Fundraising

Limited partners in the firm’s prior funds include Passport Foundation and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance.

There is a growing gulf between the amount of capital VCs are trying to raise and how much investors are actually committing.

Vishnu Amble, founding director and head of investments for family office GreenBear Group, sits down for a Q&A with Venture Capital Journal.

With Riyadh Valley Company as an anchor investor, the new fund aims to help attract global innovation, foster Saudi talent and contribute to the country’s economic development.

Fundraising 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.

Speculation about mega-sized AI IPOs has growing numbers of VC-backed companies also queueing up to go public, while increasing demand for scale and strategic growth is expected to be a key factor in M&A activity.

Analysis by the Colibrí Institute of nearly 2,500 VC funds raised between 2000 and 2024 found that emerging managers outperformed established managers in DPI, IRR and TVPI.

'What is happening in the public markets lets us know the competitive landscape in the private market,' says Umesh Padval, who leads Seligman's new venture business.

Foundations, family offices, development finance institutions and strategic corporations have pushed the Brazil-based VC to a second close.