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Bain Capital nearing final close of Asia fund worth $6bn

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NEW FUNDRAISING Bain Capital’s new Asia fund will focus heavily on Japan, where it has landed marquee deals such as the $18 billion buyout of Toshiba Corp’s memory chip business, said two of the three people. Read more: Yahoo Movies Can’t stop reading?

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PE activity weakens in H1 as survey shows tentative signs of optimism

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Data from the first half of the year from Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, shows a drop in activity amid challenging economic and market conditions.

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Chart of the Month: March 2023

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Ambition and Caution: A Comparison of Buyout and Venture Returns from 1998-2021 Given the wild drawdown in 2022 , we analyze d where seasick institutional investor s could bolster the stability of their portfolio s. Through two separate drawdowns from 1999-2008 , the average buyout fund held above a 1.5x

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CalPERS plans big VC push

Private Equity Wire

CalPERS plans big VC push Submitted 13/06/2023 - 10:33am A hunt for higher returns has prompted CalPERS, the biggest public pension scheme in the US with $442 billion in assets, to make a multibillion-dollar push into international venture capital following what it has dubbed a “lost decade” of returns, according to a report by The Financial Times.

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring. Sadly, he passed away last year, but I think he'd really love Ample Hills.

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US VC dealmaking plummets in H1, down almost 50% year-on-year

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Venture capital investment in the US suffered a huge drop in the first half of 2023 despite a series of big-money deals. The post US VC dealmaking plummets in H1, down almost 50% year-on-year first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Pension giant OMERS pulls out of European VC, sees better opportunities in North America

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Canadian pension giant OMERS is scrapping its European venture capital investment program after just four years to focus on 'better opportunities' in the North American market. The post Pension giant OMERS pulls out of European VC, sees better opportunities in North America first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.