Apr
06
Hedge Funds Are the New Venture Firms
ByCreditRichard Drew/Associated Press
In Silicon Valley, hedge funds with billion-dollar reserves are becoming the new venture capitalists.
Tiger Global, a $20 billion investment firm started by Chase Coleman as a hedge fund, is one of three investors that has helped Nubank, a digital finance company in Brazil, raise tens of millions of dollars.
Lee Ainslie’s $10.5 billion hedge fund, Maverick Capital, is likewise dabbling in private start-up funding, as one of three investors in Vserv, a digital platform for mobile marketing and commerce in India and Southeast Asia that has raised more than $10 million…