TechCrunch Summary (2023-05-28 07AM)

Source: QED Investors says pace of investing from new funds will be ‘extremely disciplined’

Summary
QED Investors raised $925 million to back fintech startups in the early and growth stages globally. They’re bullish on embedded finance, counter-cyclical businesses, insurtech, proptech, blockchain and geographic areas like LatAm, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.

Fact

💰 QED Investors raised $925 million across two new funds to back fintech startups globally.

🌎 QED is bullish on emerging markets like LatAm, Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

🚀 QED had five portfolio companies IPO in 2021: Remitly, AvidXchange, Sofi, Nubank and Flywire.

💡 QED is particularly bullish on embedded finance, counter-cyclical businesses, insurtech, proptech, blockchain and AI/ML frameworks today.

Source: 3 Views on a16z’s latest reported early-stage effort

Summary
Venture capital firm a16z is planning to create a fund-of-funds to invest in smaller venture capital pools. This strategy would give the company more visibility on the next generation of breakout tech companies.

Fact

💰 a16z is creating a fund-of-funds to invest in smaller venture capital pools.

🚀 This strategy would give the venture capital firm visibility on the next generation of tech companies.

🌱 Large funds, traditionally focused on later-stage deal-making, can find it hard to deploy big funds into smaller, earlier deals.

💡 Funding the folks investing early and leveraging those relationships makes sense as a way for investors to get involved in earlier-stage companies.

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