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Ion Pacific Embraces Continuation Vehicles as VC Secondaries Opportunities Proliferate
Ion Pacific has served as a source of liquidity for VC investors for nearly a decade, often through preferred equity …
The Emerging Market Way
Welcome to the Emerging Market Way. In this first season, we’re going to be exploring venture secondaries, which is an …
The Rise of Structured Secondaries in Venture
Everyone, welcome to this episode of the EUVC podcast. Today, I have Kristaps Ronis. Kristaps has a very interesting profile …
Q&A: How continuation funds became a lifeline of VC liquidity
Traditionally used by PE, the vehicles are increasingly popular with VCs in a more constrained exit market.By Leah Hodgson Continuation …
FinTech Investment Landscape 2025
The Global Snapshot In 2025, global FinTech investment showed a return to growth, with most markets seeing a pick-up in …
FinTech Investment Landscape 2024
FinTech Investment Landscape 2024The UK has been a global leader in FinTech for the past decade, repeatedly securing more investment …
Podcast Interview:
Bringing Structure to Venture Capital
Itamar Har-Even, co-CEO of Ion Pacific, recently sat down for a conversation with Biltmore Family Office to provide his insights …
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Fund focus: Ion Pacific goes institutional
Pitching a niche VC capital secondaries strategy with a meaningful focus on Asia isn’t easy, but Ion Pacific raised nearly …
HK’s Ion Pacific closes second structured secondaries fund at $133.6m
Hong Kong-based Ion Pacific has closed its second structured secondaries fund at $133.6 million, said the firm in an interview …
Itamar Har-Even, co-founder and current co-CEO of Ion Pacific, says companies like JD Logistics are aiding other “online-oriented businesses” in …
• Deal gives Ion Pacific additional exposure to Singlife, Southeast Asia’s leading mobile savings and protection company• Investment is completed …
Itamar Har-Even on CNBC: China’s Health Tech Firms Have Remarkable Tailwinds
Health care tech has ‘amazing tailwinds’ particularly in China, says investor Massive government support and cascading crises in 2020 like …
Itamar Har-Even interviewed by RTHK radio: Ant likely to be the tech IPO of the year
IPOs in Hong Kong have been met with huge investor demand this year, and there’s still a bumper few weeks …
The creation of the Hang Seng Tech Index is a “resounding sign” to the world that China’s tech markets are …
Michael Joseph was quoted on Bloomberg – “Hong Kong’s Rush to Attract China Listings Comes With a Risk”
By Lulu Yilun ChenJune 9, 2020, 5:00 AM GMT+8 Updated on June 9, 2020, 11:28 AM GMT+8 Hong Kong exchange’s race to attract …
Michael Joseph was quoted on Financial Time – “Asia-Pacific start-ups brace for coronavirus bruising”
In 2013, Simon Loong launched Hong Kong fintech WeLab using a small loan — just four years later the business …
Ion Pacific Co-CEO Michael Joseph will be speaking at The Global Private Equity Web Meeting being held online April 27-29, …
Itamar Har-Even on CNBC: Econ Downturn Will Hit Ride-Sharing Firms
Ride-sharing is one of ‘hardest hit’ sectors amid virus crisis, says investor “Whether or not people can muster the political …
Michael Joseph on Deal Street Asia – Coronavirus: Liquidity will come at a premium for VC asset class
While the final human toll of coronavirus is still to be determined, one thing is for certain: COVID-19 is leaving …