Rebecca Szkutak

The pension committed more than $38.4m across three vehicles that target early stage, growth, co-investments and follow-on rounds.

Insurtech funding was down 54% in Q1 after a record-breaking $1.98bn was invested into the sector in Q4.

Venture funding in Latin America doubled in 2019 for the fourth straight year, showing its resiliency in the wake of political disruption in the region. Now, it hopes this spirit will push it through the current coronavirus downturn.

Summit Partners recently launched its fifth venture product and grabbed three LP commitments over the last week.

Recent research from Valor Ventures found that the gap may be as large as $1.8bn annually and as vast as $20bn since 2008.

The Pacific Northwest-based organization made a $30m commitment to Mayfield XVI and a $20m commitment to Mayfield Select II.

The San Francisco pension pours $100m into venture in Q1 and has committed more than $1bn to the asset class in the last five years.

The organization hopes to show other UK LPs the benefits of well-diversified venture portfolio.

The West Virginia Investment Management Board committed $20m to Franklin Park Venture Capital Fund XIII, an existing relationship.

The firm looks to invest up to $10m into 10 or fewer deep tech companies in India through a rapid fire investing process.