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Index Ventures raises 400 mln euros for early-stage fund: ReutersIndex Ventures, the firm known for backing online video-chat service Skype at its early stages, said on Tuesday that it had raised 400 million euros ($541.62 million) for a venture fund focused on early-stage investments.
Venture capital fund performance continues to make gainsVenture capital fund performance continued to make gains across most time horizons as of December 31, 2013, according to the National Venture Capital Association’s performance benchmark, the Cambridge Associates LLC U.S Venture Capital Index®. The quarterly, 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year horizons all showed higher returns with the 15-year horizon down from the previous quarter and the 20-year horizon unchanged.
- Australia PE delivers 22% in 2013
The country’s GPs outperformed the public markets by 200 basis points last year, according to AVCAL.
Sarona's PE fund-of-funds commits to 22 emerging markets fundsSarona Asset Management has committed to 22 private equity funds around the world since the launch of its fund-of-funds program in 2010. The firm is focused on making returns-generating investments in small and mid-market companies and private equity funds in frontier and emerging markets. It is based in Kitchener, Ontario, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Sarona's backers include the U.S.-based Overseas Private Investment Corp, which committed US$87.5 million to its strategy in 2012.
Gains in venture performance lift University of California portfolio: VCJA maturing slice of the University of California’s venture portfolio is benefiting from the venture industry’s performance gains of the past year, according to affiliate magazine Venture Capital Journal. The majority of the 20 funds the university holds with vintages of 2003 to 2006 advanced smartly in 2013 and 17 now have positive IRRs.
Fund performance: Gains in venture performance lift University of California portfolioFunds from the Column Group, GGV and Canaan advance smartly
- The post-Lehman winners(2)
This year's PEI 300 paints the clearest picture yet of the fundraising market since the financial crisis, with overall totals down as the 2008 funds drop out.
- The post-Lehman winners
This year’s PEI 300 paints the clearest picture yet of the fundraising market since the financial crisis, with overall totals down as the 2008 funds drop out.
- Commonfund expands London team
Former Cambridge Associates managing director Miriam Schmitter will join the firm as a director.