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The board of the sovereign wealth fund is considering a proposal to increase its target allocation to venture capital strategies to a range of 10-25% from a range of 0-5%.

Women-led VC funds experienced a 25% drop in YoY fundraising through the end of November, a steeper fundraising drop than the overall venture industry.

"It’s fair to say this fundraising was the smoothest, most efficient, and most oversubscribed fundraise we’ve had in the 20 years and 10 funds since I joined the firm," says partner Bruce Booth.

The early backer of UiPath sees great promise in founding teams from Central and Eastern Europe who have grown more ambitious now that they see billion-dollar outcomes are achievable.

The fund is targeting pre-seed and seed opportunities within the artificial intelligence sector with a particular focus on infrastructure and enterprise applications across relevant verticals.

In part 15 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence examines the methodologies and challenges of valuing early-stage companies in venture lending.

The emerging manager's strategy of investing in both VC funds and start-ups allows family offices to access the VC market through a single commitment, partner Daniel Sakovics tells Venture Capital Journal.

Fund II is 90% larger than Theory Ventures' debut fund, which secured a commitment from The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

The firm has raised $2.2bn for a dedicated fund 10 months after being the lead investor in a GP-led process moving two companies out of German PE/VC firm LEA Partners' Fund I into a separate vehicle.

Distribution-starved investors hope to see IPOs next year from several high-profile venture-backed companies, including Cerebras, Chime Financial, Hinge Health, Klarna and ServiceTitan.