Venture capital
Texas County & District puts $155 million with 4 funds
Texas County & District Retirement System committed a total of $155 million to alternative investment managers, bringing the system's April commitments to $255 million.
May 02, 2013 | 02:10 pm
Houston Firefighters makes $40 million in commitments
Houston Firefighters' Relief & Retirement Fund committed $20 million each to Lone Star VIII, a private equity distressed debt fund, and Horsley Bridge X Venture, a...
April 23, 2013 | 03:55 pm
Venture capital investment deals, values drop in first quarter
U.S. venture capital firms invested $5.9 billion in 863 deals in the first quarter of 2013, a 12% drop in the amount of capital invested in portfolio companies and a decline of 13% in the number of...
April 22, 2013 | 03:18 pm
Florida State Board commits $665 million to 4 managers
Florida State Board of Administration committed a total of $665 million to alternative investments with four managers.
April 05, 2013 | 02:48 pm
Venture capital exits fall in first quarter
Venture capital portfolio company exits by initial public offerings fell 57% while exits by sales dropped 32% in the first quarter of this year from the year-earlier quarter, according to the Exit...
April 02, 2013 | 02:31 pm
For VC and buyout funds, smaller means more
When it comes to buyout and venture capital funds, size matters.
April 01, 2013
Wisconsin state board, alumni group starting venture capital fund
State of Wisconsin Investment Board and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, both of Madison, will create a venture capital fund, committing a total initially of $30 million and possibly up to...
March 20, 2013 | 11:44 am
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund on hunt for tech, health-care venture capital
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Oak Brook, is searching for at least one manager to run a total of $25 million in venture capital.
March 06, 2013 | 03:02 pm
OMERS Ventures adds director to focus on technology, media and telecommunications
George Babu was named director at OMERS Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of the C$60.8 billion (US$59.1 billion) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
March 06, 2013 | 02:43 pm
Delaware Public Employees pension fund chooses Weston Presidio for venture capital
Delaware Public Employees' Retirement System, Dover, committed $4 million to Weston Presidio XI, a venture capital fund.
February 22, 2013 | 02:55 pm
New Mexico council to put money into in-state venture capital
New Mexico State Investment Council approved an annual target investment of up to 5% of the $3.7 billion Severance Tax Permanent Fund to the New Mexico Private Equity Investment Program.
January 24, 2013 | 04:20 pm
Investors wonder if venture capital is worth the wait
Venture capital isn't dead, but it is riddled with ailments. Returns are lousy. Fundraising is down. And exits — both initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions — are down from ...
January 21, 2013
Venture capital investment deals, values down in 2012
Venture capital investment in 2012 dropped 10% to $26.5 billion in 3,698 deals, which was down 6% from the year before, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National...
January 18, 2013 | 05:01 pm
Austin Police Retirement System sets SAIL for $5 million commitment
Austin (Texas) Police Retirement System committed up to $5 million to SAIL Pre-Exit Acceleration Fund, a venture capital fund managed by SAIL Capital Partners.
January 17, 2013 | 03:38 pm
San Francisco pension fund makes private equity commitments
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System has made $41 million in new commitments.
