We previously posted this on our Company Linkedin page True Ventures is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm renowned for its...

Some interesting news from PitchBook's 2023 Annual Global Private Markets Fundraising Report.  In 2023, Approximately $1,174.6 billion was raised across all global private capital strategies. The aggregate YoY change was down (20.5%). All strategies were down YoY with the exception of secondaries, though secondaries only accounted for $78.3 billion. Of note, Secondaries had a substantial increase (but from a smaller base). Venture capital, real estate, real assets, and fund o

For this week, we’re profiling Spark Capital. Focus Areas: Spark Capital, a venture capital firm, directs its investments across various...

There’s been an uptick in secondary market activity after a slowdown observed in 2022 and early 2023, Crunchbase  reports. In the last...

General Intelligence with a Mission xAI, founded by Elon Musk, is an AI research company with an explicit goal: to understand the true nature of the universe . The team includes veterans from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft, and Tesla, with contributions to foundational techniques like Adam, Transformer-XL, LayerNorm, and models such as GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and AlphaStar. The company’s thesis is grounded in a belief that artificial intelligence should advance science

We are sharing a recent milestone from Gupshup – a valued past client.   Serving over 45,000 brands globally, including Citibank,...

As we step into the heart of March, the financial landscape is pulsating with energy and possibilities, particularly within the dynamic...

February 16, 2024 The Latest 2023 Insights: A Recap of Last Year's Alternative Investments We drafted this blog post at the end of 2023,...

February 15, 2024 Thoughts on AI This post was initially drafted on December 15, 2023, but sat on the shelf before being posted to the...

November 29, 2023 The Latest What Happened to Convoy? When I first heard the news that Convoy was collapsing, it felt like a shock. The...

According to recent reports, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has chosen to keep its policy interest rate range at 5.25%-5.50% for the second...

At AXIS Capital Markets , we specialize in global debt placement and secondaries for VC and PE-backed companies. The pace of growth in...

Tokyo October 30, 2023 NAV Financing Extending Life Funds and Staying Liquid with NAV Financing Over the last 1 to 2 years, NAV (Net Asset Value) credit facilities have become a more popular topic among GPs and LPs of Private Equity funds. NAV credit facilities have been in the market for a number of years, but there is more attention on the product offering given the current market conditions. What market conditions are driving NAV consideration? A few things are important

September 23, 2023 Secondary Investment Funds - The Latest Secondary Investment Market Commentary The Nasdaq market site is in Times Square, New York City. Surging interest rates and last year’s weak public equity market performance have made institutions think twice before taking on more private holdings © Reuters When you think of the Private Secondary Market today, what words, thoughts, or things come to mind? Opaque. Illiquid. The desire for liquidity. Lack of clarity

At Axis Group Ventures, we keep an eye out for the latest trends in tech. Having worked with many innovative technology companies in the past, we love to see how different innovations aid in the growth of other businesses. #AI plays a significant role in safeguarding and enhancing businesses. With the rapid advancements in AI technology, its applications are increasingly being integrated into various business operations. An Entrepreneur.com article details its use for busines

Source: Shutterstock Safety-First AGI as a Capital Strategy Anthropic represents a different frontier in artificial intelligence: not embodied, but aligned . Founded in 2021 by ex-OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei, the company has raised $3.3 billion  to date and is positioning itself as a global leader in safe, steerable, and scalable language models . Claude, its flagship assistant, is designed with Constitutional AI —a unique framework that allows the model to gov

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CIT Northbridge provides $65M to Hello Bello. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cit-northbridge-provides-65-million-to-family-care...

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