This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it. No new investments. No more founder pitch meetings.

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Venture Capital Pension Funds Investing Capital 218

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. 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.

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Venture Capital Capital Pension Funds Prospects 143

Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Menlo Park, California-based firm with offices in Miami, New York and Sao Paulo, tapped pension funds, hospital systems, foundations, endowments, fund of funds, insurance companies and family offices among other investors, according to a statement. The funding winter may.

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FinSMEs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Sandwater, an Oslo, Norway-based venture capital firm, closed its early-stage venture fund, at 1.4bn NOK (approx.

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Venture Capital Capital Pension Funds Funds 59

Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

Crown Growth Opportunities IV (CGR IV), the organization’s fourth international venture capital fund, underwent a final close at LGT Capital Partners Trough co-investments, secondaries, and funds, the Crown Growth Opportunities Fund IV collaborates with venture capital firms.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 16, 2024

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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FinSMEs

JUNE 28, 2023

Correlation Ventures, a San Diego, San Francisco and New York City-based venture capital firm, closed Correlation III, at $130M. Limited partners included endowments, pensions, funds of funds and family offices.

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Pension Funds Funds Venture Capital Capital 98

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Kevin Carmichael of The Logic reports Freeland eyes power of pension funds to lift Canadian economy: We’ve been conditioned to dismiss federal budgets and fiscal updates as political documents. The Government of Canada shouldn't be hinting at how or where Canada's large pension funds invest. Let's keep it that way.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Vistara Growth (“Vistara”) today announced an initial closing at over $150m for Vistara Technology Growth Fund V LP (“Fund V”) towards its target of $400m. With its Fund V target raise, Vistara expects to be strategically positioned to invest in 18-24 companies across North America at $10-$30m per investment.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 21, 2024

HarbourVest has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final closing of its eleventh private equity secondaries fund, Dover Street XI LP , with $15.1 billion of capital. In addition, the firm held a final close for its Secondary Overflow Fund V LP with an additional $3.4 billion of capital.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

The SEC has suffered a major setback in its bid to increase oversight of the private equity and venture capital industry after a US appeals court threw out a new rule requiring managers to provide investors with fees and expenses each quarter. ” He said in a statement.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

is mulling the sale of $2 billion in private equity assets in the secondary market to raise capital for other investments, according to people familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for the Victoria, British Columbia-based fund declined to comment. The pension fund held C$28.3 Net assets advanced to C$215 billion ($163.4

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Assets Pension Funds Bidding Startups 130

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Insight Partners, a PE and VC firm focused on tech and software investment, has now raised over $10bn for its 13th flagship fund, ahead of a final close which is expected in early 2025, according to a report by Venture Capital Journal citing sources familiar with the matter.

Pension Funds 98

Pension Funds Venture Capital Buyout Capital 98

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

European venture capital firms have invested over €96bn in almost 27,000 European companies and delivered 23% net annual returns over the last ten years, according to a new Invest Europe report. It also notes that European venture capital dry powder also rose to a record high of €53 bn in 2022.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Venture capital investment firm TrueBridge Capital Partners has raised $1.6bn in capital commitments across five investment vehicles focusing on investments in other venture capital funds and technology companies. With these fundraisings, TrueBridge now manages more than $7.5bn in assets.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 16, 2016

There aren't many people who get the chance to analyze venture capital fund return data. You'd have to work for a very limited number of fund performance tracking firms, like Thomson Reuters, Cambridge, etc., or be an institution big enough to see a ton of different funds over time. What is this?

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Venture Capital Capital Pension Funds Assets 72

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

US-based pension fund the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has made new commitments totalling $66m to three private equity funds, according to a report by Private Equity International.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Funds Capital 97

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2013

Ten years ago, I was an analyst for the General Motors pension fund, working on fund investments into leveraged buyout funds and venture capital deals. I literally wrote the investment memo for GMs investment into Accel IX, otherwise known as the "Facebook Fund." (I and turning them into reality.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

The $36.1bn pension fund has allocated $75m to Fortress Credit Opportunity Fund VI, an opportunistic credit fund managed by Fortress Investment Group. As of 31 July, SFERS had allocations of 27.6% to private equity and 8.6% to private credit, compared to its target allocations of 20% and 10% respectively.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 27, 2025

billion (US$178 billion) fund searches for new ways to protect capital after pouring significant money into the US. The Toronto-based pension fund had 17% of its investments in Europe, including the UK, as of the end of 2023. They are also very active in venture capital looking at disruptive companies. "We

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2023

Venture capitalists are pulling back on megafunds, depriving start-ups of much-needed cash on the long road to an IPO. But both Wall Street and venture capitalism are losing patience waiting to see which start-up or Mid Tech firm will start reaping big profits and wiggle its way to the adult table. We'll call them Mid Tech.

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Pension Funds Investing Venture Capital Stakes 130

Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Innova Investments Addere Capital PM&Partners Ethica Group VERTEQ Capital SpA Astraco Capital Holding Claris Ventures SGR SpA Indaco Venture Partners StartupGym Claris Ventures Unicredit Wealth Management Advent International Banca Generali Partecipazione.AM KRASSOWSKI i WSPÓLNICY SP.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Data from the first half of the year from Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, shows a drop in activity amid challenging economic and market conditions.

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Venture Capital Pension Funds Buyout Consultants 104

AltAssets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The $58bn-managing New Mexico State Investment Council has picked funds from venture capital investors The Column Group and Anzu Partners among its latest alternatives commitments.

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Venture Capital Funds Investing Capital 98

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. Trust me, if you lose all your money on your brother-in-law's Arizona tanning salon, it's not going to hurt any less than if you lose it in his seed fund. tanning salon/seed fund combo.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has written off over AUD1.1bn in equity and loans linked to US-based online education start-up Pluralsight, marking the fund’s largest single loss in its venture capital investments to date, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Pension investment major MassPRIM has picked a pair of venture capital funds for its latest alternative asset commitments. The post MassPRIM picks VC pair for latest alts fund commitments first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Funds Assets Capital 98

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Henry told me that I should start a fund--me, a 27 year old former VC analyst turned product manager with no MBA at a startup that wasn''t really headed in any particular direction. It''s probably the first time I''d really ever had the thought of starting my own fund. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Startups Stock Market 112

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

She will focus on diligence for co-investment, fund and secondary opportunities predominantly in the middle and lower middle-market buyout and growth equity space. He focuses on European investment strategies including venture capital, buyouts and co-investments. Suen also serves as Director at QIC European Investment Services.

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Buyout Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Private Equity Managers 98

FinSMEs

MARCH 25, 2024

World Fund, a Berlin, Germany-based climate tech venture capital firm, closed a €300M first fund. Read more on VCWire.tech, our new website […] The post World Fund Closes €300M First Fund appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Pension Funds Funds Venture Capital Capital 59

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

Mr. Hill will join OMERS in September, the public pension fund announced Wednesday, and report to Ralph Berg, who took over as the chief investment officer in April. The fact that other large Canadian pension funds keep poaching talent away from CPP Investments tells you how much talent there is there. and Hootsuite Inc.

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Venture Capital Capital Pension Funds Startups 52

Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. Canadas largest pension notched a 3.8% 31, according to Bloomberg calculations.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Iowa Municipal Fire & Police Retirement System, based in West Des Moines, has allocated $188m in new and follow-on commitments to private equity, according to a recent flash report on the pension funds website. The $3.4bn pension fund approved these investments during its board meeting on 14 November.

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Pension Funds Buyout Venture Capital Investing 68

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

The point is, someone building a career in venture capital that doesn't include prior entrepreneurial success probably doesn't look like they have much to offer in the beginning. You would see mostly unrealized investments, some of which had raised successful follow on rounds, but mostly too early to tell.

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Venture Capital Pension Funds Startups Capital 110

Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Zephyr Peacock India looks to raise $200m in the midst of funding winter. The funding winter may not be anywhere near over, but global investors are still interested in India’s private markets. Global funds are sitting on dry powder that can easily run into tens of billions of dollars.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 15, 2023

The Believer ) • Groundwater Gold Rush : Banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning California’s scarce water into enormous profits, leaving people with less to drink. Rather than court venture capital, cities must build new institutions to grow neighborhood wealth.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Taxes Banks 111

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

I was working at the General Motors pension fund, and we were all huddled together in the trading room, which was the one place we had a television. Tags: It's My Life Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. I had just graduated college that year.

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Pension Funds Venture Capital Startups Capital 97