The venture capitalists who appear on this year's Women of Influence list were selected from roughly 60 nominations from eight countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Spain, the UK and the US.
We asked this year’s Women of Influence which trends are catching their eye – and how those trends might develop.
The firm’s Fund I, which led the smart ring maker’s seed round, holds 19m shares worth $800m at the midpoint of the IPO range
The London-based venture firm, which backs future-of-learning and future-of-work start-ups, is 'seeing more receptivity' from American LPs, says Brighteye co-founder.
LPs in the firm’s earlier funds include California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Children’s Hospital Corporation Pension Plan, Adams Street Partners and Kaiser Permanente Washington Defined Benefit Plan.
LPs in past funds include San Francisco Employees Retirement System, Denver Employees Retirement Plan, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, University of Hawaii Foundation and UPMC Master Trust.
Fund II is nearing its €80m fundraising target having now raised at least €70m from LPs such as Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Valio Pension Fund.
Among the LPs that have signed on to the new vehicles are New Mexico State Investment Council and San Mateo County Employees' Retirement Association.
Gordian will focus on LP-led deals and will opportunistically look at GP-leds, especially in venture, says founder Yangge Seaman.
The Chicago-based firm closed on $200m for its sophomore fund, with LPs including state retirement funds, funds of funds, endowments and large family offices.