Growth Investing

With more VC-backed start-ups choosing to stay private longer, liquidity to fuel recruitment and retention is in short supply. A new partnership between NewView Capital and Carta aims to make company-sponsored tenders easier to execute.

With commitments from returning LPs, as well as new endowments, family offices and its first two public pension plans, the new fund has made 12 investments to date.

Climate tech funding coalition appoints Jay Dessy as its first CIO and names Just Climate and GenZero as new members as it carries out its first investment.

The vehicle could allow the firm to double down on its early-stage AI bets such as 'vibe coding' start-up Lovable.

The firm's previous effort closed on $5.75bn in July 2024 with support from big pension funds such as New York State Common Retirement Fund, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio and San Diego City Employees' Retirement System.

In nearly six years at Index, Fiorentino led investments in more than 10 companies that raised follow-on funding, including RevenueCat, Loop and Pomelo, among others.

Insight Partners closes on a combined $12.5bn for Fund XIII along with a buyout co-invest fund and opportunities fund, short of Fund XIII’s target of $20bn.

The fund's investors include the European Investment Fund.

Amit Agarwal, who stepped down as president of Datadog at the end of 2024, has been named a general partner at Iconiq Growth.

Heyman is now co-managing partner of JPMorgan Growth Equity Partners, which closed on a $1bn fund last year.