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Oregon PERS invests $100m in emerging manager in China

Oregon LP makes one of its largest VC commitments in history to Sherpa Venture Capital's debut effort, investing half of the fund target.

1 min read · 23 July 2020

UTIMCO makes first-time commitment to Sequoia, Insight, re-ups with True

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

U.Mich Board of Regents surges into VC in 2019, builds exposure to Asia

The endowment has invested in 15 funds focused on Asia since the beginning of 2017 and has seen a 22% increase in venture funding over 2018.

2 min read · 21 July 2020

LAFPP surpasses its 2018 venture commitment total with latest re-up

The pension invested $10m into Summit Partners' latest vehicle in June, bringing its year-to-date commitments to the asset class to $77.5m.

2 min read · 13 July 2020

SFERS pours money into VC despite unbalanced private equity portfolio

The pension made a $50m commitment to IVP despite saying that the strategy is overweight after a large buyout sale that closed last year.

2 min read · 10 July 2020

Industry Ventures seeks $300m second direct fund

The San Francisco firm is currently in the market for at least two funds: a ninth secondaries fund and a second direct co-investment fund, according to recent commitments from public LPs.

2 min read · 09 July 2020

Florida SBA pumps up its ballooning venture portfolio

The organization's venture portfolio is currently 23 percent of the overall private equity bucket, more than double its target of 10 percent.

3 min read · 06 July 2020

Texas County remains active in venture, commits $50m to Summit Partners

The Texas LP continues its push into VC, committing $305 million this year, which is more than half of $460m invested in 2019.

2 min read · 02 July 2020

Cendana closes its largest fund of funds as seed investing, valuations recover

Founder Michael Kim says the firm's oversubscribed $218m fund of funds for seed-focused VC firms comes as valuations at the stage are returning to pre-pandemic levels.

3 min read · 01 July 2020

GPs and LPs face down new fund structure challenges

Capital on both sides of the table could be in trouble as funds have swelled in size and come back to market faster than ever before. Here’s how GPs and LPs are traversing fund schedules and capital calls.

7 min read · 01 July 2020

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