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The global smart home healthcare market is expected to grow at an annual rate of more than 23% over the next 10 years, with growing preference for services being fueled by convenience, the ability to lower hospital costs and advances in telemedicine.

Investors include La Caisse, BDC, Investissement Québec, Teralys, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, CIBC and Fondaction.

The industry is on pace to collect upwards of $94bn this year, an improvement over 2025 but down sharply from previous years.

LPs have earned just 41 cents for every dollar invested in vintage-2017 venture funds.

Europe has proven comparatively resilient, while venture capital – especially in Asia-Pacific – continues to bear the brunt of the industry’s fundraising slowdown.

'We're at sort of the inflection point' of focusing on Southeast Asia, says Allen Taylor of Endeavor Catalyst, which has just closed on $320m for its fifth fund.

The venture capitalists who appear on this year's Women of Influence list were selected from roughly 60 nominations from eight countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Spain, the UK and the US.

We asked this year’s Women of Influence which trends are catching their eye – and how those trends might develop.

Women of Influence share their words of professional wisdom.