Private Equity
The $10 million commitment represents a shift in New Mexico’s existing in-state investment program, which began backing late-stage businesses and venture funds more than 20 years ago
3 min read · 19 January 2016
All but two of the funds, which favors smaller early-stage vehicles, are in positive territory
2 min read · 18 January 2016
The number of new funds reached a five-year peak in 2014, but they appear to have leveled out in 2015
5 min read · 14 January 2016
M&A proceeds spiked in December thanks to Bristol-Myers' $2.1 billion acquisition of Cardioxyl, the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company in 2015
2 min read · 13 January 2016
Information Venture Partners, a venture firm launched in 2014 by former RBC principals, has secured most of the $100 million target set for its second fund, as investors show a growing appetite for opportunities in North America’s financial technology sector. The Toronto-based firm raised an initial $72.5 million for Information Venture Partners II from a group of LPs led by HarbourVest Partners.
3 min read · 12 January 2016
VCs seek sweet deals in Auto IT, including semi-autonomous driving technologies and other innovations
5 min read · 12 January 2016
Fontinalis Venture Partners, the Detroit-based VC firm that Bill Ford, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, helped launch in 2009, is raising a $125 million second fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2016
Emerging managers and international investments are responsible for an increasing number of distributions, according to a recent Cambridge Associates study
2 min read · 12 January 2016
Owl ramps up, adding a principal to help invest its latest $100 million education investment fund
1 min read · 11 January 2016
Top-performing funds in UTIMCO portfolio also included Union Square and Sofinnova, which distributed substantial capital
2 min read · 11 January 2016
