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Savvy first-timers like Metiquity Ventures in Canada see success raising their first vehicles amidst a challenging market.

Since launching its formal LP effort in 2016, Boulder, Colorado-based Foundry Group firm has backed dozens of emerging managers. These relationships have also helped the firm zero in on direct investments.

Investor interest in edtech is expected to continue in a post-pandemic world, according to Tory Patterson of edtech-focused Owl Ventures, who says that we will soon see some good IPO candidates.

These investors have poured capital into 1,100 VC funds since 2010 and some like Temasek have helped found and anchor managers.

Greenspring Associates joins CalPERS and NY Common in using software developed by Lenox Park Solutions to measure diversity of fund managers and portfolio companies.

Sandeep Bhadra of Vertex Ventures US discusses how the firm has used White Claw drinks and cookies to maintain communications. He also says initial Zoom meetings will remain in a post-pandemic world.

Candace and Charles Nelson, the pair behind Sprinkles Cupcakes and Pizanna, are raising $25m for their first venture vehicle.

Global Ventures is investing out of a $49m fund into tech in the region which saw more than $252m invested across 73 deals in 2019.

The sector has been slow to digitize but with consumer attitudes toward the market changing quickly innovation is imminent.

Boston-based HLM Venture Partners has an extensive history in the sector and is currently raising its fifth $125m fund.