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

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.

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.

As part of the Menlo Park, California-based firm’s foundational team, the 25-year VC veteran has recent experience as head of Five Arrows Global Technology and as senior portfolio manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Analysis by the Colibrí Institute of nearly 2,500 VC funds raised between 2000 and 2024 found that emerging managers outperformed established managers in DPI, IRR and TVPI.

Pricing on VC secondaries is less attractive now, says Schroders Capital venture chief Steven Yang. He is also warier on certain segments of AI tech.

LPs aren't happy with VC performance, but they aren’t cutting back on their commitment pace. Yet.

Our LP Perspectives 2026 Study shows most LPs have no plans to cut back on commitments to venture, even though half say their VC holdings are underperforming benchmarks.

Valerie Red-Horse Mohl reasons that the shorter investment turnarounds in venture capital could help increase liquidity for New York City's pension funds.

Venture capital opportunities in defense technology are proliferating but they pose challenges, says Mercer’s Garvan McCarthy.