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Yodo1 Dials Up $5M to Target China's Smartphone Game Market

Chinese smartphone game publisher Yodo1 reported Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by SingTel Innov8, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based SingTel Group. Additional funding came from existing investor Chang You Fund. Beijing-based Yodo1 raised $2 million in seed funding last June from Chang You Fund and an undisclosed amount from RTM Asia in February 2012.

Spark's Bijan Sabet Talks about Lessons from Twitter, Why He's Still Bullish on Consumer, More -- Video

Rock star VC Bijan Sabet explains why he remains bullish on consumer Internet deals, what he learned from serving on Twitter’s board, and the secret to success for young VC firms such as Spark, First Round Capital and Union Square Ventures.

Week's Top Stories Feature Fab Photos from PC13, Carried Interest Angst and PE Job Openings

Trending on peHUB this week: carried interest, photos from PartnerConnect, PE job openings, corporate interest in cleantech, fundraising by Insight Equity and Marlin Equity Partners and a Reuters exclusive on Yankee Candle.

Accel Raises Its Voice, Hires Yelp Marketing Guru Ichinose

In yet another sign of the importance of marketing in an increasingly noisy startup world, Accel Partners today announced that it has hired Stephanie Ichinose, formerly Yelp's Senior Director of Communications, as its marketing partner. In the new role, Ichinose will be responsible for the firm’s brand and help portfolio companies with their strategic positioning and communications.

Harvard’s Jane Mendillo is bullish on emerging markets

Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Co., speaks to Reuters Editor in Chief Stephen Adler at Thomson Reuters' Partner Connect East 2013 conference. . Mendillo said she sees investment opportunities in European private equity and emerging markets. . Video date: April 11, 2013

Rubenstein Sees Plenty of Reasons to Be Optimistic about U.S. Buyout Market -- Video

Tired of all the "nattering nabobs of negativism" who can't find a kind word to say about the U.S. economy? Take a listen to this interview of Carlyle Group co-Chief Executive David Rubenstein.

Harvard's Mendillo Confident Of Future Strong Returns -- PartnerConnect 2013 Video

Even as many investors move into index funds, Harvard University is confident that it can keep posting above-average returns with actively managed investments, the head of the school’s investment arm said on April 3.

Silver Lake’s Glenn Hutchins: Tech will outpace GDP

In a keynote address at Thomson Reuters' Buyouts East conference on April 4, 2013, Silver Lake Co-Founder Glenn Hutchins said he didn't expect to see the economic recovery pick up more steam, but that he was still bullish on the technology sector. . Laying out his macro-economic outlook for a sluggish growth in U.S. Gross Domestic Product of 2 percent for the next several years, Hutchins said the technology sector offers faster growth. . He pointed out that Apple Inc. launched the iPad during a weak economy, but the product still took off. “You have to take share of consumer dollars,” he said. . Overall, investors should focus on growing parts of the global economy by sector and “take control of them,” he said. . Hutchins, who declined to talk about his firm’s $24 billion bid to buy Dell Inc., said he remains optimistic, but he called on the business community to work to create more jobs. . “The unhappy situation is not 2 percent growth – the unhappy picture is unemployment,” he said. . Hutchins said he focuses on macroeconomic forecasts because, “you can make the best company selection but you can still get killed” if overall business conditions take a dive. . While some may be hoping for the economy to heat up, the current recovery ranks as the “worst…since World War II,” he said. . “This is the economic recovery,” Hutchins said. “This is what you’re going to get. The recovery is already middle aged. It’s time to do some of the things postponed for the future.” . By Steve Gelsi, Buyouts magazine . This story first appeared in Buyouts Magazine. Steve Gelsi is a senior editor at Buyouts Magazine. Any opinions expressed here are entirely his own. Follow him on Twitter @SteveGelsi. Follow Buyouts tweets @Buyouts. . Video date: April 4, 2013

Top Fundraising Advice For Emerging Managers (Such As Don't Use That Term)

Are you an emerging manager? You may want to call yourself something else.

LP Scorecard: CVC is a Winner for NYC Police

European buyout veteran CVC Capital Partners’ 2001 vintage fund investments have proven the best bets of NYC Police Pension Fund for the period ending Dec. 31, 2011.