Lawrence Aragon

Canadian venture fundraising turns a corner with help from VCAP

Latest data from the first half of 2015 show that the VCAP program, launched in 2013, has bolstered VC supply

Q2 2015 Financial and Legal Adviser League Tables

Download the year-to-date 2015 league tables for financial and legal advisers.

CalPERS to disclose carried interest payments this fall

CalPERS, the nation's largest pension fund, announced today that it will report the amount of carried interest it has paid to general partners for fiscal 2015 in the fall.

Get your Q2 2015 Private Equity slideshow

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the third quarter of 2015.

Texas Municipal Retirement System splashes into PE, plans to build $1.2 bln portfolio

Texas Municipal Retirement System is a holdout no longer. The board of the $24 billion retirement system approved the hiring of StepStone last week to advise on the construction of a $1.2 billion portfolio of private equity investments over the next five years.

Texas Municipal Retirement System splashes into PE, plans to build $1.2 bln portfolio

Silicon Alley and Silicon Valley jostle for the fintech crown

Xignite CEO Stephane Dubois compares and contrasts the fintech communties from the coasts

Whitecap opens up to outside LPs, raises initial $70 mln for Fund III

Whitecap opens up to outside LPs, raises initial $70 mln for Fund III

The decision to welcome outside LPs stems from the firm’s view that venture opportunities in Canada has never been better

IPO Profile: InVitae Corp

The San Francisco-based company, backed by OrbiMed, Wellington and others, raised a $1.1 million IPO