Private Equity

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Cathay Innovation says positive impact investing will help world recover

The cross-border investor wraps up its second fund on target with €500m from strategic investors and opened a Singapore office this year.

3 min read · 14 May 2020

Momentum builds in the heartland as 128 new funds form in the last decade

Greg Beaufait of Dundee Venture Capital says a new report by the firm and Crunchbase covering Midwest venture activity shows that ‘If LPs don’t have exposure to this region, then they’re missing out.’

4 min read · 13 May 2020

Merchant Growth unveils new financing platform

Canadian financial technology lender Merchant Growth has launched a new financing platform to help support e-commerce companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 min read · 13 May 2020

Creative due diligence: VCs go on social distance walks with founders

In the age of coronavirus, VCs are looking for creative ways to get to know founders, including meeting six feet apart.

2 min read · 13 May 2020

5 reasons to fund a start-up in a recession

The covid-19 pandemic at the resulting economic downturn is like nothing we have ever experienced. But based on previous recessions, we know new ideas and new solutions are attainable.

4 min read · 13 May 2020

ESO Fund stays busy amid pandemic helping those laid off exercise stock options

By helping employees buy stock options, the San Mateo firm allows its LPs to access companies backed by top, hard-to-access VC firms.

4 min read · 12 May 2020

Vertex Ventures principal Chase Roberts uses his sales experience in search of the next deal

Now that Zoom, Slack and email are ubiquitous in the workplace, a San Francisco venture capitalist is looking for the next enterprise communications tool.

3 min read · 11 May 2020

Friday Letter: WFH may become the future of work

Investors miss the personal interaction, but anecdotally they say business is still taking place and deals are still getting done.

2 min read · 08 May 2020

GAN debuts new COVID-19 fund

GAN, a community of independent startup accelerators, studios and investors, have launched Founder Support Fund.

3 min read · 07 May 2020

YourNest looks to put its dry powder to work for deep tech in India

The firm looks to invest up to $10m into 10 or fewer deep tech companies in India through a rapid fire investing process.

3 min read · 07 May 2020

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