As the tech sector has soured, so has investors’ appetite for venture funds, according to our annual survey of limited partners.
4 min read · 23 December 2022
More than 40 venture capital firms have pledged to invest more than $1.5 billion in Vietnam's start-ups over the next few years.
2 min read · 20 December 2022
Linse Capital, founded by former Kleiner Perkins partner Michael Linse, has raised $700m in fresh capital. About $563m of the total will go to Linse Capital Fund I, which will invest in a 'select handful of new companies per year, investing between $100m and $400m in each business over time.'
2 min read · 19 December 2022
Fundraising will get harder for VC funds because they compete with other private funds for investors’ PE allocations – and those allocations may get trimmed as fixed income investments become more attractive.
4 min read · 16 December 2022
Fifth Wall has closed on $866m for its Real Estate Technology Fund III, which the New York firm says is the largest proptech fund raised to date.
2 min read · 15 December 2022
Union Square Ventures, which has invested in 17 climate-related companies in the past two years, has closed on $200m for its second climate fund to keep the dealmaking momentum going.
2 min read · 14 December 2022
Braven, an early-stage investor, is led by William Abecassis, founder and former head of BlackRock's Innovation Capital venture group.
2 min read · 02 December 2022
Institutional investors are pulling back from venture funds and spending more time managing their private equity portfolios through secondary sales, a new Probitas Partners survey says.
3 min read · 02 December 2022
Bond is believed to be the first major US venture firm to sign the UN’s Principles of Responsible Investment.
5 min read · 28 November 2022
Motive Partners' deal to buy Embedded/Capital marks the fourth time this year that a venture firm has sold part or all of itself to a private equity firm or other investor.
3 min read · 23 November 2022
