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The Daily Pitch: VC

June 13, 2023

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In today's Daily Pitch, you'll find:

Supply chain tech VC deal value down 82% YoY

Leveraged loan market just took a big hit

Investors eye the chips that power AI and machine learning

Calpers reverses course on its VC allocation

AI is changing Goldman Sachs' investment strategy

Today's Top Stories

What's driving logistics tech?

The ecommerce boom is here to stay, but in the world of dealmaking, supply chain tech companies are struggling just to hold on. The logistics industry saw an 81.8% year-over-year decline in VC deal value in Q1, our 2023 Supply Chain Tech Overview found.

For funds with capital to deploy, there's a whole array of opportunities. From trucking logistics to ultrafast delivery, check out the industry's budding subsegments and explore the landscape of over 1,900 companies with our market maps.

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Leveraged loan wrap: Investors gain upper hand as market sentiment sours

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The US leveraged loan asset class limped through May, posting its worst return in eight months—as would-be borrowers increasingly accepted price hikes and tighter terms to complete new deals.

The sour mood is evident in the overall size of the asset class, which dipped below $1.4 trillion for the first time since March 2022, according to LCD's monthly Leveraged Loan Market Wrap. Retail investors continue to retreat from the segment.

LCD's analysis also covers the Morningstar LSTA Loan Index, yields for riskier single-B issuers and the leveraged loan maturity wall.

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A Message From Deloitte

The next stage for AI & ML after billions in investment

Since 2017, over $130 billion in dealmaking at the expansion stage occurred across the AI & ML landscape. Although the pace of investment has slowed thus far in 2023, it remains resilient. Deloitte's latest edition of the road to next report series explores why this deceleration is more indicative of a key phase of the sector's evolution than of market tremors. Other highlights include:

Analysis of AI & ML dealmaking and key developments across major segments like healthcare and cybersecurity
Perspectives from Deloitte partners on the variances in AI adoption across practice areas
Metrics on AI & ML dealmaking at the expansion stage including valuations, key segments and more

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Calpers ups VC allocation after 'lost decade'

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America's largest public pension scheme, Calpers, is leaning into venture—even as many other LPs lean away.

After years of bringing down its VC exposure to a 1% target, the institutional investor is now looking to increase its allocation to venture by more than sixfold, from $800 million to $5 billion, the Financial Times reported.

The pension manager suffered a "lost decade" coinciding with the venture boom, according to a new review of the program by managing investment director Anton Orlich.

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Market map: Investors bet on the chips powering AI and machine learning

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Investors keep chipping into artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) semiconductors.

Investors and founders are fixated on AI, pouring resources and time into the hot vertical. Our latest market map lays out the companies creating the next generation of chips to power the new age of AI and ML.

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A16z picks crypto-friendly London for first non-US base

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Andreessen Horowitz is set to open a London office later this year to focus on crypto and blockchain investments.

The news comes amid a global downturn in VC dealmaking in the crypto industry and a crackdown on companies in the US.

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How Goldman Sachs invests for an AI-driven world

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AI is changing how Goldman Sachs Asset Management invests.

At the Forbes Iconoclast Summit on Monday, Julian Salisbury, chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs Asset and Wealth Management, said that developments in AI are influencing how investment decisions are made at the firm.

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Recommended Reads

Ten years of UK IPOs in nine ugly charts. [Financial Times]

How AI will accelerate the circular economy. [Harvard Business Review]

Why America's fragmented electric grid is becoming a major obstacle to fighting climate change. [The New York Times]

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VC Deals

Percepto, which offers autonomous inspection and monitoring tools for infrastructure, has raised $67 million in debt and equity in a Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies.

Cloud cost management startup CloudZero has raised a $32 million Series B led by Innovius Capital and Threshold Ventures.

Paris-based DJust, which offers a B2B ecommerce platform, has raised a €12 million Series A led by NEA.

At-home fertility testing startup Oova has raised $10.3 million in a Series A led by Spero Ventures, TechCrunch reported.

Dutch climate-tech startup Ecochain has secured €3 million in a round led by Phase2.earth.

Pyrra Technologies, an online threat-detection startup, has raised a $2.3 million seed round led by Ducera Investments.

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PE Deals

Nasdaq has agreed to purchase Adenza, a financial software provider, for $10.5 billion from Thoma Bravo. Thoma Bravo will maintain a 14.9% stake and a seat on the board.

ACG Acquisition is buying a nickel and a copper mine in Brazil from Appian Capital Advisory in a $1 billion SPAC deal backed by VW and Glencore.

KKR has raised its bid for Telecom Italia's landline network by over €2 billion, valuing the company at up to €23 billion, Reuters reported.

Italy's top-flight soccer league Serie A is in talks with PE firms over its media rights, the Financial Times reported.

Horizon Capital-backed UK IT services provider Modern Networks has acquired its sector peer Bluegrass Group.

Levine Leichtman is to invest in Cleversoft, a German company offering regulatory software for financial services.

LDC has exited its investment in UK-based marketing company MSG to One Equity Partners.

Exit & IPOs

Livingbridge has exited its investment in London-based travel company Direct Ferries via its 2012 vintage fund, Livingbridge 5. The transaction includes a follow-on investment alongside new investor ICG.

Corporate M&A

UBS has completed its takeover of beleaguered Swiss bank Credit Suisse, creating a combined bank with $1.6 trillion on its balance sheet.

Swiss pharma giant Novartis has agreed to acquire US-based biotech firm Chinook Therapeutics for $3.2 billion.

Chart of the Day

"The number of funds raised by PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) signatories did slow in 2022, with 414 closed, a 32.7% drop from the previous year. ... The fundraising drop for PRI signatory funds was also proportionally smaller than that of non-signatory funds, which experienced a 42.2% drop."

Source: Are "ESG Investors" Underperforming?

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