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Slideshow: Top Ten Most Active VCs for Q1; Brand Names Boost Deal Making: CORRECTED

Social Scene: Jurvetson Drives on the Wild Side, Zachary Thinks Madoff Has a Point, Kopelman and Rieschel Are Birthday Twins

Slideshow: Ten Largest U.S. VC Deals for Q1: CORRECTED

VC Jerry Murdock and 2 Other Investors Win $54M Judgment Against Citigroup

Which University Is No. 1 for Midas List Members?

If your grad school was the only determining factor in getting onto Forbes magazine’s Midas List of top venture capitalists, which school should you attend? A.) Harvard Business School B.) Stanford Business School C.) None According to an analysis of the Midas List by James Newell, a senior associate at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), the answer is B – Stanford.

Social Scene: Tilton Battles Forbes, Redlitz Gets His Hands Dirty, Parker Proposes, Birthday Wishes, More

In this week’s Social Scene, Diva of Distressed Lynn Tilton goes to war with Forbes, Ethernet inventor/VC Bob Metcalfe settles into his fifth career, new NVCA Chairman Paul Maeder explains "bublet," Founders Fund's Sean Parker takes himself off the market, Garage Technology Ventures' Bill Reichert is three days away from his birthday, and lots more. OUT & ABOUT Venture capitalists turned out in full force for this year’s annual meeting of the National Venture Capital Association in Boston. My colleague Joanna Glasner was there and shared some of her observations -- including the significance of the line for the women’s bathroom -- yesterday. Here are more of Joanna’s musings: Happy Birthday to Venture (and Bob Metcalfe)... Bob Metcalfe turned 65 yesterday -– and he wasn’t afraid afraid to tell everyone. The Ethernet inventor, 3Com founder, Polaris Venture Partners partner and, most recently professor of innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, announced the milestone to a mostly-VC audience of several hundred.

Top 10 peHUB Posts this Week Highlight Fundraising, Monster VC Rounds and Troubled American Apparel

Want to catch up on what your colleagues found most interesting on peHUB this week? Here are the blog posts written by our staff this week that garnered the most pageviews from our regular readers from April 4 to April 8. Post No. 1: Slideshow: Top 10 Largest VC Funds Raised in Q1 Post No. 2: Slideshow: Monster VC Rounds Grow Bigger and Bigger Post No. 3: Carlyle v. Blackstone: A Contrast In Confidence Post No. 4: You Sold Your Company! Too Bad It May Take Another 8 Months to Close Post No. 5: Another Ray of Sunshine for VC Fundraising: Ex-USVP Partner Raises $35M for New Fund Post No. 6: In Bizarre Twist, LPs Praise Venture Asset Class, See Strong Future Post No. 7: Exclusive: Embattled American Apparel Is Exploring a Sale Post No. 8: ARAMARK-able Dividend for PE Investors Post No. 9: Exclusive: King Bolts Irving Place to Start Culpeper Capital Post No. 10: Midas List is Back; So is Status for Industry Big Names

Slideshow: Monster VC Rounds Grow Bigger and Bigger

Andreessen Horowitz Creates $200M Co-Investment Fund, Capital Under Management Now $1.2B

Groupon Competitor LivingSocial Raises $400M of $500M Series E Round -- Reports