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Weekly Update #199: Who's investing in VC these days?

EquityZen

May 16th, 2017

Who's investing in VC these days?

It looks like hedge funds, mutual funds, and private equity funds (termed colloquially as "tourist investors") have pulled back:

Meanwhile, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have picked up the pace, according to an article from Fortune titled "Sovereign Investors Are on the Hunt for Silicon Valley Unicorns"

In other news...

Scotland’s Unicorn Hunter (Bloomberg)

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