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Hedge funds' involvement in private deals, สล็อต which typically involve venture capital and private equity firms, has grown "extremely" in recent years as fund managers try to increase their returns accordingly. Reports from Goldman Sachs sales and trading desksdge funds, which traditionally invest in publicly traded stocks, have seen more interest in private equity funding rounds that have been raised by fast-growing tech companies in recent years, Goldman. say

The report is called The “hedge fund and convergence of private investment and public equity” shows that hedge funds have participated in 770 record-breaking private deals totaling $153 billion since the start of the year.in comparison The hedge fund has entered into 753 deals totaling $96 billion in 2020.meanwhile In the decade prior to 2010, hedge fund managers participated on average just 50 deals per year, with a peak of 117 in 2007.

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The number of deals made by hedge funds remains small compared to the activities of other investors in the private market. Indeed, hedge funds have been involved in only 4% of deals made so far this year, according to Goldman.That said, the hedge fund's footprint has grown exponentially. They have invested 27% of their capital spent in private companies so far this year. This reflects how likely they are to invest in bigger deals.Three-quarters of the funds come from just 10 hedge funds, Goldman said.

Indeed, Tiger Global Management and Coatue Management are just two hedge funds that compete vigorously with Silicon Valley venture capitalists and other investors in private deals.Tiger Global has invested in more than 20 European startups in 2021, up from four in 2020, data from VC analytics firm Dealroom shows.Billions of dollars have been pumped into startups such as London fintech Revolut and US enterprise software company Databricks. by hedge funds this year Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder of Remote HR start-up, told CNBC in July that It is “many new players in the market” and it is quite easy for some companies to raise huge sums of money.