Long seen as ripe for consolidation, the fund administration sector is in the middle of another flurry of private equity-backed M&A. The top fund administration players consolidating the industry — a number of which are backed by buyout houses — expect the large to continue to get larger. Private equity firms are still buying…...
Why investors are raising climate tech funds at a torrid pace
Climate tech has significantly evolved since the first cleantech investment craze of the early 2000s. Today a growing group of investors is tackling one overarching global threat: climate change. Today, the investment landscape is powered by a vastly broader base of investors who are marshaling billions of dollars to tackle…...
How ‘solo VCs’ are changing the venture game !
Individual investors have always been a part of the venture capital ecosystem, but they generally have written small checks for the earliest-stage companies. It's an open secret in Silicon Valley that this group of investors is willing to offer founders better terms and higher prices than traditional VCs in exchange…...
VC Pledged to ‘Do Better’ on Diversity. It’s Barely Changed
IT'S NO SECRET that the venture capital industry, for as long as it's existed, has been overwhelmingly white. Last summer, as the murder of George Floyd focused national attention on racial inequalities in the US, firms seemed committed to changing that. “Black Lives Matter,” the firm Benchmark tweeted last May. “Change starts with…...
Women in PE: Into the Man Cave
Private equity is catching a lot of flak at the moment — from politicians who see the investment class as plutocratic, investors who seek stronger regulatory scrutiny of the industry and insiders who aim to break the glass ceilings keeping women from rising through their ranks.The industry has made some progress…...
HR Tech Funding Explodes As Companies Grapple With Transforming Workforce
Venture capital money is flooding the human resources space as employers seek new ways to recruit, hire and retain their workforces.Human resource technologies — which can run the gamut from background checks to benefits and everything in between — already has seen nearly $3.6 billion in venture funding for 260…...
Private Equity Recruiting with a Headhunter
Key characteristic that private equity firms look for is that the candidate is able to think like an investor rather than an execution or junior investment banker. Remember, private equity involves making successful “investments” rather than successful transaction closings that are not affected by post-transaction performance. Recruiters, or “headhunters,” play…...
A Look at the Current State of Private Equity Recruiting
The past year has brought a degree of challenge to private equity that surpasses industry events that have confronted the very best fund and portfolio operators over the last several decades. The spreads between winning and losing decisions have increased dramatically and the variance across verticals and industries are both…...
