Private Equity
A new accelerator program from CEMEX Ventures is the latest in a growing number of projects rolled out by corporate venture funds in recent years to provide established industrial players with an inside track on evolving technologies.
3 min read · 12 December 2022
The New York- and San Francisco-based firm raised $194.5m for its fourth flagship fund and another $153m for follow-on investments in its best-performing portfolio companies. 645 co-founders Aaron Holiday and Nnamdi Okike explain their strategy and share insights about the firm's value-added services.
4 min read · 01 December 2022
The Swedish firm has invested in 15 companies – two of which have had exits – that are led by women or immigrants or are located outside the Stockholm area.
3 min read · 30 November 2022
A new program founded by Clara Wu Tsai’s Social Justice Fund, with support from Visible Hands and Blue Pool Capital, will provide capital and mentoring to underrepresented entrepreneurs.
4 min read · 29 November 2022
EQT partner Lars Jörnow, who oversaw development of Candy Crush, explains why he is no longer excited about gaming, but instead focuses on companies serving the creator economy and electrification of traditional industries.
5 min read · 21 November 2022
Columbia Business School professor Angela Lee speaks to VCJ about what’s holding women back in the venture industry and how she’s trying to prepare them for an expanded role.
5 min read · 08 November 2022
The Liechtenstein Group, the investment arm of the princely family of one of Europe’s smallest countries, is seeking an inside track on tech to make its real estate holdings more sustainable.
4 min read · 02 November 2022
Bigger funds with stellar track records have continued to raise capital at impressive rates, but will fundraising get harder as some LPs confront the denominator effect?
10 min read · 01 November 2022
After raising $4.2m in pre-seed and seed funding, the Argentina-based biotech start-up is aiming to open a patient clinic by the end of 2023.
8 min read · 30 October 2022
The new female partner will help the firm continue to attract diverse founders and improve their access to 'deep pocket' investors in major markets for follow-on rounds.
3 min read · 19 October 2022
