Venture capital

500 Startups founder launches VC secondaries fund

Dave McClure plans to raise a fund to buy GPs’ and LPs’ stakes in micro VC funds.

5 min read · 18 March 2020

German state to drive development of VC secondaries market

Jörg Goschin of KfW Capital said the firm is working with the government to make it easier for VC LPs to access liquidity.

2 min read · 30 January 2020

Greenspring raises $800m for VC secondaries

Secondaries Investor reported in August that the VC-focused firm was targeting $600m for Fund IV, an 85% increase on the amount sought by its predecessor.

2 min read · 07 January 2020

Industry Ventures makes two top-level promotions

The VC secondaries specialist has promoted Ira Simkhovitch and Amir Malayery to managing director.

2 min read · 18 December 2019

Coller, Goldman-backed liquidity provider holds final close

San Francisco-headquartered Liquid Stock’s $161m fund extends part-debt/part-equity financing to private company shareholders.

2 min read · 05 December 2019

Secondaries Upstarts: The Israeli firm that wants to replace intermediaries and lawyers

The first in our look at firms challenging the status quo is Rivver – a firm that believes it can further narrow the illiquidity discount borne by private funds investors.

3 min read · 26 November 2019

VC-focused Knightsbridge returns with sophomore fund

Stakes in VC funds attracted the lowest pricing among all strategies in the first half of the year.

1 min read · 14 November 2019

Greenspring holds first close on way to $600m

The VC secondaries investor has raised around $104m, having returned to market in June.

1 min read · 06 November 2019

Arcano eyes VC secondaries via listed entity

Balboa Ventures is planning to raise up to €150m to invest in early stage VC on a primary and secondary basis.

2 min read · 23 October 2019

Ion Pacific eyes $100m for VC secondaries – exclusive

The Hong Kong secondaries firm, which raised $35m for its debut vehicle, mainly buys LP stakes in Asian and Israeli VC funds.

2 min read · 22 August 2019

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