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Texas County and District commits $100m to Lightspeed Venture Partners

TCDS has invested in multiple other Lightspeed funds and recent investments were closed on March 6.

2 min read · 16 March 2020

How UTIMCO’s head of VC left venture to help his alma mater – and tackle direct investments

UTIMCO's Conrad Shang, who says he is optimistic about the VC asset class, shares what he tells new managers he meets.

5 min read · 13 March 2020

LAFPP pumps nearly $250m into venture in 2019

The Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions dove headfirst into venture last year and ran laps around its 2018 commitment total.

2 min read · 10 March 2020

Illinois commits $50m to two Mayfield venture funds

IMRF committed to both Mayfield XVI and Mayfield Select Fund II. The pension system also had an active 2019.

2 min read · 05 March 2020

Insight Venture Partners XI grabs capital from two pension funds

Insight Partners captured $160m in recent commitments from MassPRIM and the Fresno County Employees Retirement Association.

2 min read · 03 March 2020

VC finally makes the map in Europe

Europe’s venture and startup ecosystem has made tremendous strides in the past decade, and a record amount of investment has produced a bevy of billion-dollar companies. When will institutional investors buy in?

10 min read · 01 March 2020

Alaska Permanent Fund puts $55m toward growth and venture

The fund invested $428m in Q4 across 17 different vehicles. Three of those vehicles were growth and venture capital funds.

2 min read · 24 February 2020

Home of Wolverines takes an even bigger bite of venture

The university endowment invested approximately $318.94m across 11 different vehicles during 2019.

2 min read · 18 February 2020

NY State Common commits $250m to growth equity

The behemoth pension system committed $250 million to Insight Venture Partners XI, which is targeting $7.25 billion to invest in growth companies.

2 min read · 13 February 2020

Most VC funds in CalSTRS’ mid-last decade portfolio have double-digit IRRs

OrbiMed, Summit Partners and Shasta Ventures lead CalSTRS' 2012 to 2017 vintage portfolio, according to the pension plan's recent performance report.

2 min read · 06 February 2020

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