Private Equity
CalPERS portfolio sees performance declines in funds from VantagePoint and Chrysalix
2 min read · 03 February 2014
Northzone VII nears first close at €150 million, and Bowmark Capital closes its fifth fund
3 min read · 01 February 2014
SaskWorks Venture Fund, a retail venture capital fund managed by Regina, Sask.-based PFM Capital, has raised a total of $40 million in its latest fund-raising year, reaching its allotted subscription limit. Tax-assisted subscriptions are available under federal and provincial legislation to individual residents of Saskatchewan. SaskWorks Venture Fund invests in small and medium-sized private companies. It currently has over 27,000 shareholders and has approved for investment $310 million in 96 companies, according to the fund.
2 min read · 30 January 2014
Disclosed M&A deal grows 121% month-over-month
2 min read · 30 January 2014
Two of the firm’s funds win commitments from New York’s teachers’ pension system
2 min read · 29 January 2014
Boris Wertz launched Version One Ventures with the aspiration of making it “one of the top 10 seed funds in North America.” Less than a year later, he appears to have realized that ambition. U.S. data platform Mattermark last month ranked Vancouver-based Version One as No. 8 on a list of 115 leading VC investors. PeHUB Canada Editor Kirk Falconer sat down with Wertz to find out his secret to success.
7 min read · 29 January 2014
Dave McClure has raised just over $2 million from 24 investors for 500 Luchadores, a Mexico-focused seed fund, according to an SEC filing. McClure, founder of 500 Startups, began raising 500 Luchadores in November 2012. It has a target of $5 million.
1 min read · 27 January 2014
New York-based firm best known for backing Twitter and Tumblr quickly raised its fourth early stage fund and second “opportunity” fund
2 min read · 27 January 2014
The European venture capital business rebounded in the fourth quarter with fundraising and IPOs up and investments to startups growing at a smart pace, too. Twenty-three venture funds raised nearly $2 billion in the quarter, the most money raised in a quarter in two years, and eight IPOs of venture-funded European companies took place.
1 min read · 27 January 2014
The New Jersey Division of Investment also has stakes in Khosla, Tenaya funds
2 min read · 27 January 2014
