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The early-stage healthcare investor spun out of medical insurance provider Commonwealth Care Alliance earlier this year.

The venture firm founded by GV founder and former CEO Bill Maris has held a first close on $413.5m for its sixth flagship fund.

From cheaper back-up satellites and new manufacturing systems to vehicles that allow for development of drugs and other materials in microgravity environments, defense tech companies are attracting more attention from VCs.

Carrie Rich started her non-profit in 2011 and only later realized it gave her access to a unique pipeline of social impact-focused entrepreneurs.

The ongoing shift from big, expensive military assets like battleships and fighter jets to smaller, more agile and less costly ones positions Anduril and other venture-backed companies to win more government and commercial contracts and draw more capital from investors.

Mismatched valuation expectations are impeding defense tech acquisitions.

The sovereign wealth fund committed to new funds managed by 8VC, DCVC, J2 Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Menlo Ventures and TCG Crossover Management.

In part 23 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence concludes a three-part deep dive on convertible notes, and walks through an example of a convertible note decision tree, complete with scenario probabilities, financial outcomes and expected value modeling.

CVs are gaining momentum in the VC industry as more venture firms use them to extend ownership of prized assets and generate liquidity for LPs.

'One of the things we’ve changed over the past couple years is we’re getting exposure to earlier rounds,' said UNF CIO Brian Neale.