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One family office is mostly avoiding venture funds, while another is doubling down. Can both be right?

The family office, which has 60% of its private markets portfolio invested in venture, is looking for "deep vertical experience," says chief investment officer Russell Deakin.

Tell us who you think should be included on our sixth annual list of Women of Influence in Private Markets, which celebrates the achievements of women working across the alternatives ecosystem.

Among the limited partners in prior Rethink Education funds are Richard W Goldman Family Foundation, AL Mailman Family Foundation, IDP Foundation and Lumina Foundation.

Senior executives and domain experts enable portfolio companies to grow more quickly and gain a competitive edge over peers developing AI-native platforms.

The three venture firms were the first investors in the AI chip company, which raised a $27m Series A round in 2016.

With the Tokyo-based financial group as an anchor investor, Across plans to invest in more than 20 micro VCs focused on AI, fintech and blockchain, climate and health tech.

Investors are more wary of SaaS as they see a structural shift from enterprise products built around systems of record, seat licenses and humans manually navigating workflows to platforms pushing software toward systems of action, automation and outcomes.

Seeing the impact of AI on the VC industry, Cheng was re-evaluating how to be most useful to founders as an investor and liked Costanoa’s level of dedication to a smaller portfolio of start-ups.

AI-driven tech disruptions have raised questions over the sustainability of the recent pricing recovery in venture secondaries.