Private Equity
Khosla Ventures' performance numbers don't look bad considering its heavy allocation to clean technology. But the firm hasn't really sold much. It's hanging on to stakes in now-public biofuel companies and most of best performing investments are still private.
3 min read · 05 November 2012
3 min read · 05 November 2012
4 min read · 05 November 2012
The Silicon Valley firm has seen a number of its clean technology and IT investments sell or go public. But it’s still holding onto public company stakes, and the vast majority of its portfolio value is from companies that remain private
6 min read · 05 November 2012
For the third month in a row, big acquisitions of venture-backed companies have slowed to a crawl. The biggest deal with a disclosed price was for just $63 million. Though some purchases with undisclosed prices likely cost more, October still didn't provide much for VCs much to brag about.
2 min read · 01 November 2012
Small deals dominate the venture-backed M&A scene as early-stage acquisitions and acqui-hires gain traction. For VCs, that’s a good and a scary thing
10 min read · 01 November 2012
We take a look at the clean technology companies that have raised the most venture funding in the last few years. Overall, it is not light and pleasant reading.
2 min read · 31 October 2012
Reflections on the M&A scene from VCJ’s Venture Alpha conference in October
3 min read · 29 October 2012
Venture capitalists and corporate M&A specialists don't see the recent slowdown in large deals as all bad. Some of it is a function of a decent IPO market and strong pipeline of smaller acquisitions.
2 min read · 22 October 2012
A total of 15 U.S. firms raised $70M or more during the quarter
1 min read · 15 October 2012
