Managers

The New York City-based firm leverages its founders’ backgrounds to focus more on the builders of companies than the sectors they operate in.

LPs include the City of Fresno Retirement System, which has committed $20m.

Heyman is now co-managing partner of JPMorgan Growth Equity Partners, which closed on a $1bn fund last year.

Venture funds raised a little less than $83bn in the first three quarters of this year, down from more than $95bn in the same period in 2023, according to exclusive research by Venture Capital Journal.

How Alka Goel started one of the few women-led venture funds in India – and how she plans to maintain her momentum with her second fund.

Activate Capital is seeking its third fund, while 27 other VC climate funds have already closed on a combined $7.1bn this year.

Investors include high-net-worth individuals, family offices and registered investment advisers.

Rosalind Bazany, Beezer Clarkson and Senofer Mendoza are among the women Venture Capital Journal chose to recognize on PEI Group's fourth annual Women of Influence in Private Markets list.

Since its launch in 2012, the firm has backed a host of iconic companies, including Zoom, Twitter, Square, Coinbase and Palantir.

The $865m fund will be invested by a new growth team led by former TCV general partner Shalini Rao and including alumni of Bessemer Venture Partners, EQT Group, Insight Partners and Bond.