Funds from JMI Equity, Insight Venture Partners and Canaan Partners have come out on top of a mid-decade portfolio of venture funds from Washington State Investment Board’s Pathway and Invesco holdings. The portfolio is made up of 2005 vintage funds and favors mid-sized capital pools and an early-stage approach to investing. Three-quarters of the nine […]
Funds from Union Square Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Technology Crossover Ventures lead an early-decade portfolio of venture funds from Washington State Investment Board’s Pathway and Invesco holdings. The portfolio, with vintages of 2003 and 2004, favors mid-sized funds with an early and multi-stage approach to investing. Two-thirds of the nine funds are between $400 […]
Funds from Menlo Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures hold the top spots in a portfolio of venture funds at the Washington State Investment Board. The portfolio, with vintages of 2003 to 2016, favors large and mid-sized funds with a multi-stage approach to investing. Almost half of the 11 funds are greater than $1 billion and […]
Funds from IVP and Contour Venture Partners lead an eclectic portfolio of venture funds at the New York State & Local Retirement System. The portfolio, with vintages of 2007 to 2015, favors smaller, early-stage funds, but also mixes in a fund of funds and two later-stage partnerships. No fund tops $750 million and only three […]
Venture capital performance markedly improved in the first quarter, with the asset class’ quarterly IRR rising to 3.22 percent, according to a preliminary report from Cambridge Associates. That is up from -0.07 percent in the fourth quarter. Particularly strong was the return for late- and expansion-stage funds, where the IRR jumped to 5.15 percent, Cambridge […]
Funds from Softbank Capital, Fairview Capital and Performance Equity Management top of a portfolio of mid-decade venture funds at the New York State and Local Retirement System. The portfolio, with vintages of 2002 to 2006, favors mid-sized funds employing a multi-stage investment strategy. The holdings include three funds of funds. Nearly half of the funds […]
Funds from Sofinnova Ventures, Union Square Ventures and GGV Capital lead a portfolio of freshly minted venture funds at the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System. The portfolio, with vintages of 2011 to 2017, favors mid-sized funds with a near even mix of late and early-stage investment strategies. Half the funds are between $300 million and […]
Sam Green, a veteran private equity investment officer with Oregon State Treasury, is leaving at the end of June, a spokesman confirmed for VCJ. Green resigned as of June 30, James Sinks, the spokesman, said. The system will appoint a successor but hasn’t yet begun the search, he said. Green declined comment on his plans. He […]
Funds from Union Square Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors and Technology Crossover Ventures top a portfolio of mid-life venture funds at the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System. The portfolio, with vintages of 2008 to 2010, favors mid-sized funds pursuing a late-stage or multi-stage investment strategy. Half the funds are between $400 million and $900 million in size, […]
Funds from Union Square Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures lead a portfolio of maturing venture funds at the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System. The portfolio, with vintages of 2004 to 2006, favors mid-sized funds following an early-stage or multi-stage investment strategy. More than half of the funds are between $250 million and $600 […]