Connor Hussey
These initiatives, once a niche strategy aimed at improving a firm’s public image, have been thrust into the spotlight after 2020’s historic social movements. Does the VC community know what to do with them?
Late-stage investment in the UK soared in 2020, due largely to financing from US firms. British investors are catching up. Will this strategy become a mainstay for VC?
SPACs are continuing to raise record amounts of capital and beginning to hit their institutional stride in the US. Now Europe is catching on, and Jack Leeney of 7GC talks about what makes the market there unique.
VC managers are waking up to SPACs as an alternative to an offering model that has long been outdated. But a combination of traditional IPO, direct listing and staggered lock-up release could be a future offering model.
Pre-seed investor Beta Boom published its list of top angel investors based on liquidity and found how investing in diverse founders relates to their exit rates.
The New York City firm has doubled down on its commitment to the local start-up community with a pair of fund closes totaling $200m; it also added Rebecca Price and promoted Jason Shuman.
After 2020 was dubbed the year of the SPAC, most market participants are waiting for the bubble to burst. But Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek expects them to become a mainstay.
Small, mission-driven family offices are well positioned to make ESG a part of their mandate.
The SPAC craze that dominated 2020 is continuing. Hamilton Lane’s SPAC head discusses how she sees the product fitting in.
The firm has launched a new multi-strategy fund to expand access to private markets for individual investors in the US.