Private Equity
In a sign of progress for the Japanese venture market, Japan’s $1.44trn Government Pension Investment Fund recently made its first disclosed commitment to a venture fund, Globis Capital Partners.
5 min read · 01 August 2022
It has taken nearly a decade, but Jenny Rooke made the long journey from writing personal checks for one-off deals to starting Genoa Ventures and raising a second fund that is nearly three times bigger than her debut.
4 min read · 29 July 2022
House Capital investors include tennis star Serena Williams, Creative Artists Agency founder Michael Ovitz and the co-founders of Dropbox, and Riot Games and YouTube.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Earlier efforts to reform carried interest taxation had stalled, before US Senator Joe Manchin announced on Wednesday that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had worked out a deal.
3 min read · 28 July 2022
Genoa Ventures of San Francisco has held a final close on $84m for its sophomore vehicle to invest in companies building products at the nexus of biology and technology.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Firm has raised more than $700m for three flagship funds and two other funds with a special focus on banking technology and the blockchain.
2 min read · 27 July 2022
Backers include founders of more than 18 fintech startups, including Alloy, LendUp, LoanPro, Moonpay and Nerdwallet.
2 min read · 26 July 2022
Late-stage fundraising is driving fund size, as former IPO investors continue to show interest in earlier fundraising stages and write bigger checks
4 min read · 15 July 2022
Swiss billionaire and philanthropist André Hoffmann is among the investors in Systemiq Capital's sophomore fund, which is targeting $200m.
2 min read · 14 July 2022
US venture funds sitting on a record $290bn in dry powder pumped the brakes on dealmaking in the second quarter.
4 min read · 14 July 2022
