Private Equity
In this week’s Social Scene, Eric Schmidt is building fancy new digs for his personal VC firm; Joanna Rees has convinced Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus and others to back her bid to be mayor of San Francisco; Vinod Khosla says he will donate half of his fortune to charity; Mark Kvamme is moving to Ohio (seriously!); Jeff Bussgang hangs with the famed SEAL Team 6, Robert Simon, Eric Wright and Katja Gehrt all have birthdays coming up, and more. Schmidt in building mode Onetime Google CEO Eric Schmidt is building out the “entire top floor” of a building in downtown Palo Alto, Calif., for his personal investment firm, Tomorrow Ventures, reports Peter Delevett of the San Jose Mecury News. Delevett spoke to a commercial real estate broker who speculated
4 min read · 13 May 2011
In this week's Social Scene, peHUB fans get their groove on at our New York Shindig, Promod Haque and the Norwest team put the final touches on their anniversary party, yet another VC (JVP's Erel Margalit) jumps into the political arena, KP's Ryan Popple plunks down $1.1 million for a seaside home, First Round's Christine Herron shows off her culinary skills, OVP Venture Partners' Chad Waite is almost one year older, and lots more. PARTY TIME: PeHUB fans got their groove on at the NYC Shindig About 225 peHUB fans turned out for our New York City Shindig on Monday night at Conolly’s Pub and Restaurant on West 45th Street. The beer flowed freely and there was no shortage of
6 min read · 29 April 2011
Following are the five slideshows most popular with peHUB readers the week of April 25. 1. Slideshow: New York City Shindig Photos! 2. Slideshow: Top 10 List Shows Cleantech Becoming Dominated by Handful of Investors 3. Slideshow: Carlyle’s Rubenstein, T.H. Lee’s Sperling, AlpInvest’s Doeksen, Others Speak at Buyouts New York 4. Slideshow: The Cleantech Companies Best Positioned to Go Public 5. Slideshow: The Best Time for a VC Promotion
1 min read · 29 April 2011
1 min read · 27 April 2011
1 min read · 27 April 2011
You came, you drank beer, you ate hot wings ... and sliders ... and tiny sandwiches ... and potato skins. Hey, it was a party, so the calories don't count. About 225 of you turned out last night for peHUB's New York City Shindig at Conolly's Pub and Restaurant on West 45th Street. Not only do you look marvelous -- judging by the photos in our slideshow -- you're a generous group. As part of the Shindig, you donated $3,000 to Children International, a humanitarian group that helps fight poverty. A big thanks to the folks over at Golub Capital for sponsoring the event. See you at the next Shindig in Chicago in June!
1 min read · 26 April 2011
Want to catch up on the slideshows that your colleagues found most interesting on peHUB last week? Here are the top 5 that garnered the most pageviews from our regular readers from April 18 to April 22. No. 1 Slideshow: Inside Look at Kleiner’s 30 Deals for Q1 No. 2 Slideshow: Top Ten Most Active VCs for Q1; Brand Names Boost Deal Making No. 3 Slideshow: Legends Of PE Share Greatest Misses No. 4 Slideshow: Top 10 VC-Backed Acquisitions for Q1 No. 5 Slideshow: Old School Semiconductor Investing Sees Big Rise in First Quarter
1 min read · 25 April 2011
In this week's Social Scene, VCs and techies scramble for tickets to President Obama's town hall meeting at Facebook, Ryan McIntyre and Jason Mendelson are rocking a new band, David Hornik's son shows entrepreneurial fire at 13, Leglise, Higginbotham and Kim get ready to celebrate their birthdays, and lots of clever tweets. OUT & ABOUT The biggest news in Silicon Valley this week was President Obama’s town hall meeting yesterday at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto. CEO Mark Zuckerberg donned a white dress shirt, tie and suit jacket for the occasion, but he couldn’t be talked out of wearing jeans and running shoes. (What is he, 12?) About 500 Facebook employees
4 min read · 21 April 2011
4 min read · 21 April 2011
1 min read · 20 April 2011
