Private Equity

Emerging Managers

Mountain of capital for climate funds continues to grow

Buoyant Ventures, a women-led fund, raised $76m to invest in digital solutions to combat climate change.

2 min read · 03 February 2023

Sapphire Sports nets $181m for sophomore fund

Return LPs include City Football Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, adidas, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Bank of Montreal, Intersect Capital, Wise Ventures and the ownership group of the Indiana Pacers.

2 min read · 27 January 2023

Ex-Carlyle exec nears first close on $500m deep tech fund

Pierre Mauriès, a former executive with The Carlyle Group and the Private Equity Technology practice director at PwC, is nearing a first close on a $500m fund for Nemesis Technologies.

3 min read · 19 January 2023

Head of TPG NEXT explains why VC is so important to its strategy

One of the two asset managers to which California Public Employees’ Retirement System allocated a combined $1 billion this week to expand diversity in alternative investment management said venture capital will be a key component of the inaugural fund it is launching with the pension fund’s capital.

4 min read · 12 January 2023

Diverse-led Cake Ventures raises $17m from BofA, Cendana, Pivotal, more

Cake Ventures, a new pre-seed and seed venture firm, has closed its debut fund at $17m to invest in companies creating technologies that address major demographic changes.

2 min read · 12 January 2023

CalPERS rains $1bn on emerging managers

California Public Employees’ Retirement System will commit $1 billion to two asset managers with new strategies focused on emerging managers.

4 min read · 10 January 2023

Faith drives college student to launch impact firm

Ben Finlay, who is in his last semester at Princeton University studying religion, recently founded Plesion Capital to make impact investments in Africa. It is targeting $10m for its debut fund.

3 min read · 09 January 2023

BofA anchors third fund from Mendoza Ventures

Mendoza Ventures, a female- and Latinx-founded venture capital firm, announced that it has raised $100 million in the first close of its third fund.

2 min read · 07 January 2023

New corporate VC Monoful holds first close

Monoful Venture Partners, the new Japanese VC arm of Singaporean logistics giant GLP, has held a first close on its debut fund.

1 min read · 03 January 2023

Israeli early-stage VC firm 10D raises two new funds

10D, an Israeli tech investor, has raised $245m across its second early-stage fund and first opportunity fund.

2 min read · 20 December 2022

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