Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe witnessed an increase in the number of low-value venture capital (VC) deals (investment US$20-50m witnessed both volume and value growth in Q4 2019 compared to Q4 2018. The region saw
Fintech companies in the UK attracted $4.9bn in venture capital and private equity investment in 2019
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European venture capital (VC) deal value reached record highs with €32.4 billion total invested across 5,017 deals compared to €24.3 ($36bn) across 5,929 deals in 2018. All European regio...Article Link
Opalesque Industry Update - Sortis Holdings Inc. (SOHI), a Portland, Oregon-based alternative investment fund manager, has launched Sortis Growth Venture Fund. The $10 million fund is a hybrid venture capital and consumer-focused private equity fund
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America continued to attract the highest number of venture capital (VC) investments and funding during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 though the region experienced a dip in investments...Article Link
Posted by Francis J. Aquila, Melissa Sawyer, and John L. Hardiman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Editor's Note: Francis J. Aquila, Melissa Sawyer, and John L. Hardiman are partners at Sullivan
Posted by Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania), on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Editor's Note: Elizabeth Pollman is Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School. This post is based on her article, recently published
Genius Auto Finance Co, a joint venture between Geely Automobile Holdings and BNP Paribas Personal Finance, is readying a Rmb4.04bn ($614m) Generation 2020-4 retail auto loan securitization. Pricing is expected later this week.
It&'s all about the data! But when it comes to diversity, the data is all there, but nobody acts on it. The asset management industry purports to be a meritocracy where companies, founders and investment
Posted by Gail Weinstein, Warren S. de Wied, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Editor's Note: Gail Weinstein is senior counsel and Warren S. de Wied
Posted by Qianqian Du (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and Thomas F. Hellmann (University of Oxford), on Monday, November 18, 2019 Editor's Note: Qianqian Du is Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Thomas
Venture capital has enjoyed a compound annual growth rate of 17% for the past five years and is projected to reach $1 trillion, making up then about one-third the combined PE and VC assets globally.However,
Private Equity AUM as a share of US GDP was 5% in 2002 and 17% in 2018 which gives rise to many questions and concerns: Is this already too big for the economy? What about
With the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge in late 2018, the Greater Bay area around Hong Kong and the South Chinese economy are starting to see dramatic changes in terms of ability to innovate
