Private Equity Wire

JULY 10, 2024

billion in assets, has committed up to $110 million to various private equity funds, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing officials at the pension fund. The fund’s fundraising target is $2.8 The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS), which manages $23.1

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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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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 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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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 Venture Capital & Technology'

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Riverwood Capital, which invests in high-growth technology companies, closed $1.8bn in new commitments in the largest fundraising round since inception 15 years ago. Riverwood has invested in 75 companies, mainly in the Americas, including GoPro, ride-hail firm 99, software firm Globant SA, VTEX, Nextdoor and iFLY.

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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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DECEMBER 2, 2014

I got an internship on the buy side at the GM pension fund in high school--in 1997. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001. Venture Capital & Technology' My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed. Yeah, so, somewhere in there.

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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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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2023

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. Meanwhile, large institutional investors like pension funds and university endowments are much stingier in light of economic uncertainty.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Entangled Capital SGR Dea Capital Alternative Funds SGR IBLA Capital Generali Investments Europe S.p.A. SGR Alchimia Investments Sagard Equity Partners STYLE CAPITAL SGR S.p.A. Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt Sella Venture Partners SGR Investitori SGR HOPE S.B.

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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 Professional

AUGUST 21, 2024

In addition, the firm held a final close for its Secondary Overflow Fund V LP with an additional $3.4 billion of capital for secondary co-investment opportunities. Limited partners in the new funds span the globe and consist of corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and private wealth investors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With the ongoing growth of its platform, Vistara is now seeking to broaden its investor base by targeting pension funds and other institutional investors, and geographically by launching vehicles for both US and international investors. Vistara is targeting completion of its fundraise during the first half of 2024.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While it is never easy to raise a “blind pool” of capital, Mukul Gulati, president and chief investment officer of Zephyr Peacock India, says India is on everyone’s radar and pension funds and large endowment funds are sitting on a large pool of money. We don’t have to give them a speech on cash flows and profitability.”

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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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MAY 11, 2012

Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. Instead, you create a dynamic where it's actually easier for bigger funds to raise money from big institutions.

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MAY 2, 2023

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Pistachio (formerly known as CYBR), an Oslo, Norway based cyber security company, raised €3.25M in funding. The round was led by Signals Venture Capital, with participation from Norwegian pension fund MP Pensjon and existing investors.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 21, 2020

While it is nice to have these “rights”, the need for this letter actually has very little to do with how venture capital firms want to work with a portfolio company. The existence of these letters has everything to do with where the venture capital firms get their funds from.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 17, 2023

LGT Capital Partners holds final close of Crown Growth Opportunities IV at over $930m Submitted 17/07/2023 - 11:52am LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) has held the final close of Crown Growth Opportunities IV (CGR IV), the firm’s fourth global venture capital fund with more than $930m in capital commitments, in excess of its original $750m target.

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FinSMEs

AUGUST 27, 2023

Tri Ri Asset Management, a New York-based asset manager, closed a venture capital fund, at $142M. The close of TRAM Venture Fund saw participation from two pension funds, a sovereign wealth fund, and Scandinavian & Swiss based family offices.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 12, 2023

Kyber Knight Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based new venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in early stage technology startups, launched with a $120M inaugural fund. Co-founded by Sunny […] The post Kyber Knight Capital Launches With $120M Inaugural Fund appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Earlier today, I spoke with Peter Letko and Daniel Brosseau of LetkoBrosseau Global Investment Management to set the record straight on where they stand on Canadian pension funds investing more in Canada. It may seem appealing to encourage pension funds to invest more of our combined funds of over $2-trillion in Canada.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 25, 2024

The investment in Idealist marks the third by Canada Growth Fund, a $15-billion pool set up by Ottawa to help direct private-sector capital to Canadian technologies that help meet its commitments to reduce emissions. It is managed by PSP Investments, a public-sector pension-fund manager. a unit of Advantage Energy Ltd.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

I know Theresia back from when I was at the GM pension fund and we were an LP. I’m even more excited to be working with Chris Fralic, who is the partner on point here for First Round and Theresia Ranzetta from Accel, who joined us in this round. I even got to pitch to her twice with Path 101 (I only get turned down by the best!).

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