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From family offices to pensions, notable news from venture LPs in 2020

LPs poured billions of dollars into the VC market in 2020 and showed no signs of stopping in the wake of the coronavirus.

3 min read · 23 December 2020

LP roundup: US pensions pump nearly a quarter billion dollars into funds

LPs announced $225m of new venture commitments including multiple organizations that haven't invested in the asset class in years.

2 min read · 11 December 2020

Hamilton Lane’s Paul Yett on being the firm’s first ESG director

The 23-year Hamilton Lane veteran is in the perfect position to help formally initiate the firm’s integration of ESG.

3 min read · 09 December 2020

Inside LAFPP’s specialized PE program

We examine how the Los Angeles pension’s initiative to back diverse and minority-owned PE managers has performed and evolved over more than a decade.

5 min read · 09 December 2020

OTV raises $170m to target digital health; adds new partner in Asia

The firm saw strong LP demand for its early-stage-focused healthtech fund as it soared past its $150m fundraising target.

3 min read · 03 December 2020

WSIB's performance shows dramatic rebound in Q2

The growth-equity and late-stage heavy portfolio of the $116bn LP cratered at the beginning of the pandemic, but it largely made up lost ground and then some by mid-year, with Sequoia Capital's recovery standing out.

3 min read · 24 November 2020

LP roundup: Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund invests in four VC vehicles

The pension system announced $85m of re-up commitments; MassPRIM made a re-up of its own into TCV's latest late- and growth-stage-focused fund.

2 min read · 20 November 2020

LP roundup: Pensions pile into GGV Capital's latest fund series

LPs re-upped more than $256m into the trio of funds as other vehicles around the globe continue to grab capital from new and old investors.

2 min read · 17 November 2020

UC Regents' performance shows VC is mostly immune to pandemic's woes

Out of the dozens VC funds in California's LP portfolio, most advanced amid the pandemic and during the fiscal year ending June 30.

3 min read · 16 November 2020

South-East Asia still has goldmine potential for LPs

Jungle Ventures' Amit Anand talks about growing interest in the region from European investors and why it is not too late for LPs to enter.

3 min read · 09 November 2020

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