Venture Capital Journal surveyed 117 institutional investors worldwide to find out what is most – and least – important to investors in venture funds.
The Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System plans to ease back on its commitments to venture until it sees a rebound in the exit market.
Norrsken22 closed its debut fund at an oversubscribed $205m with support from its namesake foundation to invest primarily in sub-Saharan growth-stage companies.
Prior to joining Defy VC, Amy Yin was founder and CEO of OfficeTogether and Medha Agarwal was a partner at Redpoint Ventures.
Tight relationships with the US venture community are key when trying to choose best-in-class technology by global standards in brand new markets to invest in, and for bringing more experience into portfolio companies’ boardrooms.
Orange County Employees Retirement System, the City of San Jose Retirement System and UK pension fund Railpen are among the LPs betting on a new firm that wants to buy stakes in 15 to 20 VC management companies.
Menlo says the newly raised capital will go to its flagship venture fund Menlo XVI, Menlo Inflection III and affiliated funds 'with a mandate to invest in promising technology companies leading the AI transformation.'
Collective Global says it plans to invest in 15-20 venture managers in the US and Europe and has already agreed to acquire a stake in a "leading venture firm that invests in market-defining companies across technology and artificial intelligence."
Flashpoint RI Secondary Fund II will focus on companies with annual recurring revenue of $30m to $150m, says general partner Michael Szalontay.
In Part 3 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison of Applied Real Intelligence explains how to enhance equity upside through smart and creative structuring of deals.