Chris also served as a venture partner at Industry Ventures where he was actively involved in the acquisition and management of
secondary venture investment portfolios.
Not exact matches
March 2, 2018 — SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Industry Ventures LLC, a leading
investment firm for
venture capital, today announced that Lindsay Sharma and Ira Simkhovitch have been promoted from Vice Presidents to Principals on its
secondary investment team.
Direct
Secondary Funds: These funds acquire direct portfolios of
venture capital
investments.
Today, the
secondary market allows
venture capital investors to align liquidity solutions with
investment objectives similar to those used in other established markets like real estate and lending.
Industry Ventures has three complimentary
venture capital
investment funds:
secondary fund, hybrid fund of funds, and a direct fund.
Just as
venture capital firms focus on specific industries (IT or healthcare) or
investment stages (seed, early, development, or late),
secondary funds are also organized by
investment themes.
In addition, McKinsey & Company estimates that between 3 - 4 % of the limited partnership interests in the private equity and
venture capital business trade on an annual basis, or approximately $ 1.2 B. Combining both of these figures, the
secondary market for both LP and direct
venture capital
investments amounted to more than $ 2.45 B and represented 8 % of all
venture investments in the industry.
Expertise:
Secondary direct transactions,
venture fund buyouts, limited partnership interests, fund of funds buyouts,
venture capital
investments, recapitalizations, founders stock purchases, and special situations.
Several months after our first
secondary investment, the firm acquired the
venture capital division of Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
Over the last seventeen years, the firm has evolved from being a pioneer in
secondary investments to becoming the leading provider of flexible capital solutions for the
venture ecosystem.
The size of this aftermarket reaffirms that a robust
secondary market for
venture investments has evolved and is now established.
Industry Ventures is a leading
investment firm and pioneer in the
secondary market focused exclusively on
venture capital.
Industry Ventures
secondary funds are differentiated by a unique focus on
venture capital
investments in both limited partnership interests and direct
investments, with an emphasis on transactions from $ 3 million to $ 20 million.
This
investment activity was instrumental in the early formation of the
secondary market for
venture capital
investments.
Ken focuses on originating and valuing
secondary and primary
venture capital
investments.
Fast forward and Tusk, who'd accepted his Uber pay in equity and today oversees both a political strategy firm as well as a
venture fund, tells us that he's cashing out his shares as part of the new
investment being made by a SoftBank - led consortium of investors who are buying both primary and
secondary shares.
She has particular expertise in the creation and fundraising of private equity funds — LBO, mezzanine,
venture capital,
secondary, distressed, infrastructure and real estate — and debt
investment funds in France, Luxemburg and across Europe.
Morgan Lewis represents all types of onshore and offshore private
investment funds, including credit / distressed credit funds, private equity funds, mezzanine funds, funds of funds,
secondary funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, cleantech funds,
venture capital funds, master - feeder funds, hedge funds, activist funds, and corporate governance funds.
From creation, to fundraising, to
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