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Friday Letter: How are those term sheets looking?In these uncharted times, firms are rewriting term sheets and valuations are dropping. How will that impact current era funds?
Dave McClure is back, eyes hot secondaries marketThe founder of 500 Startups plans to raise a fund of more than $100m to buy GP and LP stakes in micro VC funds.
Friday Letter: VC could be headed for dark daysAre investors and entrepreneurs hungry enough to survive the bumpy road ahead?
Fundraising start-up Xen in talks with UN over impact platform – exclusiveThe start-up is expected to reach $100m of total fund commitments later this month.
MetLife to acquire VC-backed WillingMetLife Inc has agreed to acquire Miami-based Willing, a New York-based online platform for creating wills and estate-planning documents. No financial terms were disclosed. Willing's backers include Vayner/RSE, Switch VC, Sound Ventures and 500 Startups.
- MetLife to acquire VC-backed Willing
MetLife Inc has agreed to acquire Miami-based Willing, a New York-based online platform for creating wills and estate-planning documents. No financial terms were disclosed. Willing's backers include Vayner/RSE, Switch VC, Sound Ventures and 500 Startups.
How Khailee Ng is bringing impact to IndonesiaThe UN Development Programme in Indonesia has selected 500 Startups to jointly launch an impact investing accelerator.
Go Southeast, young VCIntudo Ventures has a laser focus on bringing investment and talent back to Southeast Asia
Toncheva promoted at USVP, Investor bails on Vision Fund, and a monthly recap of other VCs on the MoveA compilation of personnel moves from the previous four weeks at various firms, including USVP, Next Ventures and SoftBank
Side Letter: Wellcome Trusts in VC, secondaries mega-sales, StepStone eyes HNWIsThree global institutional investors including ADIA are eyeing secondaries sales that could total $10 billion – a sign that a mega-sales phase is upon us again. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.