Private Equity
Pre-seed investor Beta Boom published its list of top angel investors based on liquidity and found how investing in diverse founders relates to their exit rates.
3 min read · 09 March 2021
D&I is a common talking point. A recent study by researchers at UC Berkeley aims to shed more light on the impact of gender and age when it comes to the performance of VC-backed start-ups.
2 min read · 26 February 2021
From Googling potential LPs to backing the most promising South African start-ups, Knife Capital's Andrea Böhmert is demonstrating that venture investing in the region can be profitable.
4 min read · 25 February 2021
A study by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Eric Ball and researchers from UC Berkeley shows investors may favor young male entrepreneurs, but their performance doesn’t necessarily justify that preference.
3 min read · 25 February 2021
Feel-good corporate slogans and good intentions are no longer cutting it when it comes to diversity and inclusion in the investment community. LPs are pressuring GPs to effect change.
10 min read · 22 February 2021
More firms are talking about diversity in venture, whether it's hiring diverse talent or investing in diverse companies. Should the venture community adopt more initiatives to address the inequities?
3 min read · 12 February 2021
This husband-and-wife emerging manager team is creating a new model for investing in diverse founders in the most unlikely place: Utah.
5 min read · 08 February 2021
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.
5 min read · 13 January 2021
We examine how the Los Angeles pension’s initiative to back diverse and minority-owned PE managers has performed and evolved over more than a decade.
5 min read · 09 December 2020
Biotech VCs have played a crucial role in developing medicines for the disorder before selling them to big pharma, and they've realized exceptional returns while making a difference in patients' lives.
4 min read · 03 November 2020