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Growing familiarity with AI and machine learning is helping break down investors’ natural resistance to category-defying technologies.

The burgeoning space that mixes biology, engineering, computer science and AI has already delivered some big exits.

The Canadian VC's sophomore fund, which is targeting $125m, held a first close on $58m, with support from Ceniarth, Equality Fund, KfW, Skoll Foundation and Wire Group.

With some $3bn allocated to venture capital, the Swedish firm is a heavyweight in the asset class. Head of private equity and infrastructure Stefan Fällgren explains how the investor works with VC managers.

What fund managers are experiencing is more complex than the headline numbers suggest.

Trained as a quantum scientific researcher, Kris Kaczmarek shifted his career focus to venture capital, excited by what a quantum-focused funds were building.

Our H1 Fundraising Report shows fundraising totals stabilizing, but the number of funds continuing to decline.

Fundraising stabilized in the first half of this year, with VC firms worldwide collecting $45.2bn, the same amount they raised in H1 2025. But fundraisers are by no means out of the woods.

LPs in €566m EQT Ventures I included HarbourVest, which led the new CV, as well as AP Fonden 4, Danica Pension, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Investor AB, Danish Export and Investment Fund, European Investment Fund and Tesi.

Increasing the UK pension fund’s VC allocation to £200m, the dedicated VC sleeve signals Nest’s intent to strengthen its support for the asset class, part of a broader vision to expand its private markets exposure up to 30% by 2030.