Commitments

While the firm's venture capital and growth equity team favors re-ups with existing fund relationships, it spends a disproportionate amount of time with new managers to learn what's emerging in the market.

Menlo has doubled the size of its co-investment vehicle designed to give LPs exposure to Anthropic and other AI companies, a source tells VCJ.

The public pension committed up to $40m to two funds managed by Spark Capital and is mulling commitments to two other VC funds.

The pan-African development financier is targeting African-owned funds to direct attention to African tech and attract institutional capital.

The $40bn AUM pension system committed a combined $30m to two funds managed by Eclipse Capital.

The GP and LP have joined forces to strengthen Canada's venture ecosystem and help prepare emerging managers for discussions with institutional LPs.

Most of the $1.3bn in venture commitments are to firms that the LP has longstanding relationships with, but it's also backing emerging managers spinning out of brand-name firms with strong track records.

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.

Pension system overseeing more than $230bn in assets underwent a three-year due diligence process to find VC manager it believes can weather a challenged environment.

Foundations, family offices, development finance institutions and strategic corporations have pushed the Brazil-based VC to a second close.