Private Equity
At the end of a two-day conference celebrating all that is venture capital, a quartet of limited partners offered some pointed criticism on what the industry – and the bulk of its practitioners – are doing wrong.
4 min read · 16 May 2013
Dick Costolo, the former improv comedian currently employed as CEO of Twitter, told attendees of this year’s National Venture Capital Association conference what he’s learned on the job, from how to recruit top engineers to how to cope with the snarkiness of Silicon Valley.
3 min read · 15 May 2013
VCs have invested more than $40 million over the past year in companies developing platforms to connect small investors and entrepreneurs
2 min read · 15 May 2013
As VCs seek to back disruptive models for higher education, massive open online courses take hold
2 min read · 12 May 2013
Networking technology company Cyan posted flat first-day performance in its Thursday IPO. But the offering still stands to deliver moderately positive returns for venture backers, including Norwest Venture Partners and Azure Capital.
1 min read · 09 May 2013
New Enterprise Associates charges unusually low fees by venture industry standards but takes a higher-than-typical share of carried interest from returns on successful investments, Peter Barris, managing director at NEA, told attendees at Thomson Reuters’ PartnerConnect conference in Boston in April.
3 min read · 07 May 2013
An overwhelming majority of corporate venture capital investors believe the investment environment will stay the same or improve moderately improve compared to last year, according to a newly published survey.
1 min read · 06 May 2013
Although many firms find success when they team up with certain partners, being the sole investor in big rounds is also an accelerating trend
5 min read · 03 May 2013
LendingClub, operator of a peer-to-peer site for personal loans, has sold a minority stake to Google in a transaction that values the fast-growing startup around $1.5 billion.
2 min read · 02 May 2013
Just as certain venture firms perform better than others, so do certain combinations of VCs. The tendency for particular syndicates to see repeated success, investors say, is no coincidence.
7 min read · 01 May 2013
