RedBlue raised Fund II while first-time managers took 4.5% of US VC dollars. Harrison argued that peer-agreed marks inflate fund results, and Kerala widened its fund-of-funds.
November 13, 2026 edition: Venture funds sector, 3 storiesVenture funds: latest VC & Startups analysis
Venture funds on AT Pulse covers fund closes, lps & managers. The desk has published 5 stories tagged Venture funds across 2 daily editions, from November 12, 2026 to November 13, 2026, citing 59 linked references. The most frequent original sources are 20VC, e27, and Investing 101. Stories here most often overlap with Funding, Valuations, and Ecosystems.
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Sequoia is closing London, Arc and Scouts and merging its early-stage and growth teams. It is also reportedly putting hundreds of millions into Sequence, an AI holding company that buys incumbent service businesses.
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Ecosystems
Kerala launches scale-up mission targeting 100+ startups earning ₹100 crore a year as IvyCap's Vikram Gupta urges growth-stage support
Kerala has moved its startup policy from counting new ventures to scaling them.
Valuations
Contrary's Kyle Harrison Argues Venture Valuations Should Be Made Public, Citing Kerala Fish-Market Study
Contrary GP Kyle Harrison argues that a startup's price can rest on one term sheet or on GPs agreeing with each other.
Venture funds
RedBlue Capital's Olaf Sakkers holds first close on Fund II, targeting at least $50M amid emerging-manager squeeze
RedBlue's Olaf Sakkers has held a first close on a second fund he expects to reach at least $50 million, citing a $5 million debut fund whose strong returns rest largely on paper markups, as first-time managers face their toughest fundraising market in years.
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Anthropic sets $70–$78 IPO range as Nvidia board investigates Jensen Huang and Sequoia closes London office
Anthropic set its IPO range at $70–$78 a share. Depending on share count, that values it at about $1.02 trillion to $1.4 trillion.
Funding
Sequoia to Invest Hundreds of Millions in Sequence Holdings, the AI Holding Company Taking Baldwin Group Private
Sequoia Capital is reportedly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Sequence Holdings, a year-old AI holding company that buys service businesses to keep and rebuild around AI, and is taking insurance broker Baldwin Group private with Michael Dell's family office.
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