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Stephen Poloz to Examine How Canada's Pension Funds Can Boost Domestic Investment

Pension Pulse

Derek Decloet and Christine Dobby of Bloomberg report Canada taps ex-BOC governor to examine how pension funds invest: Canada’s finance minister has asked former central bank governor Stephen Poloz to examine ways to entice its pension funds to invest more in the country.

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The Management Rights Letter

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

The existence of these letters has everything to do with where the venture capital firms get their funds from. This post on Startup Lawyer explains it well: Venture funds request these rights in order to obtain an exemption from regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

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Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Fortune Financial

Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential. By providing capital to these innovative ventures, you become a part of their exciting journey and have the opportunity to support cutting-edge ideas and technologies.

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Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Fortune Financial

Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential. By providing capital to these innovative ventures, you become a part of their exciting journey and have the opportunity to support cutting-edge ideas and technologies.

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OTPP Is Lead Investor in Instagrid’s US$95M Series C Funding Round

Pension Pulse

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Teachers' invests in portable battery company aiming to replace gas-powered generators: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a US$95-million funding round for Instagrid GmbH, a German maker of portable battery systems designed to replace gas-powered generators.

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. I was researching consumer focused funds, building and fixing brands, and talking to just about every consumer minded investor I could find.