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Tapping the cultured meat marketTenacious Ventures-backed Vow appeals to investors because it has no intention of replacing conventional meat.
Australia's Future Fund sees PE exposure shrink after ‘considerable’ distributionsThe sovereign wealth fund posted a roughly $552 million quarterly decline in its PE holdings, according to a Wednesday portfolio update.
Future 40 Leaders – 2024: InvestorsThis year's cohort of Future 40 investors have been making strides with their institutions' private markets programmes, from leading co-investments and sourcing emerging manager relationships to enhancing due diligence processes.
Side Letter: TA's $16.5bn haul; VC's top-performing GPs; ESG family fortunesMonday is a bank holiday for our readers in the US, so we'll return to your inbox on Tuesday. In the meantime, TA Associates has beaten its target when many others are struggling to even meet theirs. Plus: venture capital's top-performing GPs. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Blackbird's VC offering hits A$1bnThe Australian investment firm has raised just under $640m for its latest venture capital offering.
Global Investor 100: Notable firms that missed the cutSome significant investors did not appear on this year’s Global Investor 100.
Why Australia’s Hostplus is piling into venture capitalPEI caught up with Neil Stanford, head of PE at the A$45bn superannuation fund, to discuss its push into Aussie VC and its aversion to large domestic buyouts.
Sovereign investors pile into China and tech investing – reportAlmost two-thirds of those surveyed by Invesco are shying away from Europe due to Brexit, while more than 80% say the ongoing US-China trade dispute remains a key concern.
Future Fund chairman warns of risks to SWFs from rising populismPeter Costello says partnerships with local investors and greater transparency on the part of sovereign funds is the way forward.
Future Fund’s PE portfolio grows by $1.9bnThe increase in the last quarter was due to the US dollar’s appreciation to the Australian dollar, Future Fund chief executive David Neal said.