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  VC Fundraising

  Cerberus raised nearly $75M for its inaugural VC fund’s first close

  April 25, 2025

  The private equity and credit giant’s foray into venture is focused on tech startups, including in defense and infrastructure.

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  Venture Capital

  South Korea targets $420M for new fund to rev up startups

  April 24, 2025

  VC funding for South Korean startups has steadily declined in recent years.

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  Featured

  Why all US crossover funds are averaging just 170 VC deals a quarter

  April 23, 2025

  The portfolios of firms that invest in both stocks and startups may have become “bloated” on the venture side.

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  Benchmarking

  Want to raise a new VC fund? That 10-year IRR better be in the double digits

  April 15, 2025

  GPs with poor returns have struggled to raise new vehicles in the last few years.

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  Venture Capital

  Europe’s VC market defies headwinds with strong start to the year

  April 15, 2025

  Funding for European startups is on track to surpass last year’s annual total.

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  Featured

  SignalFire raises $1B+ as AI wave keeps booming

  April 7, 2025

  The new capital brings the AI-assisted venture capital firm’s AUM to about $3 billion.

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  VC Fundraising

  Lux Capital eyes $200M for debut defense-tech fund

  April 1, 2025

  The vehicle will be Lux’s first vehicle dedicated to a narrow industry vertical.

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  AI

  OpenAI shatters VC records with $40B funding round

  March 31, 2025

  The deal is nearly quadruple the previous record of $14 billion set by China’s Ant Group in June 2018.

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  AI

  As SF Bay Area eats up 52% of all AI and ML VC dollars, foreign VCs warn of waste

  March 14, 2025

  At HumanX, panelists warned of wasteful spending and the need for investors to expand their geographic horizons.

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  Venture Funds

  Footwork Ventures raises $225M for its second fund

  February 24, 2025

  Footwork VC is an equal partnership between Stitch Fix COO Mike Smith and Nikhil Basu Trivedi, former managing director at Shasta Ventures

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  AI

  Nvidia-backed Lambda raises $480M as AI neocloud funding surges

  February 19, 2025

  VC funding for neoclouds grew 270% in 2024 as companies like Lambda capitalize on the demand for AI computing power

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  VC Fundraising

  Cherry Ventures seeks European trillion-dollar companies with $500M fund

  February 4, 2025

  Cherry V is the firm’s largest vehicle to date and follows a €320M fund in 2022.

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  Venture Monitor

  Emerging GPs no longer closing more VC funds than experienced peers

  January 31, 2025

  LPs rattled by tough economic headwinds and political uncertainty have been more reticent to back emerging managers

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  Venture Capital

  5 charts: Europe’s VC dealmaking decline lingers amid flight to quality

  January 27, 2025

  While dealmaking dropped in 2024, exits and fundraising stabilized.

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  Startups

  Climate-tech VC deals fell for 3rd straight year

  January 14, 2025

  Startup deals were up this year—but AI is eating everything, including climate tech

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  2024 Wrapped

  AI startups grabbed a third of global VC dollars in 2024

  January 9, 2025

  In the US, AI grabbed nearly half of startup investment.

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  Outlook

  VC fund distributions will rebound in 2025

  January 8, 2025

  The impact on fundraising will likely be muted.

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  VC Fundraising

  Private wealth offers lifeline for emerging VCs

  January 3, 2025

  The private wealth sector is on track to deploy some $7 trillion to private markets by 2033.

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