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Shuen Chan has left UK insurer Legal & General’s asset management unit, which has combined responsible investment functions for public and private markets under one leader.

The government investor's Enterprise Capital Funds program will double its commitment pace over the next few years, says head of development equity funds Mark Sims.

New limited partners in the sophomore fund include The Health Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Vivensa Foundation, as well as some family offices.

VC firms worldwide collected $21bn in the first quarter, the same amount they raised in Q1 2025, in a prelude to what may turn out to be another poor year for fundraising.

The disconnect between GPs and LPs was on full display in the first quarter, according to our new report.

As due diligence intensifies, minor discrepancies or the wrong response during a background check can derail commitments and delay fundraises.

The firm began fundraising in March 2025 for Fund IV, which is targeting $50m to make seed investments in software start-ups.

Theseus Capital Partners, D3 Venture Capital, Green Flag Ventures, R-G AI and Radius Capital Ventures own combined shares worth $177m following IPO of the drone software developer.

Fundraising for women-led venture firms dipped again in 2025, but our analysis of four years of research shows that women-led firms' share of total industry fundraising is still growing.

A total of 127 women-led venture capital funds closed on a combined $2.45 billion in 2025, according to Venture Capital Journal's exclusive research.