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Alaska Permanent Fund commits $180m to four venture firms

The sovereign wealth fund re-uped with Lightspeed, Index, Battery and Mayfield.

Industry Ventures seeks its ninth secondaries fund as interest grows for the strategy

New Mexico Educational Retirement Board confirmed its $50m commitment to Industry Ventures Secondary Fund IX.

Investors are clamoring to get into Homebrew's next fund

Demand for Homebrew’s new fund shows that strong VC managers are still attractive to investors in the wake of the downturn.

Glasswing Ventures sees many of its portfolio companies take off amid pandemic

The Boston firm's investments in collaboration, automation and cybersecurity have seen significant revenue growth since the start of the year. The positive news comes as the firm is in the market for a second fund.

Industry Ventures riding its bets on emerging managers and seeing them pay off

The firm's hybrid fund of funds makes primary investments in small emerging managers.

LACERA re-ups to Canaan Partners' latest fund in the market

The Los Angeles County pension committed up to $100m to Canaan Partners' latest fund, its second VC commitment of 2020.

Creative due diligence: VCs go on social distance walks with founders

In the age of coronavirus, VCs are looking for creative ways to get to know founders, including meeting six feet apart.

ESO Fund stays busy amid pandemic helping those laid off exercise stock options

By helping employees buy stock options, the San Mateo firm allows its LPs to access companies backed by top, hard-to-access VC firms.

MassPRIM commits $89m to two long-term partners

Massachusetts pension fund re-ups with Index Ventures and Flagship Pioneering, expects new deals to be done in a better pricing environment on a risk-adjusted basis.

LPs and GPs wrestle with how and when to mark down portfolios

NAVs of VC portfolios may come down by 20 to 30 percent, a public pension LP estimates.