Private Equity
Amazon Catalytic Capital, the e-commerce giant’s new $150m fund of funds, has already backed four funds. Here’s what it’s looking for.
4 min read · 19 December 2022
Union Square Ventures, which has invested in 17 climate-related companies in the past two years, has closed on $200m for its second climate fund to keep the dealmaking momentum going.
2 min read · 14 December 2022
'There’s a tremendous amount of pressure to get money invested, which results in managers accepting investments without the standard governance practices you’d like to see,' says Alaska Permanent CIO Marcus Frampton.
3 min read · 08 December 2022
Braven, an early-stage investor, is led by William Abecassis, founder and former head of BlackRock's Innovation Capital venture group.
2 min read · 02 December 2022
EQT partner Lars Jörnow, who oversaw development of Candy Crush, explains why he is no longer excited about gaming, but instead focuses on companies serving the creator economy and electrification of traditional industries.
5 min read · 21 November 2022
The system, which has backed recent funds from Canvas, CRV, Khosla and Threshold, plans to target $260m in PE commitments in 2023, down from $340m so far this year.
2 min read · 17 November 2022
The diverse manager, which draws on consulting experience from its sister company Fiat Growth, set out to raise $15m but ended up closing on $25m.
3 min read · 16 November 2022
Tapping into growing interest in start-ups based in the Midwest, Heartland Ventures has closed its second fund at $52m.
2 min read · 15 November 2022
A new report on women in VC shows that female-founded companies are weathering current market conditions at least slightly better than their male-founded counterparts..
4 min read · 03 November 2022
Bigger funds with stellar track records have continued to raise capital at impressive rates, but will fundraising get harder as some LPs confront the denominator effect?
10 min read · 01 November 2022
