
Tag: Venture Capital


Ex-GIC Tech Boss Launches Inaugural VC Fund

Japan’s GPIF Urged to Boost Domestic PE, VC Investments.
Lawmakers are calling for financial reform to turn the country into an ‘asset management nation’ and attract more capital from home and abroad.

How Memorial Sloan Kettering Funds Its Cancer Fight
Under CIO Jason Klein, the celebrated hospital has leveraged its top-notch research and well-managed investments to produce still more breakthroughs.

Sovereign Wealth Funds Shift Into More Tech and Green Energy
The SWFs also are pushing more into real estate as valuations drop, report says.

How AI Can Help Asset Managers Do Their Jobs
Digging up data, boosting productivity, divining client needs—these are among the benefits artificial intelligence can bring, per a BCG report.

Long-Lagging Venture Capital Shows Signs of Possible Turnaround
U.S. venture fund returns remain negative, but valuations are up and two recent high-profile VC-supported IPOs did well, a PitchBook report finds.

Private Capital Fundraising Tilts Toward the Big Guys

Private Capital Payouts Are Sub-Par, Hamilton Lane Charges

More Diverse Managers Are Raising Venture and PE Funds at Fastest Pace, Research Finds

Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund to Launch Country’s First VC Fund of Funds
The $475 billion Qatar Investment Authority also signed a renewable energy deal in South Africa.

3 Stock Sectors, All Tech, Expected to Soar in 2024
Why biotech, AI and cybersecurity should romp, per State Street.

Tepid Turnaround Seen for Alts, Once Investors’ Darlings
AUM growth decelerates and fundraising softens, Preqin reports.

Academic Endowments Post Sluggish Returns for Fiscal 2023

MPI: Venture Capital, Technology Investments Will Define 2023 University Endowment Returns
As data are released about endowment returns in fiscal 2023, funds in the Ivy League and at Stanford are expected to have underperformed the markets, according to Markov Processes International.