Mark Boslet

Corporate venture investing on pace for strongest year since 2000

This year is on pace to be the strongest year for corporate venture investing since 2000. So far 160 corporate venture organizations have invested about $3.3 billion in 562 deals, according to the MoneyTree Report.

Europe plants seeds

As goes the United States, so goes Europe when it comes to seed-stage investing

Large funds score better in turn-of-the-century venture portfolio: VCJ

CalSTRS sees gains from NEA, but a decline from ARCH.

Fund performance: Sticking with mid-sized venture bets bring LP rewards

Intel Capital expects to invest $355 mln this year

Intel Capital announced it invested $62 million in 16 companies pursing a range of products and technologies from wearable devices to drones to big data analytics. The investment arm of chipmaker Intel also said it expected its investments to total about $355 million this year, or slightly more than last year, when it invested $333 million in 146 deals.

VC performance dips in second quarter

Venture capital fund performance pulled backed in the second quarter, with late- and expansion-stage returns falling the farthest.

Fund performance: Sticking with mid-sized venture bets bring LP rewards

CalSTRS sees gains from OrbiMed, Sofinnova, Shasta, GGV

The entrepreneurs’ perspective: What’s not to like?

More money, more experimentation, more young companies.

Autodesk unveils $100 mln fund for 3D printing

Autodesk said it has formed a $100 million 3D printing fund to support startups developing hardware, software, materials and market places critical to the 3D printing ecosystem and specifically its Spark software.

Fund performance: Large funds score better in turn-of-the-century venture portfolio