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Blackbird soars to new heights down under

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.

3 min read · 14 November 2022

Colorado's VoLo Earth Ventures beats target for climate fund

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

2 min read · 10 November 2022

The unaddressed opportunity in emerging managers

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

6 min read · 10 November 2022

EQT Ventures raises €1.1bn for companies targeting 'biggest challenges'

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

2 min read · 09 November 2022

Fintech-focused Quona Capital raises $332m for third fund

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.

1 min read · 09 November 2022

Bringing top-notch venture training to female investors

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.

5 min read · 08 November 2022

Brooklyn Nets co-owner launches accelerator for BIPOC founders

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

2 min read · 07 November 2022

Friday Letter: Fundraising is going to get a lot tougher

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

3 min read · 04 November 2022

Getting personal with Adam Draper

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.

3 min read · 03 November 2022

Firefox developer Mozilla rolls out $35m venture fund

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

1 min read · 02 November 2022

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