Amid a challenging fundraising environment, investors are scrutinising key person clauses, management fees and carry waterfalls.
LPs are planning to allocate more capital to emerging managers and widen their GP relationship network.
Women-led VC funds experienced a 25% drop in YoY fundraising through the end of November, a steeper fundraising drop than the overall venture industry.
Distribution-starved investors hope to see IPOs next year from several high-profile venture-backed companies, including Cerebras, Chime Financial, Hinge Health, Klarna and ServiceTitan.
AI agents are catching on for the promise they hold to enable truly autonomous workflows that can free up humans for higher-level tasks.
We just added six more firms to our Guide to VC Secondaries Buyers, bringing the total to 26 firms with more than $67.5bn in secondaries capital.
More than half of the firms on this year’s list report that their five-year fundraising totals declined or remained flat from the previous period.
Inside: Career advice from six women leading the way in venture capital; How one of the few women-led VC funds in India got off the ground; See who tops this year’s VCJ 50 ranking of the industry’s biggest fundraisers; Plus much more…
Six women who are veterans of the venture capital business share their advice for other women to get ahead in VC.
Continuation vehicles for venture assets were once rare. CVs from General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates could be the start of a new trend.