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Did you know efa ? Universal-Investment ? 💡 Navigating Venture Capital requires proven expertise in building efficient investment structures, while prioritizing transparency and comprehensive reporting for informed decision-making. Our specialists Max Gutsche and Bart Speybrouck are here to guide you on your Venture Capital journey. 🔍Click here to read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eEnsn86n #efa #universalinvestment #VentureCapital #InvestmentTrends #2024Outlook #CommittedToAlternatives

🚀 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 2024 🚀 Venture Capital (VC) remains a compelling asset class, despite market challenges. In their insightful article on Investment Officer Luxembourg, Dr. Sofia Harrschar and Tomasz Szubartowski, FCCA from efa highlight the importance of #VC in diversifying portfolios and driving societal progress, especially in tech and sustainable sectors. 🔑 Key takeaways: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥: VC is increasingly appealing for diversifying portfolios, especially for asset owners like pension funds and insurance companies. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐔𝐩𝐬: VC plays a pivotal role in empowering start-ups. This support is crucial for driving digital and sustainable transformations. 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬: Accessing VC is not always easy for asset owners. Countries like Luxembourg, France, and Germany are pioneering in structuring funds to support VC investments, catering to various investor profiles. 💡Navigating VC requires proven expertise in building efficient investment structures, while prioritizing transparency and comprehensive reporting for informed decision-making. Our specialists Max Gutsche and Bart Speybrouck are here to guide you on your VC journey: 🔍Click here to read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e6zE7QKN #VentureCapital #InvestmentTrends #2024Outlook #CommittedToAlternatives

🇩🇰🤖 The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a €50 million participation in Danish #VC Nine Realms’ latest fund. The fund has a target size of €200 million. The new fund will support early-stage technology-enabled SMEs in the supply chain sector. 📈 This follows the recent investments in European VC firms Balderton Capital and LEAD VENTURES. 🤖 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eNHkgxSF Marjut Falkstedt Sune Stilling #tech #funding #news #technology #EUtech #EUstartup #innovation #investment

#VC #Funding: 🌟Norrsken VC has announced the final close of its second fund at €320 million. Originally targeting €250 million, this milestone makes Norrsken VC Fund II the largest early-stage generalist impact fund in Europe. Institutional investors in the round include AP1, Folksam, Saminvest AB, KfW Capital, the European Investment Fund (EIF, whose commitment is supported under InvestEU), and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF). Further financial backers include CrediDavid Frykmant Suisse (now merged with UBS Group), Investcorp-Tages, SEB-Stiftelsen, and Nordea. 🚀 Learn more details here: https://lnkd.in/dpgFsRJy #news #technews #innovation #technology #vcfunding #venturecapital #fundingnews #investment #vcnews #impactinvesting #impactinvestors Ylva Wessén Marjut Falkstedt David Frykman Niklas Adalberth Tove Larsson Agate S. Freimane

Happy to share the acceptance of our paper entitled "Private captive fund providers and the likelihood of achieving successful venture capital exits", co-authored with Inmaculada Aguiar Diaz and María Victoria Ruiz Mallorquí, to be published in Venture Capital https://lnkd.in/dxYkq8zv Many thanks to Vincenzo Capizzi, editor-in-chief, for the feedback provided.   The paper analyses the impact of the relationship between #venturecapital (VC) funds and their investors on the likelihood of reaching successful #exits from investee companies. The differences in strategic objectives and how managers of private #captive VC firms are appointed and incentivized can affect the success of divesting portfolio companies. It reveals that VC firms solely funded by corporations are more likely to successfully exit their portfolio companies than those backed by financial institutions and semi-captives. #Corporate-backed VC funds seem to have strategic objectives consistent with maximizing portfolio performance, and their managers can provide valuable sector-specific insights. In contrast, managers at VC funds wholly owned by financial institutions rarely bring industry and technology expertise and are further hampered by a lack of adequate #compensation packages.

What LPs Should Consider When Investing in Emerging VC Managers In 2020/2021, I invested in four Emerging Manager VC funds (each <$10M in size) and learned valuable lessons while meeting with 50+ GPs Sign up to read it tomorrow https://lnkd.in/eT43NGMe

#Venturecapital #investors are going through a tough time with #fundraising, and US #GPs are getting hit particularly hard. In the first quarter of this year, a meager 100 #VCvehiclesclosed, worth a total of $9.3 billion, according to the latest PitchBook-Norwegian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (NVCA) #Monitor, with last year seeing the lowest #fundcount since 2015. On a percentage basis, the number of #closed #VCvehicles in the #US fell further last year than in #Europe, #Asia and #Africa. #USbased #LPs are still feeling the #impact of the #imbalance in their #portfolios from the #publicmarket #downturn over the past couple of years. Additionally, the #lack of #capital being #returned to #LPs due to #muted #exit activity for #VCbackedcompanies has meant that for some, putting more cash into VC is not an #attractiveoption. This is especially an issue for #firsttime and #emergingmanagers, who typically don’t have as strong #LPnetworks to tap into when looking for #funds. https://lnkd.in/eSgmCzyV

Speaker Thoughts #2! VC Secondaries is gaining momentum in the industry! 🥁 As we gear up for the upcoming 0100 Conference Mediterranean, we spoke with Luca Mannucci, Managing Partner at Sella Venture Partners SGR, to get his insights on the key opportunities investors should focus on and the criteria for selecting the right fund for secondary investments. Sella Venture Partners specializes in acquiring LP stakes in early VC funds across Europe and the US, with typical check sizes ranging from $2M to $5M. According to Luca: “VC secondaries are growing, though still a niche segment of the alternative asset market. Today, the segment has no more than 40-50 professional buyers, which presents both a limitation and an opportunity for funds like ours that are actively involved in this space. We focus on both LP-led and GP-led transactions, but we see the greatest opportunity in the GP-led segment. We typically act as a liquidity provider and problem solver for GPs in early funds. Given the general lack of liquidity, many GPs today have LPs in early funds looking to monetize their investments. Recently, we’ve been involved in two types of transactions: continuation funds—vehicles that transfer existing investments from an older fund into a new structure—and Strip Sales, where GPs sell a portion of their portfolio to create liquidity for their LPs.” If you want to learn more about this market, join us at the 0100 Conference Mediterranean, October 28-30. Luca will be speaking on the panel “VC Secondaries – the Market Opportunity and Ways to Select the Right Fund,” alongside top industry players like Matt Russell, Investment Director at VenCap International plc, and Nick Hendra, Venture Partner at AAF Management Ltd. Register here: https://lnkd.in/d-E5peFd #VCSecondaries #VentureCapital #0100Conferences #PrivateEquity #AlternativeInvestments

"Many RIAs know they need diversification, but they either aren’t sure how to go about it or don’t have access to this asset class. Our fund fills that gap, offering an entry point designed specifically for RIAs to invest at the point in the lifecycle that generally makes the most sense for RIA clients." - Blair Cohen, CIO of GoalVest Venture Growth Fund Curious about how to access venture growth for your clients? Check out Blair's full Q&A with Connect Money here: https://lnkd.in/ed8-gwPT #RIAs #VC #WealthManagement #PrivateMarkets