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Data Deep Dive: Number of new women-led fund launches hits 15-year lowFundraising for women-led venture firms dipped again in 2025, but our analysis of four years of research shows that women-led firms' share of total industry fundraising is still growing.
Voyager Ventures collects $100m for climate tech fundVoyager Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage climate tech companies in North America and Europe, has closed its inaugural select fund at $100 million.
UK pension pool earmarks £1.35bn for climate-focused fundsBorder To Coast Pensions Partnership, a £22bn UK pension pool, has earmarked £1.35bn for climate funds. About 20 percent of the total will go to venture capital.
WellSaid Labs gains $10m Series AWellSaid Labs, an artificial intelligence text-to-speech technology company, has raised $10 million in Series A funding.
Colony to sell iconic hotel for $275mFairmont Raffles Hotels International, the hospitality company taken private by Colony Capital and Kingdom Holding Company, is reportedly preparing to sell the legendary Raffles Hotel in Singapore to Qatari Diar. The Qatar sovereign wealth fund has yet to decide on the amount of money required to refurbish the colonial icon.
- Klein takes top job at Citi
Michael Klein, who has helped Citigroup’s investment banking division become a key service provider to private equity firms globally, has been appointed head of wholesale banking in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- Saudis Add to Canadian Real Estate Holdings
Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has acquired the recently-opened Four Seasons Hotel Toronto for C$200 million. The Saudi-owned KHC, which undertakes private equity and other types of investments worldwide, increased its interest in the Canadian hotel management sector with this buy. KHC has owned shares in Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts since the mid-1990s, and in 2006 took the company private in collaboration with Cascade Investment LLC, owned by Bill Gates, for C$4.2 billion.
- Bruce Chizen Joins Voyager Capital
Two years after stepping down as the CEO of Adobe, Chizen tightened his relationship with Voyager and became a partner. He had his pick of VC firms, he said, but he thinks Voyager is best positioned for the new, shrinking world of venture capital. It makes small investments -- $1 million to $2 million initially, $10 million to $20 million total -- that don't require a $500 million IPO to get a return. "We're not going to be seeing many of those in the future," he said.
- peHUB Wire: Friday, September 18, 2009
Why Isn’t This Extortion?
- peHUB Wire: Friday, September 18, 2009
Why Isn’t This Extortion?