Lawrence Aragon

Are CVs the answer to exit woes?

Continuation vehicles allow VCs to hang on to a prized asset and deliver liquidity to their investors

Carrick’s first CV delivers 10x MOIC to Fund II LPs

About 20% of Carrick Capital Partners' Fund II LPs opted to roll their equity into the $600m continuation vehicle, says co-CEO Jim Madden.

Redstone catches wave of interest in ocean tech

LPs committing to the new ocean-focused fund include Finnish family owned investment company Aboa Advest, US multifamily office Adamo Capital and Swiss investment holding company ARGOng Investment AG.

PE to the rescue?

A growing number of VC-backed companies are selling to private equity, even though PE firms generally don’t pay as much as strategic buyers.

Growing love for secondaries

Investors are eager to make money on aging venture assets, putting billions to work in three new venture secondaries funds.

G Squared secures $2.3bn as venture secondaries heats up

The firm's seventh flagship is about twice the size of its previous effort and took half as long to raise.

DraftKings seed investor is raising a VC secondaries fund

Ryan Moore has closed on $78.5m for Revenant Ventures' debut fund, a regulatory filing shows.

Bubble talk

Public markets are signaling they’re skeptical about AI valuations. Should Anthropic backers be worried?

StepStone’s VC secondaries fund tops $1bn as LP interest grows

Ohio's $23.4bn public school employees' pension is the latest LP to invest in the fund, committing $50m.

DOWNLOAD: Fundraising stabilizes in H1

Our H1 Fundraising Report shows fundraising totals stabilizing, but the number of funds continuing to decline.