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 4x more than last time with large family offices well-represented in the LP base Four in every five investments made by Ion Pacific under its VC secondaries strategy are structured transactions. Preferred equity is a […]
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 with DealStreetAsia. The firm had announced the $40 million first close of the fund — Ion Pacific Stonecutter II — in February last year. Michael Joseph, co-CEO and managing partner at Ion Pacific, said most […]
JD Logistics debut shows ‘consumer is back’ in China, Ion Pacific says
Itamar Har-Even, co-founder and current co-CEO of Ion Pacific, says companies like JD Logistics are aiding other “online-oriented businesses” in developing a whole new ecosystem, and are unlikely to be at risk under China’s big tech regulations. Watch the full interview here
Ion Pacific Completes $8.7 Million Secondary Investment in Singlife
• Deal gives Ion Pacific additional exposure to Singlife, Southeast Asia’s leading mobile savings and protection company• Investment is completed right after Singlife’s S$3.2 billion merger with Aviva Singapore, the largest insurance deal in Singapore to date HONG KONG – Ion Pacific, the investment manager focused on providing creative capital solutions to the innovation ecosystem, […]
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 the coronavirus pandemic have created a leapfrogging opportunity into the health care tech sector, says Itamar Har-Even of Ion Pacific. Watch the full interview here
Ion Pacific and Digital Garage Partner to Advance Secondary Market Opportunities in Japan
This will be the first of several planned vehicles aimed at advancing secondary market opportunity, primarily in the Japanese market. Read the full article here.
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 structures. Such is the glut of yet-to-IPO positions in soon-to-expire funds, the firm has added continuation vehicles (CV) to the toolkit for its latest vintage. Stonecutter III, which closed on USD 195m less than three […]
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 alternative liquidity strategy that now accounts for roughly a third of liquidity volumes in the US. We’re going to be speaking to several experts running secondary strategies in emerging markets to surface their learnings, insights, […]
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 mixed between global and European focus in this episode. It’s going to be kind of an interesting one. So please stay tuned. Watch the full interview here
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 funds have already become mainstream for PE, but now they are being adopted by VCs who are also looking to solve LP liquidity issues. Large-scale VC investors, including General Catalyst and Insight Partners, were early adopters, using them […]
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, reflecting a stabilizing funding environment following some years of decline and investor re-set. FinTech companies worldwide raised a total of $53 billion across 5,918 deals, indicating continued investor interest despite a selective capital […]
FinTech Investment Landscape 2024
FinTech Investment Landscape 2024The UK has been a global leader in FinTech for the past decade, repeatedly securing more investment than anywhere else in the world bar the United States. Investment into UK FinTech has funded market-leading companies, products and services that are creating a more inclusive, democratic and dynamic financial services sector. Despite such […]
Podcast Interview:[br]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 on liquidity, investment, and operational trends in venture capital. Listen the podcast here.