Are small PE funds losing ground? Rolling one-year horizon IRRs have been consistent of late when broken down by fund size, and $1 billion-plus global #PE vehicles have once again bested their smaller peers in recent returns. pitchbook.com/news/articles/…

Don’t overlook Southeast Asia’s #ecommerce gold rush techinasia.com/rocket-growth-…

Venture Capital is losing sight of its most important investments: seed-stage #entrepreneurs forbes.com/sites/valleyvo… timely argument by John Vrionis

Faster PE capital deployment linked to lower returns privateequitywire.co.uk/2018/12/19/271…

No you are not a genius, it's the market.

I invested in Ren and Canay Deniz; yet couldn’t have said it better myself. Take Vivek Sodera’s word for it:

Private Equity is best performer for public pension funds - 7.9% annualised return over 10 years pionline.com/article/201801…

Finance chiefs fear Big Tech’s shift to banking ft.com/content/d9b3d7… #convergence #fintech

Software is eating up private equity: The number of #PE deals fell in every US sector last year except one: #IT Why? Software companies can pivot in a year’s time or less, which can make a significant difference in ROI.

Why decentralization matters! medium.com/@cdixon/why-de…

Swiss regulator publishes insightful guidance on #ICOs. If you just have 1 minute, this is what you need to know: FINMA will handle ICO enquiries as follows: 1. Payment ICOs: For ICOs where the token is intended to function as a means of payment and can … ift.tt/2FjJO6R

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (#AI/#ML) is beginning to resonate with #VC investors in the healthcare sector, recording 48 deals in 2017 raising $718 million, representing 65% and 126% growth YoY, respectively.

The remarkable rise of supergiant rounds in #startup #fundraising has important implications and shouldn’t be underestimated news.crunchbase.com/news/rise-rise…

Accelerating #converge: “Large #Tech firms have used their immense resources and rich customer data pools to go beyond #payments and make forays into areas as diverse as #lending, #PFM, #insurance etc.” -MEDICI Global

Four potential reasons for the rise of overvaluations pitchbook.com/news/articles/…

Delighted to be part of the Judging Panel of the #SGDChallenge at the #RFISummit18 zawya.com/mena/en/story/… Blake Goud AHB

Investment in capital market #fintech falls by more than half ft.com/content/2bd2a5…

New data shows that #European venture capital has matched the performance of US #VC funds over the past 20 years finsmes.com/2018/04/europe…

Great analysis by victorbasta “There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it” techcrunch.com/2017/11/30/the…