Staff Writer

Fund briefs, December 2007

News briefs about Dace Ventures, VenturEast, Bay City Capital, Guggenheim Venture Partners, New Leaf Venture Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners, Ascension Health Ventures, Wasatch Venture Fund and new funds from Cisco Systems and Chevron

Jim Breyer

6 Quick Questions with Jim Breyer of Accel Partners

PeHUB Redux

Dan Primack pummels Lightspeed for how it figured its carried interest in the distribution of Riverbed shares, readers respond

October rally shows signs of continuing

Look who's watching

In this month's People Page: Barry Schuler wants to overhaul the movie biz, Pam Mahoney hits the desert, Adeo Ressi reveals he is "Ted" of TheFunded, debate wages over optimal age for entrepreneurs

NVCA embarks on clean tech public policy initiatives

Emily Baker outlines several bills in Congress that could benefit clean tech investors

Consider the merits of an evergreen fund

VCs could learn a thing or two from Warren Buffet, says Tom Simpson of Northwest Venture Associates

How to promote effective board behavior

Pascal Levensohn details improvements made to guide for VCs who sit on company boards

TSX offers solid exit route for early stage VCs

Kevan Cowan, president of the Toronto Stock Exchange, discusses the merits of the TSX Venture Exchange

Targanta Therapeutics Inc.

Maker of anti-bacterial agents prices at $10, falls 13%