Apollo has announced it will buy a minority stake in Paris-based life sciences VC firm Sofinnova Partners, following Carlyle's purchase of Abingworth and EQT's acquisition of LSP.
3 min read · 17 May 2022
VC funds performed admirably during the Global Financial Crisis and produced stellar returns in the following years, so you shouldn't be overly concerned about current economic uncertainty.
3 min read · 13 May 2022
Australia’s biggest superannuation fund plans to grow its private equity portfolio from about $9bn to $18bn over the next two years.
2 min read · 11 May 2022
Venture Capital Journal identified six strategies GPs or LPs are using to increase diversity. Each is a real-world solution that other GPs or LPs can replicate without much difficulty.
2 min read · 06 May 2022
Founded by VC veterans Joanna Drake and Julie Wroblewski, Magnify Ventures beat its fundraising target after just nine months in the market.
2 min read · 04 May 2022
Defined contribution plans should let their members invest in private equity before they roll the dice on crypto. Pantheon is working on just such a plan.
3 min read · 29 April 2022
The co-founder and managing partner of UP.Partners, a new venture firm focused on mobility and transportation, answers 10 questions.
2 min read · 27 April 2022
Sequoia Capital India is right to make corporate governance a top priority. All VCs need to make "fiduciary" responsibility a regular part of their conversations.
4 min read · 22 April 2022
Fintech start-up Sweater has come up with a way for unaccredited investors to put as little as $500 to work in a type of virtual venture fund. Sixty thousand people are already on the waiting list, but you can be sure more will follow.
4 min read · 15 April 2022
Igor Rozenblit, former co-head of the SEC’s private funds unit, answers questions about the regulator's proposed rules for private funds.
4 min read · 06 April 2022
