The Motley Fool

APRIL 19, 2024

One aspect of its strategy has been using its venture capital arm to launch funds that invest in innovative companies focused on lower carbon energy. Chevron just launched its third fund, committing to invest another $500 million in lower-carbon energy. billion) and electric-vehicle (EV) charging company ChargePoint.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

Hercules Capital Hercules Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that allows anyone with a brokerage account to participate in exciting venture capital investments. For example, Hercules invested in Palantir Technologies a few years before it began trading publicly.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 26, 2023

The company attracted angel and individual investors, such as Yildiz Tekno Venture Capital Investment Trust, Yildiz Technical University Technopark, who participated in the pre-sale rounds. Metatime, a Istanbul, Florida, Vilnius, and London-based blockchain technology company, secured $25M in total funding to date.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

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 The post Bain Capital nearing final close of Asia fund worth $6bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Schwartz advises companies and private equity and venture capital funds on their capital solution needs, from raising capital to deployment and management.

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AltAssets

JULY 14, 2023

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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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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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FinSMEs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Ribbit Capital, a Palo Alto, CA-based fintech focused venture capital firm, raised approx. According to a regulatory form filed with the SEC, the total number of investors who already have invested in the offering of Ribbit Capital X, L.P. USD800M for its latest fund.

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AltAssets

AUGUST 10, 2023

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.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 29, 2023

The round saw the participation from Green Co-Invest Investment Limited Partnership, Pacific Bays Fund 1 & 1A Investment Limited Partnerships (Pacific Bays Capital) and MSIVC 2021V Venture Capital Investment Limited […] The post Gitai Raises Additional US$15M in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The round, which brought the total amount to $19.4M, was led by Standard Skyline with participation from Durst Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of the Durst Organization, and HNW individuals. Skyline Robotics, a NYC-based developer of Ozmo, a robotic-armed window cleaning robot, raised $9.8M

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt Sella Venture Partners SGR Investitori SGR HOPE S.B. SICAF Retail Davide Resta Consulting Argos Wityu Italian office Wise Equity United Ventures SGR S.p.A LGT Capital Partners Ltd.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

To survive this hypercompetitive landscape, some of the country's largest cultivators have decided to diversify their revenue streams to include alcohol, ornamental flowers, vegetables, and even venture capital investing activities.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 27, 2024

If you're seeking passive income from your investment portfolio, Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is one stock that may have caught your attention. Hercules Capital invests in venture-backed start-ups, and offers an ultra-high dividend payout of over 10% annually. Image source: Getty Images.

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Venture capital investor Global Millennial Capital has closed its debut fund thanks to an anchor commitment from the Qatar-based Al Attiyah family office. The post AI-powered VC investor Global Millennial Capital closes debut investment fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

JULY 28, 2023

Vertex Holdings, Singapore’s state investor Temasek Holdings’ corporate venture capital arm, raised over $900m in the first close of its latest fund. The fund’s fundraising target of $1 billion is slated to be reached in the coming months.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

I believe that 2024 will be a coming out party for the new energy stack and I am excited to be investing in this area and helping to make it happen. So if we have healthier capital markets and more innovation than ever, what is up with the venture capital ecosystem? Well, that’s not such a happy story.

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FinSMEs

JULY 5, 2023

The round was led by Esas Ventures, Alarko Ventures, APY Ventures and Mindvest GSYF (Venture Capital Investment Fund). GoWit, a Newark, DE-based AdTech company delivering individualized, multi-channel Retail Media advertising solutions, raised US$ 1M in funding.

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The Healthcare Investor

JULY 12, 2023

The new fund, Small Cap IV, will target control and minority investments in healthcare, consumer and software/technology companies across North America, Europe and Asia. offices in New York and San Francisco, is a global private equity and venture capital investment firm with about $5.5 Cathay , with U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Additionally, we welcome new investors, including OMERS, Caterpillar Venture Capital, Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Deepwater Asset Management, among others, who will help bring us closer to creating a closed-loop battery materials supply chain to power our sustainable future. Source: Batteries News Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Along with managing director and Group Head Ben Baker, who joined Greenbacker in 2020 to launch the strategy, Bhalodia will lead origination, execution, investment management, and capital raising for GDEV.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

.” Cathay Capital’s latest fund is backed by a diverse group of existing and new global investors comprising sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, corporates, and family offices. The firm helps middle-market companies and startups navigate the opportunities for international expansion and sustainable transformation.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Tech-focused early-stage investor Inovia Capital has raised its first-ever discovery fund targeting investments in North America-focused venture capital vehicles. The post Inovia Capital to back next generation of emerging VC firms with debut Discovery Fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Cobalt

MARCH 8, 2023

One reason for this consistency is the buyout’s relatively safe investment focus: investing in established firms that are not necessarily cyclical. On the other hand, venture capital has ( unsurprisingly ) a highly volatile history. Looking Ahead At face value, these are hardly novel ideas.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Tiger Global struggling to attract cash for new VC fund Submitted 19/06/2023 - 11:11am Tiger Global Management LLC is struggling to attract commitments for its latest venture capital investment vehicle, with the hedge fund firm having so far secured about a third of its $6 billion target, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 14, 2019

And it turns out that the Whaling industry in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries looked remarkably similar to today’s venture capital business. This is a chart that plots the distribution of returns by whaling voyage vs venture capital fund. A better word would be Whales. I hope it catches on.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 23, 2023

Harmonix launches fundraising for Fund III Submitted 23/06/2023 - 11:47am Harmonix Management, a venture capital investment firm focused on investments in science-driven startups, has launched fundraising for its third fund (Fund III) which will will continue the firm's strategy of focusing on healthcare, life sciences, and deep tech investments.

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H.I.G. Growth Partners

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Growth Partners (“H.I.G.”), the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, was named one of the Top Private Equity Firms of 2023 by GrowthCap, an advisory firm specializing in growth capital. Growth Partners is the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. About H.I.G.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 2, 2023

The round was led by MUUS Climate partners, joined by Bentley Systems, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Export Development Canada, Invest Victoria, Australia, Forward Venture Capital, Techstars, and other investors.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 21, 2020

While it is nice to have these “rights”, the need for this letter actually has very little to do with how venture capital firms want to work with a portfolio company. The existence of these letters has everything to do with where the venture capital firms get their funds from.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 6, 2023

Venture-capital investments are plunging, along with valuations of prepublic companies. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push for new rules to crack down on the internet giants. The Justice Department just can’t stop filing antitrust suits against Google.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 16, 2024

Poloz will lead a “working group” that will look at what it will take to get Canadian pensions to put more of their capital into domestic opportunities — including housing development, venture capital and infrastructure such as airports, the government said in budget documents Tuesday.

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H.I.G. Growth Partners

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

They conclude that the group of investors included on this list represents, “the top tier in software investing.” Growth Partners is the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $59 billion of equity capital under management.*

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Riskier assets, like venture capital investments, would require a much higher return than 5 to 10% a year. At USV, we generally underwrite to at least 10x our investment if the company is successful and drop down to maybe 5x on more mature companies where we have a much better line of sight to an exit.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Invest in Europe 's “ Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2022 ” research has shown that 801 European private equity, venture capital, and growth funds raised 30% more in 2022 compared to 2021 (€170 billion in 2022 compared to €131 billion achieved in 2021). Tamara Djurickovic of tech.eu

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The hand wavy thing is Sam Bankman-Fried, took customer money and he spent it on condos in the Bahamas, and political donations and irresponsible venture capital investment. Part of120 Venture Capital firms invested in him. But where the money went. If it's all so obvious, why wasn't it obvious then?

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