Coronavirus

GPs and LPs can see clearly now the rain is gone. The vaccine rollout is removing obstacles out of the way for face-to-face contact, and with the dark cloud of the pandemic slowly being lifted, the venture community is planning their return to the physical world for work, but they won’t entirely leave the virtual behind.

In venture capital and other investment categories, compensation trendlines take on new meaning amid covid-19, though little change is expected in 2021.

The New York City firm has doubled down on its commitment to the local start-up community with a pair of fund closes totaling $200m; it also added Rebecca Price and promoted Jason Shuman.

The lines have blurred between work and home amid the pandemic. Laurie Tennant, the human resources leader at Norwest Venture Partners, discusses how the firm has managed through it all in the past year.

Amid lockdowns and remote working challenges, here are the top 10 investors who committed to venture funds in 2020.

Despite the pandemic, recession and social upheaval, most LPs in a VCJ survey say they plan to invest the same or more in venture over the next 12 months. Here’s what else they had to say about the asset class.

LPs poured billions of dollars into the VC market in 2020 and showed no signs of stopping in the wake of the coronavirus.

Retail, work and food production will be among sectors to watch in the year ahead, writes Scrum Ventures partner Ryan Mendoza.

Venture firms responded to working amid a pandemic in 2020 by conducting socially distanced walks and meeting more frequently over Zoom as part of their due diligence efforts.