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The firm started raising the strategy in Q2 and aims to reach final close by Q1 next year as more funds emerge in this space, Private Equity International has learned.

The UK firm's oversubscribed Fund III closed after just five months of fundraising, buoyed by returning LPs such as Sofina, Granite Asia and Hillman Family Foundations, and new LPs including Horsley Bridge Partners.

Industry participants are trying to come up with standardized legal clauses to help enhance corporate governance in AI investments.

The London-based venture firm, which backs future-of-learning and future-of-work start-ups, is 'seeing more receptivity' from American LPs, says Brighteye co-founder.

How a small accelerator born at the Francis Crick Institute is helping UK start-ups find investors who speak their language

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

The £35bn retirement scheme, a longtime VC investor, works with external GPs at the seed stage, says head of UK productive assets Julia Diez.

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.