East Chop Capital, a private equity firm with USD20 million in assets under management, has raised USD9 million for its real estate fund that is focused on the USD112 billion global vacation rental market. This is the company’s second fund, capitalising on the intersection of real estate, the rebound in travel, and the future of hybrid work. The capital raised thus far is more than double the size of the first fund, with investor commitments received in 85 per cent less time. East Chop Capital’s portfolio of luxury vacation rental homes is marketed to travellers under the Getaway Society brand,

Climate change investor Climate VC, has launched an impact-first investment strategy that will back climate change start-ups that might have been overlooked by other VCs. Climate VC wants to disrupt the traditional VC approach to climate innovation by putting as much emphasis on the climate impact of a venture as the commercial return.     Climate VC is led by Peet Denny, Simrun Basuita, and Andrea Emanuelli, a team of AI and advanced technology specialists, operators and founders, with more than two decades’ experience in building start-ups, and making them a success. Climate VC was supported by serial founder and

Strategic finance platform Mosaic has raised USD25 million in a Series B financing round led by Founders Fund, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, XYZ Venture Capital, Fifth Down Capital, and Friends & Family Capital. The round brings Mosaic’s total funding to USD46 million in under 14 months, and reunites Peter Thiel, Managing Partner at Founders Fund and Co-founder of both Palantir Technologies and PayPal, with the team that helped build the finance department at Palantir.  Funding will be used to further expand the company’s product development and go to market teams as Mosaic continues to add greater depth

gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, has raised USD110 million for a second blockchain-focused early-stage fund gCC Fund II. With 36 portfolio companies, gCC Fund I has already backed many of the strongest entrepreneurs in the space including leading the strategic seed round of NFT Marketplace OpenSea and placing a seed investment into Yield Guild Gaming. gCC Fund I has many strong early-stage investments in portfolio including unicorns like Celsius Network, Qredo, Agoric, Astar, 1inch, VEGA protocol and more. Fund II will target exceptional developers, projects, DAOs, guilds, apps, games, and protocols at any layer at the

Goodlord, a property technology company transforming the way people rent, has raised GBP27 million in its latest investment round, led by Highland Europe. Columbia Lake Partners, Finch Capital, Latitude, and Oxx also participated in the round.  Goodlord will use the investment to accelerate its ambitious growth plans, including potential acquisitions in the UK and beyond.

Tata Capital’s healthcare focused investment division, Tata Capital Healthcare Funds, has closed its second fund with USD126 million in capital commitments, according to a report by VCCircle. The fund surpassed its original target and closed well ahead of Tata Capital’s first healthcare fund.

Singapore-based private equity manager Azalea Investment Management (Azalea) has launched the Altrium Sustainability Fund I (ASF I). The fund will invest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused opportunities to achieve positive environmental and social outcomes alongside private equity financial returns.   ASF I is a PE fund-of-funds product that enables institutional and other accredited investors to build an ESG-focused investment portfolio. The fund is co-seeded by sponsor, the Azalea Group, together with homegrown financial services company Singlife with Aviva. Each party has committed USD50 million to kick off the fund.   ASF I will back funds which invest in

Next Coast Ventures has closed USD310 million in venture capital across three different funds. With a focus on entrepreneurs on the “Next Coast” of innovation, Austin-based Next Coast has now raised more than USD500 million in just six years. Next Coast boasts a strong investment team with years of hands-on operational experience. Every investing partner has been an operator at some point in their career and can support different aspects of the company-building journey from their own unique perspective. The firm also provides founders access to the Next Coast Ventures Expert Network, a collection of more than 150 top executives

Yellow Wood Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, has closed Yellow Wood Capital Partners III at its target and hard cap of USD750 million in limited partner capital commitments. The new fund was oversubscribed and included capital commitments from many of Yellow Wood’s long-time limited partners as well as the addition of a small number of new investors comprised of university endowments, family offices and other institutional investors.   Yellow Wood Fund III continues its strategy of partnering with management teams to grow and operate brands by applying its Consumer Operating DNA