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Blackstone To Raise $5B For Inaugural Infrastructure Fund
2018-06-25T07:26:05.940394-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/blackstone-said-to-raise-5b-for-inaugural-infrastructure-fund-20180625564/
The fundraising will mark the biggest initial close for a first-time fund across any alternative investment strategy after SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund and the China Structural Reform Fund.
Why We Are Launching an Autoimmune Disease/Diabetes Innovation Venture Fund – Lyfebulb Ventures
2017-08-23T16:18:30.745590-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/why-we-are-launching-a-diabetes-innovation-fund-t1d-capital-by-lyfebulb-20170823240/
Lyfebulb, the company co-founded by <strong>Dr. Karin Hehenberger PhD</strong>, with <strong>Dr. Steve Squinto</strong>, Venture partner Orbimed and <strong>Riccardo Braglia</strong>, CEO Helsinn, is about to launch an early-stage Autoimmune Disease / Diabetes Innovation Venture Fund. The Scientific Advisory Board is chaired by <strong>Robert Langer PhD</strong>, David H. Koch Institue, MIT.<br />
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Focused on breakthrough opportunities in autoimmune, insulin-dependent diabetes and other associated autoimmune diseases. Our goals are to deliver a superior return on investment.
Proxy Investors – Nitin Mangal's Blog
2017-06-07T07:26:31.691482-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/proxy-investors-nitin-mangals-blog-20170607134/
They may be known or referred by other names or terminologies but “Proxy Investors” have many takers in the real estate sector especially when it comes to housing loans. Still these Proxy Investors a...
Kapil Khandelwal’s Toro Finserve raising debut healthcare real estate fund – VCCircle
2017-05-29T13:43:08.981772-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kapil-khandelwals-toro-finserve-raising-debut-healthcare-real-estate-fund-vccircle-20170529903/
Private equity firm Toro Finserv LLP, which is floated by investment and healthcare industry veteran Kapil Khandelwal, is raising its debut healthcare real estate fund, the company said in a statemen...
Despite Increased Value, VC Activity Is Down
2017-04-23T18:52:14.805311-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/despite-increased-value-vc-activity-is-down-20170423826/
We are in a perverse moment in the global venture capital industry: VCs are fast coming to resemble private hedge funds, and the more money they are able to raise, the worse off startups are becoming.
UK Venture Capital Soars In 2017
2017-04-12T10:15:39.567808-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/uk-venture-capital-soars-in-2017-20170412483/
After a late 2016 slump, venture capital investment into UK start-ups rises significantly in the first quarter of the new year. VC investment rises to £804m in the first quarter of the year, showing UK is still an attractive place to do business despite Brexit.
Platinum Fraud Charges Shine Light On Cayman Director Responsibilities
2017-03-31T11:54:58.395912-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/platinum-fraud-charges-shine-light-on-cayman-director-responsibilities-20170331056/
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) - Investment-fund boards of directors have a critical responsibility to be an "independent watchdog" on behalf of investors. For most U.S. retail in...
Citi Named Placement Agent of the Year by Private Debt Investor
2017-03-03T08:10:06.733547-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/citi-named-placement-agent-of-the-year-by-private-debt-investor-20170303052/
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<p>NEW YORK--(<span itemid="http://www.businesswire.com" itemprop="provider publisher copyrightHolder" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"><span itemprop="name"><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/" itemprop="url" rel="nofollow">BUSINESS WIRE</a></span></span>)--Citi was named Placement Agent of the Year by Private Debt Investor (PDI), a leading international publication covering the world’s private debt markets. The designation includes two separate wins regionally in both Europe and in the Americas, which encompasses the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.<br />
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VC Recap: Stellar Year For Enterprise-Focused Funds; UAE Next VC Hotspot
2017-01-20T12:48:36.239929-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/vc-recap-funds-raise-record-amount-israel-next-vc-gold-mine-20170120637/
Introducing Trusted Insight's Venture Capital Recap, a compilation of the most important venture capital news from this week. Here are the stories you may have missed:
VC Recap: Funds Raise Record Amount; Israel Next VC Gold Mine
2017-01-13T10:58:23.099329-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/vc-recap-everything-lps-need-to-know-about-vc-in-2016-20170113399/
Introducing Trusted Insight's Venture Capital Recap, a compilation of the most important venture capital news from this week. Here are the stories you may have missed:
Big Firms Apax, TPG, Veritas Looking to Fundraise
2016-12-21T09:57:13.301512-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/big-firms-apax-tpg-veritas-looking-to-fundraise-20161221743/
The time for wrapping up year-end business is upon us. For one major private equity firm, that means closing one of 2016’s biggest buyout funds. For two others, it means plans to raise future billions.
VC Recap: Secondary Market Booming; Asia-Israel VC Growing
2016-12-20T10:07:37.307189-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/vc-recap-13-20161220698/
Introducing Trusted Insight's Venture Capital Recap, a compilation of the most important venture capital news from the previous day. Here are the stories you may have missed:
2016: The Year European Venture Capital Changed Gear
2016-12-19T04:18:02.581785-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/2016-the-year-european-venture-capital-changed-gear-20161219611/
Despite the unprecedented macro and political uncertainty that has characterised 2016, this has undoubtedly been a very prolific year for European tech VC funding.
2016: A Record Year For European Venture Capital
2016-12-14T10:31:33.556252-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/2016-a-record-year-for-european-venture-capital-20161214474/
Despite the unprecedented macro and political uncertainty that has characterised 2016, this has undoubtedly been a very prolific year for European tech VC funding.
Apple May Participate In $100 Billion SoftBank Fund
2016-12-13T12:01:15.325530-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/apple-may-participate-in-100-billion-softbank-fund-20161213400/
With a fundraising target of $100 billion, Apple’s participation would mean that the world’s largest tech company would be investing in the world’s largest tech fund. SoftBank itself is investing about $25 billion and the Saudi Arabian government is expected to contribute $45 billion.
Billionaire Paul Singer Moves To Make Nice With Donald Trump
2016-12-08T16:35:44.179350-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/billionaire-paul-singer-moves-to-make-nice-with-donald-trump-20161208264/
Hedge funder manager Paul Singer, once one of Donald Trump's harshest critics, is making up with the president-elect....
VC Activity On Pace To End The Year Down From 2015
2016-12-01T19:00:34.514876-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/vc-activity-on-pace-to-end-the-year-down-from-2015-20161201934/
Unless something crazy happens with funding announcements in December, U.S. venture capital activity is on pace to end the year down from 2015 highs.
Power Shift To VCs From Entrepreneurs
2016-12-01T18:50:34.425645-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/power-shift-to-vcs-from-entrepreneurs-20161201932/
Taken altogether, it suggests that founders remain highly optimistic about their chances of success, but they also sense that some of their leverage has slipped away when it comes to dealing with investors and raising subsequent rounds of follow-on funding.
Former Baseball Stars Launch Dugout Ventures
2016-12-01T11:49:01.215400-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/former-baseball-stars-launch-dugout-ventures-20161201912/
With a lineup of lead investors that also includes former pitcher Nolan Ryan, former shortstop Barry Larkin and former outfielders Torii Hunter (below, right) and Vernon Wells, the firm plans to leverage its unique baseball knowledge and experience.
The 26 Most Innovative Venture Capital Firms
2016-12-01T09:50:08.647111-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/the-26-most-innovative-venture-capital-firms-20161201896/
Every new VC firm that launches touts to be a “new breed of venture capital firm”, but the reality is that most of the time it’s just a straight up old-school VC model.
USC Endowment Suffers Small Decline In 2016
2016-11-29T11:02:22.041374-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/usc-endowment-suffers-small-decline-in-2016-20161129810/
Though the University’s $6 billion fundraising campaign is just $300 million shy of its seven-year goal, a report released Monday showed that USC’s endowment fell by 2 percent in 2016....
Former Princeton Fundraiser Shares Tips, Endowment Wisdom
2016-11-17T10:38:05.314647-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/former-princeton-fundraiser-shares-tips-endowment-wisdom-20161117403/
What It's Like to Help One of the World's Richest Universities Get Richer? John T. Miller, a former fundraiser at Princeton, explains how he helped triple the school’s endowment....
Will Harvard's Record $1.2B Donations Offset Endowment Losses?
2016-11-01T11:51:19.205482-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/harvard-raises-record-12-billion-but-slow-returns-crimp-budget-20161101590/
Harvard University raised a record $1.2 billion in annual donations yet warned it faces a tight budget because of its underperforming endowment, which has faced internal criticism over its management. The fundraising total, the second-largest ever in higher education and the biggest for Harvard, demonstrates the concentration of wealth at American colleges. Harvard’s donations amounts to more than the value of investments of many big schools including the University of Kentucky and the University of Tennessee.
Family Office Trend Accelerating As Megamillionaires Number On The Rise
2016-11-01T11:06:54.519056-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/family-office-trend-accelerating-as-megamillionaires-number-on-the-rise-20161101572/
Traditionally, family offices handled duties such as accounting and tax planning, as well as arranging travel and paying chefs, nannies, and yachting crews. Such operations typically wouldn’t have more than a handful of employees. But industry consultants say that’s quickly changing.
Endowment Sees First Negative Return In Seven Years
2016-10-20T12:04:39.602578-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/endowment-sees-first-negative-return-in-seven-years-20161020933/
Bowdoin’s endowment generated an investment return of -1.4 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2016, a marked drop from last year’s 14.4 percent increase. According to Cambridge Associates, a firm that track...
Bowdoin Posts 1.4% Loss as Colleges Struggle to Produce Gains
2016-10-05T15:24:01.478128-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/bowdoin-posts-14-loss-as-colleges-struggle-to-produce-gains-20161005213/
Bowdoin College, an elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, lost 1.4 percent on its endowment investments in the year ended June 30 as most universities failed to eke out gains. The size of Bowdoin’s endowment, which is used to subsidize college operations, fell slightly to $1.34 billion from $1.4 billion after also accounting for fundraising and spending, the college said Wednesday in a statement. Clayton Rose, Bowdoin’s president, said in the statement that Paula Volent, senior vice president for investments, and the committee overseeing the endowment deserve credit for navigating “highly volatile financial markets.”
Why Money Is Rushing Into Venture Capital
2016-09-26T11:28:07.316188-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/why-money-is-rushing-into-venture-capital-20160926708/
Venture capitalists may be storing up supplies for winter. With VC fundraising on track for its best year since the dot-com era, some investors say there's a rush to raise cash before it disappears.
UConn Foundation: Fundraising Up, But Endowment Lags
2016-08-16T10:46:29.168396-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/uconn-foundation-fundraising-up-but-endowment-lags-20160816707/
The UConn Foundation reported Wednesday that fundraising at the state's flagship university is up, but the school's endowment actually lost money over the past year and continues to lag behind similar public universities.
China Is Flooding Silicon Valley With Cash, Here’s What Can Go Wrong
2016-08-08T03:11:00.958534-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/china-is-flooding-silicon-valley-with-cash-heres-what-can-go-wrong-the-washington-post-20160808171/
The $110 million deal — parceled out over two funding rounds in 2013 and 2015 — was the latest evidence that deep-pocketed Chinese investors would pay premium prices to get a stake in the region’s ho...
Cohen’s New Firm Said To Meet With Investors Ahead Of 2018
2016-08-04T14:31:18.870479-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/cohens-new-firm-said-to-meet-with-investors-ahead-of-2018-20160804103/
Stamford Harbor Capital, the new firm started by Steven Cohen and led by a longtime deputy, is working with a third-party marketing company that’s meeting with potential clients to gauge interest in investment vehicles that could be started as soon as 2018.
Uber’s Apple-Backed Rival In China Raises $7B In New Funding
2016-06-17T15:04:12.599456-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/ubers-apple-backed-rival-in-china-raises-7b-in-new-funding-20160617720/
The ride-hailing industry’s relentless march to own all the world’s currency continued today as Didi Chuxing, Uber’s main rival in China, raised $7 billion in new funding. Among investors is Apple, which announced recently it would provide $1 billion to the Chinese company.
Larry Summers Is Wrong. Harvard Should Be Spending Much, Much More Of Its Money
2016-04-28T12:03:36.797378-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/larry-summers-is-wrong-harvard-should-be-spending-much-much-more-of-its-money-20160428402/
“If it makes sense for Harvard University to pay out 5% of its endowment in 1999 when the real interest rate was 4%, it’s really quite unlikely that it makes sense to pay out 5% of its endowment in 2...
Bill Gurley's Blog Post Warning "Dangerous" Startup Unicorns: On The Road To Recap
2016-04-22T11:39:31.405714-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/bill-gurleys-blog-post-warning-dangerous-startup-unicorns-on-the-road-to-recap-20160422144/
In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “The Age of the Unicorns” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229. One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process.
On the Road to Recap: | By Bill Gurley
2016-04-21T19:32:29.099522-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/on-the-road-to-recap-by-bill-gurley-20160421133/
While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated p...
Venture Capitalists Raise $12 billion in First Quarter to Invest in Startup Economy
2016-04-12T13:10:10.817513-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/venture-capitalists-raise-12-billion-in-first-quarter-to-invest-in-startup-economy-20160412818/
“As witnessed over the last year, the fundraising environment for venture capital continues to improve. That’s welcome news for venture capital as an industry but even better for American entreprene...
University of Florida Set To Begin Quest For $3 Billion Endowment
2016-04-04T16:35:18.812389-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/university-of-florida-set-to-begin-quest-for-3-billion-endowment-20160404611/
After months of preparations and low-key fundraising, the University of Florida will soon publicly launch a campaign to double the school’s endowment to at least $3 billion....
Colleges Secretive About Endowment Investments
2016-03-22T11:19:14.887994-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/colleges-secretive-about-endowment-investments-20160322997/
The movement includes federal lawmakers who are questioning whether to tax colleges on investment profits that can amount to billions of dollars a year. Many students and alumni are making inquiries ...
Jonathan Aberman: Entrepreneurs Think They Need VC. They’re Wrong.
2016-02-23T15:20:03.502970-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/jonathan-aberman-entrepreneurs-think-they-need-vc-theyre-wrong-20160223385/
I have provided capital for many start-up businesses, and raised money for a few of my own. I am often asked for advice on how or whether an entrepreneur should seek venture capital. My initial advice is simple: Don’t.
The End Of The Big Venture Formula
2016-01-25T13:07:59.880603-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/the-end-of-the-big-venture-formula-20160125961/
Since the financial crisis, Silicon Valley has been running on what might be called the Big Venture Formula. It goes something like this:
Digital Health Tech Market Matures Even As Funding Slowed In 2015
2016-01-05T17:05:49.790985-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/digital-health-tech-market-matures-even-as-funding-slowed-in-2015-20160105061/
Healthcare companies enjoyed ready access to capital in 2015, and the digital health sector was no exception. The young market further matured this year and venture capital funding followed suit, according to a report from StartUp Health (PDF), an incubator for digital health companies.
Tech investors add cash, but venture capital firms are absent
2016-01-05T16:56:43.872893-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/tech-investors-add-cash-but-venture-capital-firms-are-absent-20160105051/
The list of tech investors that received loans from the state of Ohio last month is telling.
In 2015 Israeli VC Funds Raised Nearly $1.5B
2016-01-05T16:54:28.748360-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/in-2015-israeli-vc-funds-raised-nearly-15b-20160105050/
Israeli venture capital fundraising activity was prolific in 2015, opening the seventh Israeli venture capital cycle with 18 new venture capital funds in the 2015 vintage year, IVC Research Center - KPMG Somekh Chaikin reports.
Aqr Real Asset Fund II Raised $100M
2016-01-05T13:07:22.090512-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/aqr-real-asset-fund-ii-raised-100m-20160105017/
The offering is still open. The total private offering amount was $100.10 million.
Rutgers University endowment finally breaks $1B mark
2015-12-30T15:31:22.145514-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/rutgers-university-endowment-finally-breaks-1b-mark-20151230965/
"There's a certain sense of confidence that comes from joining that league of universities that have accumulated a billion dollar endowment," Kessler said. "It also has very practical realities."...
Africa’s Private Equity Industry is Maturing
2015-11-18T18:09:30.021288-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/africas-private-equity-industry-is-maturing-1-20151118696/
In Part II of this interview, Knowledge@Wharton asks Michael Rogers, EY’s global deputy private equity leader, and Stephen M. Sammut, senior fellow and lecturer at Wharton, to evaluate the outlook fo...
N.Y. state pension fund sues Oracle for political donor info
2015-10-29T11:07:12.719876-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/ny-state-pension-fund-sues-oracle-for-political-donor-info-20151029461/
New York state's public pension fund has sued Oracle Corp to force the tech giant to reveal how it spends its political donations, according to a court filing....
University of Michigan endowment rises to $10 billion, posts 3.5% return
2015-10-27T12:48:31.729667-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/university-of-michigan-endowment-rises-to-10-billion-posts-35-return-20151027359/
UM reported an investment return of 3.5 percent for the year ended June 30, lagging behind its elite public peers. The endowment's 10-year annualized return is 8.4 percent....
RRJ Capital Raises $4.5 Billion in Largest Asian Private-Equity Firm Fundraising
2015-10-02T11:47:54.803821-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/rrj-capital-raises-45-billion-in-largest-asian-private-equity-firm-fundraising-20151002908/
HONG KONG—RRJ Capital closed the largest-ever private-equity fund for an Asian firm at $4.5 billion, giving prolific deal-maker Richard Ong a war chest to hunt for new opportunities across the region...
Can private wealth plug the infrastructure fundraising gap?
2015-09-08T14:04:12.120642-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/can-private-wealth-plug-the-infrastructure-fundraising-gap-20150908853/
Just before the 2008 financial crisis, the large London based multi family office Stonehage Fleming decided to rethink where it deployed some of the large pool of capital it was managing for several ...
Venture Capital is Different Now than During the Last Boom
2015-08-31T13:24:49.571433-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/venture-capital-is-different-now-than-during-the-last-boom-20150831475/
These days, the industry is in the midst of a boom, with investment hitting levels not seen since the peak of the last cycle, 15 years ago. But this boom looks very different than its predecessor.
CGN Capital Reaches $292M First Close On China Renewable Energy Fund
2015-08-27T12:05:21.450881-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/cgn-capital-reaches-292m-first-close-on-china-renewable-energy-fund-20150827357/
CGN Capital Partners Fund III L.P., a private equity fund focused on renewable energy infrastructure in China, has completed a first closing of RMB1.87 billion (US$292 million), according to a company announcement.
HomeLight, Real Estate Startup, Raises $3M in New Funding
2015-02-10T15:28:20.273792-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/homelight-real-estate-startup-raises-3m-in-new-funding-20150210241/
Co-founder and CEO Drew Uher has said that he created the service after he and his wife tried to find a real estate agent when buying their first home. It was a painful process, because there was no ...