Fund Performance: SFERS venture portfolio (2002 to 2007)
Below is performance data for the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System‘s vintage 2002 and 2007 venture capital funds. [...]
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Q&A with Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures
Version One Ventures is growing its franchise. The Vancouver firm, founded in 2012 by renowned [...]
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Corporate VCs set record with more than $12 bln deployed
Corporate venture investments continued to soar this year, with dollars deployed already topping $12 billion [...]
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National Grid Partners unveils five deals, plans to add staff
National Grid Partners, the venture arm of the international utility National Grid, unveiled its first [...]
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Emerging manager Pillar seeks $75 mln for AI and machine-learning startups
Boston-based venture firm Pillar, which invests in companies focused on machine learning and artificial intelligence to [...]
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Strong IPO market boosts venture returns
Venture-capital returns improved in the second quarter, riding the coattails of a strengthened IPO market, [...]
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GV’s Joe Kraus becomes COO of Lime
Joe Kraus has stepped out of his role as a GV general partner to become [...]
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October Dashboard: GitHub deal fuels big month of acquisitions, fundraising tops $11 bln
October may have been a punishing month for the U.S. stock market, but M&A soared [...]
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Large growth rounds spread across the country
Here’s a new take on the so-called rise of the rest. Series A round capital [...]
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Venture hopes to couch furniture startups in very profitable terms
Furniture has long been one of the biggest pain points in the home. It’s expensive, [...]
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NYS Teachers’ pledged $700 mln to PE, VC in Q3
New York State Teachers’ Retirement System committed $700 million to four private equity funds in [...]
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Ex-NEA GP Viswanathan raising $1.3 bln related to secondary deal
New Enterprise Associates this spring appointed former General Partner Ravi Viswanathan to the job of [...]
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Fund Performance: PSERS venture capital portfolio (2008 to 2015)
Below is performance data for the Public School Employees’ Retirement System‘s vintage 2008 and 2015 venture funds. [...]
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Later-stage valuations leap in Q3
With the flood of dollars chasing venture deals, later-stage valuations appeared to have leapt significantly [...]
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VC-backed PayIt, which aims to cut down on DMV pain, is up for sale
PayIt, the VC-backed payments company for government services, is up for sale, two sources said. [...]
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Asian VC industry more than doubled in three years
The venture-capital industry in Asia has more than doubled in size in the past three [...]
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Social Capital claims a cumulative net IRR of 18.6 percent
Social Capital, the controversial firm that has seen a staff exodus in recent months, boasted [...]
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Biotech IPOs stride along
Biotech IPOs have had a charmed year in the public markets. Expect more enchantment to [...]
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