Private Equity
Cake Ventures, a new pre-seed and seed venture firm, has closed its debut fund at $17m to invest in companies creating technologies that address major demographic changes.
2 min read · 12 January 2023
Spooked by FTX, more VC firms will bolster their due diligence efforts before investing and insist on increased risk oversight at portfolio companies.
7 min read · 11 January 2023
California Public Employees’ Retirement System will commit $1 billion to two asset managers with new strategies focused on emerging managers.
4 min read · 10 January 2023
The impact secondaries firm has hired a veteran of sustainable private equity investing in anticipation of 'a lot of selling activity' by institutional investors.
2 min read · 10 January 2023
Ben Finlay, who is in his last semester at Princeton University studying religion, recently founded Plesion Capital to make impact investments in Africa. It is targeting $10m for its debut fund.
3 min read · 09 January 2023
Mendoza Ventures, a female- and Latinx-founded venture capital firm, announced that it has raised $100 million in the first close of its third fund.
2 min read · 07 January 2023
On top of excelling in their primary roles, many of this year’s Rising Stars spend significant amounts of time helping to bring underrepresented groups into the industry.
3 min read · 06 January 2023
CalPERS has made 18 commitments totaling $2.3bn to venture and growth funds managed by Base 10 Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia, among others.
4 min read · 04 January 2023
The co-founder and managing partner of Greycroft answers 10 personal questions.
2 min read · 04 January 2023
Monoful Venture Partners, the new Japanese VC arm of Singaporean logistics giant GLP, has held a first close on its debut fund.
1 min read · 03 January 2023
