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Evolution Equity Partners
Family offices and high net worth individuals are among those making commitments totalling $1.1 billion to a tech fund aimed at cybersecurity. 

Evolution Equity Partners has announced the final closing of Evolution Technology Fund III.

The fundraise was oversubscribed by existing and new limited partners. The commitment includes funding from British Patient Capital, a UK domestic investor in venture and venture growth opportunities and a subsidiary of the British Business Bank.

Evolution Equity Partners will use the capital to make investments ranging from $20 million to $150 million in cybersecurity. The firm intends to invest in the US, UK, EU and Israel. Significant investments made to date by Evolution in the United Kingdom and EU include: AVG Technologies, Quantexa, Panaseer, DF Labs, Logpoint, CounterCraft, Cognitive Security, Eperi, Cybsafe, Tatum, Elliptic, Arqit, and Metomic. These are amongst 60 portfolio companies the firm has backed.

"Over the past 25 years, we have witnessed first hand the strong cybersecurity entrepreneurial talent pool in the UK and EU,” Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner at Evolution Equity Partners, said.

Evolution Equity Partners was founded by investor and technology entrepreneurs Seewald and Dennis Smith. It has a specialist team of 30 professionals based in New York City, Palo Alto, London and Zurich. 

WisdomTree
WisdomTree, a global financial innovator, has just launched the WisdomTree US Quality Growth UCITS (QGRW) exchange traded fund (ETF). QGRW, which has a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.33 per cent, aims to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses. 

Listed on Börse Xetra and Borsa Italiana, QGRW will be listed on the London Stock Exchange, the firm said in a statement.

The proprietary index is designed to track the performance of US large-cap companies with strong quality and growth characteristics that meet WisdomTree’s ESG criteria.

WisdomTree’s approach aims to provide higher upside participation in bull markets and generate positive excess returns over a full market cycle. The growth factor aims to capture companies experiencing growth in sales, realised earnings, and expected earnings, often including disruptive companies and technological giants, allowing for greater upside participation. The quality factor adds stability to a portfolio and helps filter out the most unprofitable, highly speculative, and low-quality names. This combination positions the WisdomTree US Quality Growth UCITS ETF as a strategic, long-term equity solution for investors looking for thoughtful exposure to the growth segment of the US equity market without sacrificing the quality of their portfolio.

European investors can access QGRW, which is already an available strategy in the US, initially launched in 2022. WisdomTree US Quality Growth UCITS ETF will join WisdomTree's $360-million range of Quality Growth ETFs, the firm added.