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The global smart home healthcare market is expected to grow at an annual rate of more than 23% over the next 10 years, with growing preference for services being fueled by convenience, the ability to lower hospital costs and advances in telemedicine.

Firm co-founder Alexa von Tobel says 10 of Inspired’s portfolio companies have reached valuations of $1bn or more.

Investors include La Caisse, BDC, Investissement Québec, Teralys, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, CIBC and Fondaction.

Mega-funds capture the headlines, but LPs are still interested in smaller funds, especially those that are domain experts.

The California pension plans to make intermittent investments in VC funds, but it will focus on building out its core buyout strategy.

LPs have earned just 41 cents for every dollar invested in vintage-2017 venture funds.

'We're at sort of the inflection point' of focusing on Southeast Asia, says Allen Taylor of Endeavor Catalyst, which has just closed on $320m for its fifth fund.

The venture capitalists who appear on this year's Women of Influence list were selected from roughly 60 nominations from eight countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Spain, the UK and the US.

We asked this year’s Women of Influence which trends are catching their eye – and how those trends might develop.