Private Equity
VCs are placing big bets on Americans’ changing approach to health coverage
7 min read · 24 October 2013
A word of advice to venture capitalists raising a new fund: Don’t blame your worst performing deal on a partner who’s now dead. And, if you do blame a dead partner, make sure it’s not someone who died two years before you made that investment.
2 min read · 21 October 2013
Whether out of necessity or for strategic reasons, a high proportion of VCs closing on new capital this year are raising funds that are smaller than their prior ones. A number of venture firms have closed or held initial closes on funds that are less than half the size of their last ones. Others have cut back by more than a third.
2 min read · 18 October 2013
Investors should give proper credit where credit is due, say limited partners at Venture Alpha West
3 min read · 18 October 2013
For more than a century, the firm that is now Bessemer Venture Partners operated with a single limited partner, which provided enough capital to keep things running along.
3 min read · 17 October 2013
Limited partners are cutting back investments in venture capital, and VCs are scaling back fund sizes to suit
4 min read · 17 October 2013
The multi-year trend of venture industry consolidation has continued in 2013, with a smaller number of firms raising a larger percentage of the capital raised.
2 min read · 16 October 2013
The resurgence of the IPO market is shaking up how venture investors and portfolio company executives are prepping for exits.
2 min read · 15 October 2013
The good ole days appear to be back as public offerings are once again in favor
3 min read · 15 October 2013
The latest fundraising data from Thomson Reuters shows a smaller group of firms accounting for more of the overall pot
3 min read · 15 October 2013
