Alternatives
Venture capital firm Chingona Ventures is getting things done by writing large institutional checks to founders in industries that are “massively changing.”
Eva Shang’s desire to launch a tech start-up led the undergraduate economics student to drop out of Harvard University and immediately enter the prestigious early-stage start-up accelerator program Y Combinator in 2016.
Venture capital firm Alante Capital was launched with a mandate of seeking innovation in the apparel industry that could intersect both profitability and sustainability.
Early-stage venture capital firm 1st Course Capital has a healthy appetite for solving the complex issues impacting the U.S. food system.
Evelysse Vargas has joined Zeal Capital Partners as a senior consultant, the venture capital firm announced.
Base10 Partners has closed a new $460 million early-stage fund, bringing the Black-led venture capital firm’s total assets under management beyond $1 billion, the firm announced.
The Institutional Investing Diversity Cooperative has announced its endorsement of the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s Diversity Metrics Template for gathering diversity data from private equity managers.
When it comes to gender balance in the alternatives industry, progress is “hard to cheer about” as figures are increasing for women in junior positions, while the number of women in senior positions “drops off significantly,” according to a recent Preqin report.
Gloria Nelund was ready to retire. After serving as ceo of the U.S. private wealth management division at Deutsche Bank following a career that had included time as managing director of Scudder Kemper Investments and as ceo of BofA Capital Management, she was ready to give back.
This month, we have our annual look at the pipeline for diversity in the asset management space.