Private Equity
SWEN’s Blue Ocean Fund is one of at least four funds that have collectively raised more than $400m to preserve ocean health.
4 min read · 21 March 2023
The Los Angeles-based firm sees opportunity where institutional capital is 'scared' to go.
3 min read · 20 March 2023
Immediately after the FDIC’s takeover of Silicon Valley Bank, the Chicago-based VC firm created a vehicle to help fund payroll and dug into start-ups’ arrangements with payroll providers.
5 min read · 17 March 2023
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank presents an enormous opportunity for venture debt providers.
5 min read · 17 March 2023
Non-solicitation and return-of-property provisions are likely to shift from individual employment contracts to M&A agreements if the ban is passed.
7 min read · 15 March 2023
Making up for several years of underinvestment in venture capital, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System committed more than $1.1bn to 15 venture vehicles last year.
3 min read · 15 March 2023
SVB Financial Group, the holding company of Silicon Valley Bank, is exploring strategic options for its various business lines, including a sale of its $9.5 billion funds-of-funds business that includes limited partner positions in funds.
2 min read · 14 March 2023
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, a longtime favorite of the tech industry, has venture capitalists scrambling to help portfolio companies that are depositors with the bank and make sure their own firms’ deposits are safe. One VC described the bank’s collapse as an “extinction level event” for technology start-ups.
9 min read · 11 March 2023
New research finds that more comprehensive and data-driven decision-making materially reduces the gender fundraising gap.
3 min read · 10 March 2023
A roundtable discussion with Patricia Muoio, partner at SineWave Ventures, Vesna Prchkovska, co-founder and CEO of QMENTA and Dipanwita Das, co-founder and CEO of Sorcero.
10 min read · 08 March 2023
