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The fund primarily targets early-stage US startups in national security sectors like AI, space, cybersecurity, autonomy, and dual-use deep technologies.

Investors in Zeal's $82m Fund II include Capricorn Investment Group, Citi Impact Fund, Hampton University, M&T Bank, MassMutual, Spelman College, Wells Fargo and Zaffre Investments.

General Catalyst and IDG Capital were the biggest winners in Circle's IPO, with each holding 20.9m shares valued at $1.7bn at the closing price of $83.23.

The new investment platform builds on the foundation established by Denver Angels, the original investment group, and currently manages over $60 million in assets across multiple investment vehicles.

Pan Demetriou and Orr Vinegold aim to turn their accelerator into a sort of Y Combinator for UK impact brands.

'We decided to actively go find partners in Canada and Europe to be long-term partners,' managing partner John Tough tells Venture Capital Journal.

LPs in Longview’s North America University Innovations Fund include UK-based IP Group plc, institutional investors, large multi-family offices and prominent single-family offices.

Firm with $7.3bn raised in VC program since first fund in 1990 anticipating return of IPOs and M&As later this year or next, with uptick of CVs in the meantime.

Humain is an AI company owned and funded by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's $925bn sovereign wealth fund.

In part 21 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence explores the fundamentals of convertible notes and why they are a staple of early-stage financing.