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🚀 I am super excited today!! 🚀 Ledgex just welcomed another single-family office to our team. This is an absolute game-changer for them! They needed a robust portfolio management and accounting system, and now they have one that will save them time and money while scaling with their growth. 📈💼 If you are a foundation, endowment, or family office still struggling to manage your alternative investments, please message me to discuss how we can help. Let's transform your processes together! 💪✨ #WealthTech #PortfolioManagement #AccountingSolutions #FamilyOffice #Endowment #Foundation #AlternativeInvestments #FinanceInnovation Christopher McCoy Nicole Eberhardt Wendy McCoy Brian Nickerson John Kelly, PMP

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Thank you, James Thorne, for including my perspective on the current fundraising environment and advantages of betting on emerging managers! Emerging managers have outperformed established GPs since 1997, consistently producing a higher median IRR than established managers. 💪 Read more in @PitchBook below. #EmergingManagers #VC

There’s so much talk about emerging managers struggling to raise in this environment - but are the LPs who consistently favor the established missing out on opportunities for great returns? 👀 Laura Thompson, Partner at Sapphire Partners, shared her LP perspective with PitchBook on the advantages of backing the up-and-comer GPs. Read more in PitchBook’s weekend analysis: https://lnkd.in/dZuYqeA6 #EmergingManagers #VentureCapital #Fundraising

More to watch: Vista Equity Partners is raising its next batch of middle market-focused #privateequity pools, Foundation and Endeavor, shortly after the firm closed its marathon flagship fundraising that collected over $20bn. The mid-market funds, called Foundation and Endeavor (lower mid-market focused) have had leadership shifts over the past years, since both closed their last pools. Will be interesting to see how LPs approach these vehicles. Foundation is considered one of Vista's best performing groups, having put together a strong track record over four funds. Endeavor, now going into Fund III, is less proven. Get all the deets on fund details and performance data here on Buyouts: https://lnkd.in/eYnUxupE

LeapFrog has so far made three investments from our Flagship Fund IV - bolttech, Redcliffe Labs and Sun King. Our Global Head of Investor Solutions Yalin Karadogan shared a glimpse of the early performance of the fund with New Private Markets, including why it's important for investors to see early progress. "This gives investors an opportunity to really see the early performance of the portfolio companies in the fund, such as the three investments in Fund IV that are off to a very strong start," he said. Read the full piece from Charles Avery here: https://lnkd.in/gUjtNz-J #fundraise #impactinvesting #profitwithpurpose PEI

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The private equity fundraising market is still hard, but it's beginning to come back a bit, especially for niche strategies, while secondaries, the only sector with a strong 2023, continues to grow. But the buyout and growth capital markets overall are still looking for the tailwind of a strong IPO and M&A market which is not back yet.

Last month marked the one year anniversary of Northside Ventures. I'm often asked by other emerging managers what are the biggest lessons I've learned so far in this journey, so here they are. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/ge3P4Xks #venturecapital #emergingmanagers #earlystageinvesting #fundraising #lessonslearned