Asia-Pacific

The backer of Canva and five other unicorns reportedly attracted commitments from Harvard's endowment, MetLife and the University of Wisconsin’s endowment.

Investors are on pace to commit to 10% fewer venture funds this year, according to Venture Capital Journal research.

The giant asset manager's Private Equity Solutions platform will make about 20-25 investments in a mix of early-stage funds and co-investments in later-stage companies.

Venture funds raised $41.6bn worldwide in the first half of this year, down from $60bn in H1 of last year, according to exclusive research by Venture Capital Journal.

This is at least the second time IDG has tapped the secondaries market for a CV deal, having previously completed a GP-led five years ago.

With extensive experience in enterprise-ready technology, the firm will invest in 25-30 companies across various funding stages that are developing financial service and supply chain products and services.

The aviation investment manager plans to raise a new fund that will build on JetBlue Ventures’ existing portfolio and expand founders’ access to more strategic relationships around the world.

The firm hopes to enable technology transfer and more employment opportunities in emerging markets by encouraging portfolio companies to scale manufacturing overseas.

Fund II is targeting $25 million to make pre-seed and seed investments in Indian start-ups.

A seasoned angel investor, Anand Chandrasekaran is excited to apply his operating skills to further advance the deeptech VC’s hardware systems practice.