venture capital

Investor Profile

TIFF plays the long game in venture capital

The $9 billion asset manager for 500 US endowments and foundations, TIFF, is famed for its PE and venture capital allocation. Head of private markets Brendon Parry reflects on his priorities, including navigating the winners and losers of AI, and leaning into independent sponsors and relationships with the best managers.

Sarah RundellJanuary 27, 2026

Asset Allocation

Fordham University dials up growth equity, cools on private credit

Fordham University CIO Geeta Kapadia is cutting back on private credit, calling it an asset class “less able to financially engineer returns” in a higher-rate world. She’s instead redirecting the $1.1 billion endowment to venture and growth equity and entrusting larger mandates to a smaller roster of high-conviction managers.

Darcy SongOctober 21, 2025

FIS Stanford 2025

Khosla warns of disrupted decade before AI boom brings abundance

AI will deliver a five-year burst of productivity and cost cutting before a deflationary decade reshapes the global economy, according to legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.

Brendan SwiftSeptember 18, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap

The short-term investment focus of venture capital investors and the withdrawal of government funding are opening the door to asset owners as providers of patient, long-term capital to fill an investment void, the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.

Darcy SongMay 28, 2025

Investor Profile

Australia’s Aware Super on VC and the pension investing purpose

The A$175 billion Aware Super’s CIO Damian Graham said its venture capital investment in tech unicorn Canva has been good value for money but "pretty unusual" in the scheme of things. He reflects on the asset class and the broader pension investing purpose.

Darcy SongMay 24, 2024

Investor Profile

Future Fund jolts out of ‘set and forget’ mode

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has handed mandates to external active managers and built a dedicated treasury management function, six years after going all-in on passive index strategies. It is is also on the hunt for early stage venture opportunities as it continues to forecast challenging conditions and higher persistent inflation.

Aleks VickovichAugust 31, 2023

Investor Profile

TIFF plays the long game in venture capital

Asset Allocation

Fordham University dials up growth equity, cools on private credit

FIS Stanford 2025

Khosla warns of disrupted decade before AI boom brings abundance

FIS Harvard 2025

Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap

Investor Profile

Australia’s Aware Super on VC and the pension investing purpose

Investor Profile

Future Fund jolts out of ‘set and forget’ mode

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