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TLDR: Kirkland advised J.P. Morgan Private Capital on the closing of its biotechnology venture capital fund, 270 Life Sciences Private Capital Fund I, which closed above its $500 million target. The fund

TLDR: MtGox announced they will be returning 140,000 bitcoins to customers, causing a drop in Bitcoin prices. Billionaire Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures is shifting away from crypto and fintech to focus on

TLDR: Patrick Schmitt has left Continental after two years as senior investment manager at its CVC group. Schmitt helped Continental’s CVC fund invest in mobility and industrial technology developers at series A

TLDR: The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and Dutch state-owned investment fund Invest-NL have joined the pan-European Gender Smart Equity Investment Programme funded by the European Investment

TLDR: Zerodha’s Rainmatter venture arm has been instrumental in seeding Indian startups Rainmatter is now poised for further growth as India’s startup ecosystem evolves In 2016, Zerodha, one of India’s largest stockbrokers,

TLDR: EnBW New Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of German electric utility firm EnBW, has invested in the new electrification fund raised by venture capital firm Vireo Ventures. The investment in

TLDR: Katelyn Johnson, former MD of American Family Ventures, joins Cohen Circle as managing director Johnson will focus on fintech investments at the investment firm Former managing director of American Family Ventures,

TLDR: Grosvenor makes first venture capital fund investment Noa deemed Europe’s largest venture capital firm focused on the built environment Grosvenor, a prominent real estate investor, has made its first venture capital

TLDR: BlackRock acquires private markets data provider Preqin for $3.2 billion. Preqin is expected to generate $240 million in recurring revenue this year. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has announced the

TLDR: Rainforest, a US fintech start-up, secures $20 million in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners. The funding will be used to boost staff headcount, drive growth, and further develop technology