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VCs try on wearables

The past eight months may have signaled a turning point for wearables investing, sister publication VCJ reported.

2 min read · 01 November 2013

Making the investment case for wearables

Four investors stand their ground and say why they’re excited about wearables

4 min read · 01 November 2013

VCs try on wearables

Venture funding for smart watches and other devices has surged in recent months as GPs eye new billion-dollar markets

7 min read · 01 November 2013

Hercules shows its muscles

Manuel Henriquez, CEO of venture debt lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital, discusses the firm’s recent expansion

4 min read · 01 November 2013

Venture performance rises solidly in the second quarter

Improvements show up in every time period except the 15-year

1 min read · 31 October 2013

Study finds rising activity from patent trolls

Seventy percent of venture capitalists and one in three startup companies have received patent assertions, or claims from patent trolls, according to a new survey from the National Venture Capital Association and the Institute for Innovation Law at University of California Hastings. Eighty percent of survey respondents indicated that the number of patent demands they have received increased over the past five years, the report found.

4 min read · 29 October 2013

Corporate venture deal making touches 5-quarter high

Third-quarter funding totals $2.1 billion for 140 deals

1 min read · 29 October 2013

I2BF Global Ventures launches digital investment arm

Moscow based 12BF Global Ventures said it launched a digital investment arm, 12BF Digital. The firm, best know for its cleantech focus, said the new arm will director its investments at power electronics, digital IT and commercial devices. 12BF Global Ventures told peHUB it has raised $20 million this year for the effort from its existing LPs.

3 min read · 28 October 2013

Fund performance: Last year’s economic uncertainty hits SFERS’ venture holdings

For San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, almost as many funds declined during the second half of the year as advanced

2 min read · 28 October 2013

Intel Capital's investment pace holding steady

Intel Capital expects its venture capital investment pace this year to be similar to last year’s as slower deal-making in some countries, including China, abroad offsets strong activity in North America, sister publication VCJ reported.

1 min read · 25 October 2013

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