Private Equity
IPO volumes were flat in the third quarter, according to data released today by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. Overall, venture-backed IPOs raised $1.1 billion from 10 offerings during the third quarter, more than double the deal number seen during the same period last year.
1 min read · 02 October 2012
For venture-backed tech M&A, the third quarter started with a bang and ended with a whimper. After a few large deals in July, things petered out in August and September.
2 min read · 01 October 2012
Benchmark Capital has held pretty steady on fund size for its last few funds, but it's managed to rack up a pretty sizable stream of exits.
2 min read · 01 October 2012
Perhaps as many as 50 companies have submitted confidential filings for U.S. IPOs under the JOBS Act
2 min read · 01 October 2012
VCs have funded just a handful of deals in the real estate space in recent quarters, although they have scored a few exits
2 min read · 01 October 2012
Since Q2, security startups have raised more than $200M in VC
7 min read · 01 October 2012
You know a venture firm is scoring a lot of exits when they have two in a year that begin with the letters ‘Zi’
2 min read · 01 October 2012
Valuations of angel-funded companies rose, but funding round sizes dropped some in the first half of the year, according to a new report.
2 min read · 25 September 2012
House prices are up, and real estate websites are a hot item on public markets. Yet venture investors haven’t been too enthused with the real estate business in recent quarters.
2 min read · 24 September 2012
5 min read · 21 September 2012