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Private Equity Fundraising Declined Globally to $554B in Past Year – Report

Private equity fundraising declined by around 1.2% globally to $554 billion last year, according to data shared by PitchBook. And the number of funds declined by around 46% to 647 from 1,192. Funds of $5 billion or more reportedly accounted for almost 50% of 2023’s… Read More

Qatar Investment Authority to Launch VC Fund of Funds

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is set to launch Qatar’s “first” venture capital (VC) Fund of Funds, a strategic investment program to foster innovation in Qatar. The Fund of Funds program will “invest more than USD 1 billion in international and regional venture capital funds.” The… Read More

Fintech NayaOne Acquires $4.7M, Will Boost Sandbox Platform

NayaOne has announced a $4.7 million funding round led by EJF Capital, with Valley Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Valley Bank and Carthona Capital also on board. This investment is a testament to NayaOne’s growth and potential “to transform financial services with its… Read More

Journey from First to Sophomore Funds Has Never Been More Challenging, Analysis Reveals

Recent PitchBook data shows that the journey from a first to a sophomore fund has never been so challenging. Historically, when we examine the period from 2006 to 2018, 63% of first-time managers had been able to secure a second fund, however, the present environment… Read More

China’s VC Funding Dips in January 2024 Amid Global Declines

China’s venture capital (VC) market experienced a noticeable decline in January, with a total of 251 VC funding deals amounting to $2.6 billion, according to the latest analysis by GlobalData, a premier data and analytics firm. This represents an 8.4% decrease in deal volume and… Read More

Gloomy: Global Private Equity, VC Cratered in 2023

  CI has reported on the moribund activity for venture capital and private equity for some time now. Again and again, we receive reports that VC and PE cratered in 2023. Today, once again, S&P Global Market Intelligence has shared another gloomy report stating that… Read More

Venture Market Downshifts Further with Dealmaking and Funding Totals Declining Considerably – Report

The venture market downshifts further in 2023, with dealmaking and funding totals falling to 6-year lows, according to an update shared by CBInsights. Q4’23 was the “harshest” quarter for global VC in 6 years, the CBInsights team noted. However, the down market has “revealed a… Read More

Canapi Ventures, the Fintech VC Fund, Raises $750 Million Fund II

Canapi Ventures, the fintech venture capital fund backed by nearly 70 financial institutions and strategic investors across the United States, announced earlier this month the raise of a $750 million Fund II. Canapi is backed by the Canapi Alliance, the fund’s unique network of strategic… Read More

British Business Bank Research: UK’s VC Funds Continue to Perform Well Compared to US and European Counterparts

Research from the British Business Bank, UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2023, finds UK venture capital funds continue “to perform well overall compared to their US and European counterparts, but top performing UK funds lag behind leading US funds.” Historically, US VC financial returns “were… Read More

VCs Claim AI Leads Innovation, But Are Cautiously Optimistic about IPOs and Cognizant of Geopolitical Risk – Report

PitchBook,  a Morningstar company providing comprehensive, accurate, and “hard-to-find” data for professionals doing business in the private markets, notes in an update that VCs say AI [artificial intelligence] leads innovation, are cautiously optimistic about IPOs, and are cognizant of geopolitical risk. In a note from… Read More

UK Startups Raise $12B in VC Funding During Jan-Oct 2023, Report Reveals

A total of 1,098 venture capital (VC) funding deals worth $12 billion were announced in the UK during January-October 2023. Both deal volume and value recorded year-on-year (YoY) decline “compared to the VC funding activity registered during January-October 2022,” reveals GlobalData, a data and analytics… Read More

UK Venture Capital Funding Sees 27.2% YoY Decline to $8.7B During Jan-Aug 2023 – Report

The UK witnessed 898 venture capital (VC) funding deals of worth $8.7 billion during January-August 2023. This represents “a 27.2% drop in the volume compared to the same period in 2022.” Notably, the decline in terms of disclosed deal value “was significantly steeper, registering at… Read More

Binance Labs to Support On-Chain Insights at Scale Across Blockchain Ecosystem

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance (which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues along with facing major operational challenges globally) has reportedly invested in $ARKM, the native token of Arkham. Arkham is an AI-powered blockchain… Read More

Global Venture Capital Investments Sink, Activity at Four Year Low

If there is any doubt, another report is highlighting the moribund venture capital markets. S&P Global Market Intelligence is reporting that VC funding rounds are at a four-year low, having cratered by 27% year over year in October at $18.49 billion and deal volume dropping… Read More

Mendoza Ventures Closes Truist Ventures’ Investment for its Growth Fintech fund

Mendoza Ventures, a Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity Venture Capital firm, announced that Truist Ventures is investing in its Early Growth Fintech Fund as a limited partner. The fund is targeting $100M and will “invest in early growth-stage startups with a focus on diverse teams.” Mendoza… Read More

Global VC Firm Acton Capital Closes Fund ACTON VI to Invest throughout Europe and Canada

Acton Capital, one of Europe’s longest-standing venture capital investors, has announced the closing of its Fund ACTON VI to invest throughout Europe and Canada. The team remains committed to “backing companies in their early growth phase, with a focus on startups developing sustainable scaling strategies… Read More

Blockchain Adoption: Lightspeed Faction Launches $285M Venture Fund for DLT Startups

Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, announced the launch of its inaugural $285 million venture fund. Faction will primarily invest “in early stage blockchain projects and serve as a long-term capital partner as these projects scale.” In addition to providing capital, the fund will… Read More

VC Funding Tanks, Alpha Partners Shares Perspective and Future Expectations on Venture Market

Recently, there have been various reports about the decline in venture capital funding. VC money is a key component in funding risky early-stage ventures. While only a fraction of the investments may drive results, some of these companies may turn into revolutionary platforms or launch… Read More

Global Corporate VC-backed Funding and Deals Decline to Lowest Levels Since 2018 – Report

Global corporate venture capital-backed funding and deals drop to the lowest levels since 2018, according to an update from CBInsights. Quarterly corporate venture capital (CVC)-backed funding “has fallen 73% from its all-time high ($48.6B) just 2 years ago,” the CBInsights report revealed. In that same… Read More

Capital Raised by Startups on Carta Declined by 38% from Q2 to Q3, Number of Venture Fundraising Rounds Fell by 27%

The downturn that has defined the venture capital industry for much of the past two years continued in the third quarter of 2023, according to an update from Carta. The amount of capital raised by startups on Carta “declined by 38% from Q2 to Q3,… Read More

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