the idea for the […]
The firm is still courting LPs, but it said earlier in August that it has so far received pledges of $108 billion .
Summit Partners stands atop the venture portfolio with an IRR of 34.6 percent.
Last year’s ICO fervor is gone. In its place is a more realistic approach to blockchain and new thinking about tokens
Some proponents claim 2019 might be a breakout year for blockchain investments. Should you hold your breath or exercise patience?
Alastair “Ali” Mitchell is convinced there’s a place for data in venture capital when analyzing companies. Mitchell is a San Francisco-based partner at EQT Ventures, which is part of the Swedish private equity firm EQT and which raised a $630 million debut fund three years ago. The venture firm, which invests in European companies growing […]