Private Equity
The pandemic is rapidly accelerating family offices’ interest in venture. Industry veteran Wendy Craft believes that once they’re in, they will stay.
3 min read · 03 September 2020
It pays to have a network of connections and a track record. Otherwise, getting those LP commitments in a virtual world is next to impossible for emerging managers.
8 min read · 02 September 2020
The Silicon Valley veteran talks about his investment in Rigetti and why he says there is a lot of excitement regarding the nascent field of quantum computing.
4 min read · 27 August 2020
After a record year in 2019, investors remain bullish on the region and say the momentum will continue far past 2020's uncertainties.
6 min read · 26 August 2020
In 2016, the LP formed a dedicated early-stage venture capital fund by leveraging its existing VC program. It continues to re-up with long-term partners as it also adds one or two new GPs a year.
3 min read · 24 August 2020
Appetite for biopharma is on the rise as investors want to back scientific advances and the recession-proof sector, and generalist VCs don’t want to miss out on potential outsized returns.
6 min read · 19 August 2020
As more venture firms become accustomed to virtual pitches, they’re emphasizing reference checks and setting up multiple Zoom calls as a way to verify their investments and better get to know the founders.
7 min read · 12 August 2020
The venture capitalist discusses PPP loans, where Lime is experiencing growth and a company that has not survived the downturn.
3 min read · 24 July 2020
The university endowment committed $311m to venture through May. New investments in large funds is a departure from UTIMCO's previous interest in emerging managers.
2 min read · 22 July 2020
The machine-learning company reportedly secured millions from investors in recent years despite allegedly making false claims about its revenue and creating a made-up list of customers to include Fortune 500 companies.
4 min read · 21 July 2020
