Private Equity
2 min read · 29 August 2011
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2 min read · 12 August 2011
Want to catch up on the slideshows that your peers found most interesting on peHUB this week? Here are the top 10 slideshows that garnered the most pageviews from regular readers from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5. They focused on how the biggest VC-backed IPOs fared in the market wipeout on Thursday, VC performance numbers from CalPERS, a review of the year's biggest PR disasters, and the proliferating number of bank spin-outs in the market seeking money. 1. How This Year's Ten Biggest VC-Backed IPOs Fared In The Market Plunge by Lawrence Aragon 2. CalPERS's 2008 Banner Year For VC: Top Commitments And Current IRRs by Mark Boslet 3. CalPERS's Mid-Decade Enthusiasm: More Funds, Greater Diversification In 2007 by Mark Boslet 4. If You Thought Airbnb's PR Crisis Was Bad... by Connie Loizos 5. Spinning Their Way To New Investors by Jon Marino 6. Idaho Public Employee Retirement System Top Performing Funds by David M. Toll 7. Spotify And Other Top European Deals in 2011 by Alastair Goldfisher (subscribers only) 8. Textbook Startups Raise Big VC Rounds by Joanna Glasner 9. VCs Tackle Baldness, Love Handles, And Assorted Blemishes With Big Bucks by Joanna Glasner 10. Who’s Getting Rich Off of the Dunkin’ IPO? Here Are the Top Shareholders, by Luisa Beltran (subscribers only)
1 min read · 05 August 2011
So, which blog posts and news stories rose to the top of the most-read list this week? Following are the top 10 posts that garnered the most pageviews from regular readers of peHUB from August 1-5. (We do a separate list for the week's most popular slideshows.) This week's hot topics include fund-raising news from Avista Capital, CCMP Capital and Sycamore Partners;a video job pitch to Google gone viral; a critique of a Washington Post article on VCs and entrepreneurship (arguably the worst ever); and alumni networks that have formed around successful startups such as VMware, Tesla Motors and AdMob. 1. Matthew Epstein: "I'm Shocked Google Hasn't Issued a Cease and Desist Order" by Connie Loizos 2. Worst Analysis of VCs and Entrepreneurship EVER! by John Backus 3. VCJ Cover Story: The Networking Effect by Joanna Glasner 4. Teten & Farmer: VC and PE Funds' Best Practices In Sourcing Investments by David Teten 5. What's next For Real Estate Venture? by Joanna Glasner 6. Warburg Pincus Eyes Small Fries by Joseph Giannone 7. Avista Capital Looks To Raise $2B Fund by Luisa Beltran 8. Ex-JPMorgan Affiliate Looks to SWFs As It Gears Up For Fund III by Bernard Vaughan 9. Golden Gate spin-out, Raising First Fund, Takes Stake in Talbots by Bernard Vaughan 10. Guggenheim Venture Partners Becomes Alara Capital press release
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