Private Equity
Two days before the highly anticipated launch of its iPad, Apple Computer issued a warning to consumers that they “should not iPad and drive at the same time.” The warning came after venture capitalists John Doerr and Steve Jurvetson were involved in an iPad-related fender bender earlier today. According to a Menlo Park police report, Doerr was driving his Segway to a meeting at Draper Fisher Jurvetson when he took his eyes off the road to read an incoming email on his iPad, which he had mounted atop his Segway. At the same time, Jurvetson was backing out his
1 min read · 01 April 2010
Due to popular demand, we’re making the full list of winners of the VCJ 20 Most Promising Startups available. See my original post for the genesis of the project and how we chose the winners. Venture Capital Journal subscribers can read in-depth profiles of all the winners here. Not a subscriber? Go here for subscription and reprint information. And now—drum roll, please—here are the top 20 most promising startups that raised seed or venture funding in 2009, as chosen by the writers and editors of Venture Capital Journal. (Full list after the jump)
2 min read · 30 March 2010
As journalists, we’re constantly second-guessing investments made by VCs. With that in mind, the writers and editors of Venture Capital Journal decided to find out if we're are really as smart as we think are, or are as dumb as rocks when it comes to picking good deals. The result is the VCJ 20, which lists the 20 most promising startups that received seed or Series A financing in 2009. The goal of this project was to create a list of truly promising companies, no matter who founded them or who their backers were. VCJ focused on five factors when rating each company: potential market size, quality of the team, technology edge, business model, and exit potential. I’m proud to announce that the company at the top of VCJ’s list is Cloudera, which offers consulting services and is building tools around Hadoop software and is backed by Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.
2 min read · 29 March 2010
6 min read · 15 March 2010
News briefs about LPs in Ohio, California and Mexico
3 min read · 08 March 2010
2 min read · 01 March 2010
LP briefs about Oklahoma and others
3 min read · 22 February 2010
2 min read · 15 February 2010
2 min read · 15 February 2010
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this photo, which popped up in my Facebook News Feed last night when TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington declared that it was "100% cool." I'm not sure if I'd agree with Arrington's assessment, but it's definitely strange enough to rate as news on a slow news day. When I first saw the pic, I felt like I was having a dotcom flash back. Remember when VCs were having parties every night and rubbing elbows with all the cool kids? But when I looked closely, I saw that MC Hammer was wearing normal pants and super angel Ron Conway was standing next to will.i.am, who I'm pretty sure wasn't one of the cool kids in 2000.
1 min read · 02 February 2010
