Even when the liquidity from the exit stays stuck in a deadline, it didn’t stop some corporations from obtaining latest latest growth funds.
The latest example is Peter Thiel‘S Founderswhich closed the Venture fund worth $ 4.6 billion filing With USA Securities and stock exchanges.
The latest fund, founders of Fund III, was reported in December as about $ 3 billion.
It goes big
The company based in San Francisco is best known for investment over the years AirbnbIN Palantir AND Stripeand recently invested strongly in defense technology-in this co-founding Costa Mesa in California Anduril Industries“Huge $ 1.5 billion in series F with Sands Capital Ventures This valued the company for $ 14 billion.
News about the latest fund appear when several corporations stop the IPO process, and the merger and acquisition market stays dark because the stock exchange of stock exchanges and the threat of a possible trade war make many investors restlessly.
Stall in exits was a reason for concern among VCS, because DPI-distributed to paid capital or capital paid “LPS after exits by the portfolio of these funds-it causes them to be the highest problem.
Despite this, the founders were quite energetic this 12 months, at Crunchbase data. During the first three and a half months, the company made 20 investments in startups.
At the end of last 12 months, the founders led a round of $ 600 million Crusoe Energy Systems This valued an energy company for $ 2.8 billion.