Managers

Blackbird raised A$1bn for its fifth flagship fund from 270 investors, including Aware Super, HESTA, Hostplus, The Future Fund and Elevate NZ Venture Fund.

The firm closed its debut fund at about $90m, surpassing its $50m target.

Despite the general fear of a recession looming, the optimism around the emerging manager landscape was pronounced at the inaugural Emerging Manager Circle Summit.

EQT Ventures III is focused on European and North American early-stage tech start-ups.

Quona Capital, which invests in fintech companies targeting underserved consumers and businesses mostly outside the US, has closed its third fund at $332m, beating its $250m target.

Columbia Business School professor Angela Lee speaks to VCJ about what’s holding women back in the venture industry and how she’s trying to prepare them for an expanded role.

BK-XL will invest up to $500,000 apiece in the 12 start-ups selected for its inaugural 2023 group.

Preliminary data from placement agent Probitas Partners’ annual survey of institutional investors shows a sharp decline in interest in VC funds around the globe.

Boost VC's founder, a fourth-generation venture capitalist, invests at the pre-seed stage in things that may one day bring his love of Iron Man to reality.

Firefox developer Mozilla has unveiled a new $35 million venture capital fund, Mozilla Ventures, to focus on early-stage tech start-ups.