Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

Crown Growth Opportunities IV (CGR IV), the organization’s fourth international venture capital fund, underwent a final close at LGT Capital Partners Trough co-investments, secondaries, and funds, the Crown Growth Opportunities Fund IV collaborates with venture capital firms.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 25, 2024

World Fund, a Berlin, Germany-based climate tech venture capital firm, closed a €300M first fund. Read more on VCWire.tech, our new website […] The post World Fund Closes €300M First Fund appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Riverwood Capital, which invests in high-growth technology companies, closed $1.8bn in new commitments in the largest fundraising round since inception 15 years ago. Riverwood has invested in 75 companies, mainly in the Americas, including GoPro, ride-hail firm 99, software firm Globant SA, VTEX, Nextdoor and iFLY.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

is mulling the sale of $2 billion in private equity assets in the secondary market to raise capital for other investments, according to people familiar with the matter. Read More: Startup Shares Trading at 61% Discount Lure Venture Capital BCI, which invests the retirement savings of British Columbia’s public sector workers, returned 3.5%

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

European venture capital firms have invested over €96bn in almost 27,000 European companies and delivered 23% net annual returns over the last ten years, according to a new Invest Europe report. It also notes that European venture capital dry powder also rose to a record high of €53 bn in 2022.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 28, 2023

Correlation Ventures, a San Diego, San Francisco and New York City-based venture capital firm, closed Correlation III, at $130M. Limited partners included endowments, pensions, funds of funds and family offices.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

Just about every analyst who looks at fund investing has built one. You incorporate expected company returns, mortality rates, and fee structures to try to predict how a venture capital fund works from a cash in, cash out, and NAV standpoint. It's also not the "average fund". It's about building the exceptions.

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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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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Entangled Capital SGR Dea Capital Alternative Funds SGR IBLA Capital Generali Investments Europe S.p.A. SGR Alchimia Investments Sagard Equity Partners STYLE CAPITAL SGR S.p.A. Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt Sella Venture Partners SGR Investitori SGR HOPE S.B.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Pistachio (formerly known as CYBR), an Oslo, Norway based cyber security company, raised €3.25M in funding. The round was led by Signals Venture Capital, with participation from Norwegian pension fund MP Pensjon and existing investors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With the ongoing growth of its platform, Vistara is now seeking to broaden its investor base by targeting pension funds and other institutional investors, and geographically by launching vehicles for both US and international investors. Vistara is targeting completion of its fundraise during the first half of 2024.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 27, 2023

Tri Ri Asset Management, a New York-based asset manager, closed a venture capital fund, at $142M. The close of TRAM Venture Fund saw participation from two pension funds, a sovereign wealth fund, and Scandinavian & Swiss based family offices.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 17, 2023

LGT Capital Partners holds final close of Crown Growth Opportunities IV at over $930m Submitted 17/07/2023 - 11:52am LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) has held the final close of Crown Growth Opportunities IV (CGR IV), the firm’s fourth global venture capital fund with more than $930m in capital commitments, in excess of its original $750m target.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 12, 2023

Kyber Knight Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based new venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in early stage technology startups, launched with a $120M inaugural fund. Co-founded by Sunny […] The post Kyber Knight Capital Launches With $120M Inaugural Fund appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 25, 2024

The investment in Idealist marks the third by Canada Growth Fund, a $15-billion pool set up by Ottawa to help direct private-sector capital to Canadian technologies that help meet its commitments to reduce emissions. It is managed by PSP Investments, a public-sector pension-fund manager. a unit of Advantage Energy Ltd.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While it is never easy to raise a “blind pool” of capital, Mukul Gulati, president and chief investment officer of Zephyr Peacock India, says India is on everyone’s radar and pension funds and large endowment funds are sitting on a large pool of money. We don’t have to give them a speech on cash flows and profitability.”

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The Big Picture

APRIL 15, 2023

The Believer ) • Groundwater Gold Rush : Banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning California’s scarce water into enormous profits, leaving people with less to drink. Rather than court venture capital, cities must build new institutions to grow neighborhood wealth.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Taxes Banks 108

AltAssets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Pension investment major MassPRIM has picked a pair of venture capital funds for its latest alternative asset commitments. The post MassPRIM picks VC pair for latest alts fund commitments first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 8, 2023

The Alberta Investment Management Company’s vote of confidence in the UK capital defies the prevailing gloom over the country’s international attractiveness post-Brexit amid concerns that London’s position as a pre-eminent financial centre for international capital is at risk.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

trillion professional pension sector, with some funds holding almost half their assets in private markets. Since 2021, the regulator has pushed the sector to improve how it values assets that range from venture capital to office blocks. million Norweigans benefit from the Government Pension Fund.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.

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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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Venture Capital Pension Funds Startups Consultants 57

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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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2023

The growth came as the fund earned a 12-month total-fund net return of 4.8 The pension fund, which invests to pay for the retirement for 336,000 working members and pensioners, noted that as of Jan. 1 the plan was fully funded with a $17.5-billion billion funding surplus. per cent and 8.6

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

I got an internship on the buy side at the GM pension fund in high school--in 1997. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001. Venture Capital & Technology' My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed. Yeah, so, somewhere in there.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Startups Stock Market 117

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2013

Ten years ago, I was an analyst for the General Motors pension fund, working on fund investments into leveraged buyout funds and venture capital deals. I literally wrote the investment memo for GMs investment into Accel IX, otherwise known as the "Facebook Fund." (I Venture Capital & Technology'

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chern, an ex-Morgan Stanley banker, still sees a “golden period” of at least a decade with “minimal opposition,” noting there’s just a handful of infrastructure-focused funds in the region, compared to hundreds of its peers focused on areas like property and venture capital. “We

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Razak Musah Baba of IPE Real Assets reports OMERS Infrastructure secures C$525m of co-investment from third-party investors: OMERS has secured an additional C$525m (€356m) via its Strategic Partnership Program (SPP), which allows third-party investors to co-invest alongside the Canadian pension fund.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Previously she was Chief Investment Officer at various state pension funds, including Maryland and Hawaii. So when, when I think of bucketing, I think of a large institution that says, well we’re going to, we like this space, pick a space, private credit, venture capital, real estate doesn’t matter.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is for this reason that Canadian pension giant BCI finds itself in a rather enviable position. billion) public pension fund has spent much of the past decade using the secondaries market to cultivate a comparatively liquid portfolio of illiquid assets. We were very slow to get into venture capital and growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

The point is, someone building a career in venture capital that doesn't include prior entrepreneurial success probably doesn't look like they have much to offer in the beginning. You would see mostly unrealized investments, some of which had raised successful follow on rounds, but mostly too early to tell.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

If you’re interested in venture capital, in technology, in how to think about early stage investing, well, strap yourself in, this is a great one. With no further ado, my conversation with Union Square Ventures’ Albert Wenger. RITHOLTZ: Is that what led to your transition from entrepreneur to venture capital?

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Venture Capital Capital Funds Startups 118

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

I was working at the General Motors pension fund, and we were all huddled together in the trading room, which was the one place we had a television. Tags: It's My Life Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. I had just graduated college that year.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Startups Capital 97

Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

OTPP, which has almost C$250bn ($180bn) in assets, manages the pensions of 336,000 teachers in Canada’s most populous province. The ability of OTPP to invest in public equities alongside infrastructure, venture capital and property has helped it deliver average returns of 9.5 per cent a year since it was set up in 1990.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. Instead, you create a dynamic where it's actually easier for bigger funds to raise money from big institutions.

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