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To generate liquidity for limited partners in its first fund, Primary Venture Partners has completed a $95 million secondary strip sale to StepStone Group, Venture Capital Journal has learned.
Global venture capital fundraising experienced a significant decline in 2023, but it was the fifth consecutive year when the total exceeded $100bn.
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Make sure AI dealmakers are getting a meaningful piece of a fund’s carried interest.
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Menlo Ventures' newest partner, Rama Sekhar, says 'it’s still too darn hard for [enterprise] companies to deploy AI.'
This fundraising brings the venture firm's total assets under management to $148 million.
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Distributions are key to an improved fundraising market. 'DPI tells the story,' says QED co-founder and chief investment officer Frank Rotman.
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HATCo and Summa Health anticipate finalizing a definitive agreement in the next several months.
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Vintage Investment Partners, which is an investor in funds from Accel, a16z and General Catalyst, closed its fourth growth-stage fund at $200m, bringing its AUM to $4bn.
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Many of the 18 venture capitalists we spoke with expect M&A exits to become more viable this year, but most don’t see the IPO market rebounding meaningfully until late this year or more likely in 2025.
Luck was previously a partner at GGV Capital where she focused on investing in enterprise software.
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