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Side Letter: 100 women-led funds; Guy Hands heads off; Iberian PE inflowsOur colleagues at Venture Capital Journal have compiled an essential guide to women-led funds. Plus: domestic LPs are pouring into Spanish private equity; and Hamilton Lane has shaken up its leadership. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Diverse-led Cake Ventures raises $17m from BofA, Cendana, Pivotal, moreCake Ventures, a new pre-seed and seed venture firm, has closed its debut fund at $17m to invest in companies creating technologies that address major demographic changes.
Friday Letter: How Rising Stars are lighting a path for a brighter futureOn top of excelling in their primary roles, many of this year’s Rising Stars spend significant amounts of time helping to bring underrepresented groups into the industry.
EBRD backs 500 Istanbul Fund IIEBRD commits €5m to 500 Global.
Women-led VCs are steadily overcoming fundraising challengesThe fact that three firms led by women raised multi-billion funds within a couple of months is worth celebrating, but female-led VC funds still account for only a fraction of the industry.
Friday Letter: SEC is right to tighten up on ESG claimsThe SEC’s proposals to require a kind of 'truth in advertising' around ESG funds are a good first step.
Women-led VCs hit milestone but still face significant fundraising challengesThe fact three firms led by women raised multi-billion funds within a couple of months is worth celebrating, but female-led venture capital funds still account for a fraction of the industry.
Sprout.vc amasses initial C$10m for sophomore seed fundThe fund will invest in B2B software startups in Western Canada.
500 Global leads C$8m round for HR tech startup AlongsideMoncton, New Brunswick-based Alongside, a human resources technology startup, has collected C$8 million in growth financing.
Verofax scores $1.5mVerofax Limited, an asset digitization and traceability solutions provider, has secured $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding.