Private Equity

Venture capital

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VC to benefit from Middle East diplomacy changes

The Abraham Accords normalised relations between the UAE and Israel, and investors in the Middle East are optimistic about the opportunities.

3 min read · 30 November 2020

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Wealth management’s tech evolution

Changing consumer attitudes have been driving innovation in the sector and providing an expanding list of opportunities for VC.

5 min read · 02 November 2020

News & Analysis

An insider’s guide to CPPIB’s venture effort

Monica Adractas, head of venture capital funds, gives an exclusive tour of the Canadian pension investor’s $1bn programme.

5 min read · 24 August 2020

HNWIs

Betting on unicorns just became less hazardous for HNWIs

Although HNWIs have not been precluded from acquiring positions in pre-IPO businesses via the secondaries market, the process can be complex and fraught with risk.

5 min read · 27 July 2020

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Under the hood of CLSA’s first direct secondaries platform

Hong Kong-based CLSA is seeking up to $100m from the likes of HNWIs and wealth managers to build a portfolio of pre-IPO tech unicorns, sister title Secondaries Investor understands.

2 min read · 23 July 2020

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Why are sovereign wealth funds in love with venture?

Sovereign wealth funds have boosted their investment in VC deals by more than 19x over the past 10 years.

3 min read · 07 July 2020

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Fintech opportunities prove resilient amid covid-19 disarray

The fintech sector has become fertile hunting ground for VC and private equity investors in recent years, and covid-19 is set to unearth new opportunities in this maturing market.

7 min read · 30 June 2020

Deals

How covid-19 affected Chinese PE activity in Q1

Early stage VC investments propped up Chinese dealmaking statistics in the first quarter, according to Hao Zhou, head of Bain & Co's Greater China PE practice.

2 min read · 29 April 2020

Fundraising

SoftBank ponders ‘bridge’ fund to regain LP confidence, says Masayoshi Son

The Japanese tech conglomerate has preemptively spent $1.7bn from new vehicles established to hold assets that are expected to be treated as the initial investments of Vision Fund 2.

2 min read · 12 February 2020

News & Analysis

UK venture funds fare favourably when compared with US

A recent report from the British Business Bank found that UK venture funds with a vintage year between 2002 and 2006 outperformed US funds from the same period.

3 min read · 24 October 2019

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