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Ten Hot Stories: Jason Calacanis Turns VC, Welsh Carson Eyes Next Fund, Carlyle and CalPERS Are Hiring

Trending on peHUB this week: Jason Calacanis, Welsh Carson, Triple Point, Caryle, CalPERS, Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz, GI Partners, SoftLayer, Bloomberg Beta, Google Ventures, Karim Faris, KKR.

Italian Firm Battling Tough Market Conditions

Innogest raises $65M and aims to make first deal within six months

Ten Hot Stories: VC Returns Improve a Bit, Better Place Goes Belly Up and LPs Talk Straight to VCs

Trending on peHUB this week: VC returns, straight-talking LPs, tech M&A, Better Place, NEA, Valeant, Bausch & Lomb, Mary Meeker, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Yahoo, Tumblr, Warburg Pincus, Adeo Ressi

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Pelion Venture Partners Sails to Oversubscribed Fifth Fund

Pelion Venture Partners, an early stage venture firm based in Salt Lake City, today announced that it held a final close on $194 million for its fifth fund.

Ten Hot Stories: New Mountain Loses Partner, Moore Capital Founder Eyes Debt Fund and Why We Need a Mygdon List

Trending on peHUB this week: New Mountain Capital, Moore Capital, MC Credit, the Midas List, Great Hill, Solamere Capital, Tumblr, TCV, Iconiq Strategic Partners, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, and job openings at Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Thomvest.

Why The Walking Dead Haunt Us

Everywhere one turns these days, limited partners seem to be talking about zombie funds and the risk they pose to their portfolios. Why do the walking dead haunt us so much now?

Ten Hot Stories: LPs Talk Tough to VCs, 'First Close' Gets More Elusive, Twitter's Costolo Talks VCs and Burritos

Trending on peHUB this week: disgruntled LPs, Twitter, Dick Costolo, Marc Andreessen, TPG, Quintiles, Northern Tier, Apollo, Blackstone, NYSTRS, Grotech Ventures, LBO returns and CTI Foods

High-Profile VCs Caught up in Bitcoin Mania

Just since April, notable firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures and Union Square Ventures have invested $9 million in three bitcoin-related companies: BitPay, CoinBase and OpenCoin.

10 Hot Stories this Week: Kleiner Attempts Combeback, I-Banks Slowly Add Staff, Carlyle and Goldman Are Hiring

Trending on peHUB this week: Carlyle, Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, TPG, Advent Software, Google Ventures, CrunchFund, GRP, Velos Partners, corporate VC, Bain, BMC, Antero Resources, Warburg.