If you’re trying to get a pulse on what’s happening in the venture market right now, you could do worse than talk with Hans Swildens, founder of the 22-year-old investment firm Industry Ventures.
Industry Ventures is now managing $5 billion in assets – nearly $1 billion of it raised last year — across numerous strategies and vehicles. The firm makes both direct investments and invests in venture funds. It participates in smaller tech buyouts. It’s a limited partner in others’ buyout funds. And it has a vibrant secondaries business, so it knows when people are open to selling stakes in companies, when they aren’t, and where the market is pricing pr …
