Liu's promotion comes amid a spate of personnel moves at the real estate tech investment firm.
Large asset managers’ participation in venture capital deals is nothing new. But it has only grown in recent years, and non-traditional investors are now going downstream even more, participating in outsized seed deals. The competition that has emerged will likely impact VC for years to come.
The co-founder of Color Genomics has raised $300 million from 16 investors, according to a regulatory filing.
Details are scant, but Allocate will focus on the intersection of GPs and LPs, helping to put fund managers in front of investors.
Rap mogul Jay-Z and two partners appear to have held a final close on $85 million for their first venture fund, Marcy Venture Partners Fund.
He joins the early-stage investor after almost 10 years at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where he led investments in venture and growth equity funds worldwide.
The firm co-founded by Peter Thiel has seen seven of 11 team members depart in the past four years. Here's what they're up to now.
The firm, which launched in 2014, is also eyeing an opportunity fund.
Demand for sextech, gambling and cannabis products began to skyrocket when lockdowns began.
Suyi Kim, previously head of Asia at the Canadian pension giant, has been named to lead its private equity unit globally, the investor's first-ever female global head of the asset class.