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The former angel group raised its oversubscribed debut seed fund to complement its existing growth syndicates.
The $60bn fund and Roadrunner Venture Studios are pairing up with America’s Frontier Fund, Crosslink Capital, Khosla Ventures and others to build a robust VC ecosystem rooted in New Mexico.
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The $82bn Southern California pension’s staff are expressing confidence in the direction of the portfolio despite relinquishing a spot as a top performer from early PE program.
VCs and corporate backers own shares currently worth nearly $10bn for VC-backed companies that have gone public this year – minus the holdings for outliers Circle and CoreWeave, which are valued at $35bn.
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Planeteer Capital closed its debut fund with anchor investments from an Ivy League university endowment and Mike Schroepfer, former CTO of Meta and a partner at Gigascale Capital, after pitching more than 400 potential LPs.
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Staff and consultants of the $5bn Silicon Valley pension are bullish about opportunities in a depressed VC marketplace.
Eugenio Gonzalez, Plug & Play Ventures
The firm closed on $50 million to back early-stage companies and connect them with its corporate network.
Zeal Capital Partners team (L-R): Richard Odior, Emily Zhen, Nasir Qadree, Stefanie Thomas Martin, Susannah Burrage, Tom Muscarella and Bianca Phillip.
Investors in Zeal's $82m Fund II include Capricorn Investment Group, Citi Impact Fund, Hampton University, M&T Bank, MassMutual, Spelman College, Wells Fargo and Zaffre Investments.
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General Catalyst and IDG Capital were the biggest winners in Circle's IPO, with each holding 20.9m shares valued at $1.7bn at the closing price of $83.23.
Pan Demetriou and Orr Vinegold aim to turn their accelerator into a sort of Y Combinator for UK impact brands.

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