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Industry Ventures Raises $900M Fund to Invest in Small, Early-Stage VCs and Their Startups
The trend in venture capital raising in 2024 is pretty clear so far: Large, established VC firms continue to attract capital from limited partners, while smaller,…
What StepStone’s $3.3B venture secondaries fund tells us about current LP appetite for venture
StepStone raised the largest fund dedicated to investing in secondary venture companies, the company was announced Last week. This fundraiser not only speaks volumes for the…
Since the launch of fintech startup Brex in 2017, its two co-founders Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi have been running the company as co-CEOs. But starting…
Cartaa Silicon Valley startup that spun off one of its businesses earlier this year is working on a secondary sale that would value the company at…
VCs sell shares of hot AI companies like Anthropic and xAI to small investors in wild SPV market
VCs are clamoring to invest in hot AI companies, willing to pay exorbitant stock prices for coveted seats at their tables. Even so, most cannot enter…
Airtree Ventures has already returned its first capital thanks to Canva, while retaining most of its stake
Business side programs have exploded in the last couple of years. While some firms have used the surge in activity to build their positions in their…
Founders may have inadvertently given their VCs too much power to block an IPO While some investors they lament loudly that the IPO window can’t stay…
If you asked a bunch of VCs at the end of 2023 if the IPO market would finally reopen in 2024, most of them would say…
Reddit filed its S-1 last week and is set to take the bold step of becoming the first venture-backed public listing of 2024. If successful, Reddit…
The app economy rebounded in 2023, with consumer spending at $171 billion, but downloads were flat
After the app economy slowed down for the first time in 2022, things picked up again in the past year. According to app intelligence provider data.ai’s…