The scorecard of Steve Ballmer's 13-year reign as Microsoft's CEO includes big deals, such as Skype and Yammer, but plenty of smaller transactions, too.
2 min read · 09 September 2013
Several standout funds overcame difficulties during the period
2 min read · 06 September 2013
Fundraising by Latin American private equity and venture capital firms rose during the first half of the year to $3.8 billion, up about 100% from a year ago, according to the Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. At the same time venture investments from international and Latin American firms in the region expanded to $151.9 million, an increase of 69%, the association said in a press release. Fifty-eight deals were funded.
3 min read · 05 September 2013
Bessemer Venture Partners said it promoted Peter Lee to vice president from senior associate. Lee will work with the firm's investing partners to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in cloud computing, Internet and mobile. He is based in the Menlo Park office and joined the firm in 2011.
3 min read · 05 September 2013
AlienVault said it raised $26.5 million of Series D funding in a deal led by GGV Capital and joined by existing investors Trident Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sigma West and Adara Venture Partners. Other new investors include Top Tier Capital and Correlation Ventures. The funding will be used to scale the company’s sales and marketing efforts.
4 min read · 05 September 2013
Vacation Listing Service said it raised $5 million in seed funding from Maveron, Bee Partners, Peterson Ventures and Meyer Ventures along with Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow; Erik Blachford, former CEO of Expedia; Greg Waldorf, former CEO of eHarmony, Thomas Byrne, former President of LoopNet, Robert Spottswood, founding board member of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Raymond L. “Rip” Gellein, Jr., founder Vistana Resorts, Barry Sternlicht and Steve Hankin of Starwood Capital, Egon Durban of Silver Lake, Douglas Dillard, Jr. of Standard Pacific Capital and Gene Frantz of Google Capital.
5 min read · 04 September 2013
RiverMeadow Software Inc. said it raised $12 million of Series B financing from investors including Cisco Systems and Violin Memory. The new funding will help support deployments with carriers and service providers.
2 min read · 03 September 2013
Early-stage scrutiny grows as an excessive supply of companies and larger round sizes make picking winners trickier
7 min read · 01 September 2013
Included are big deals, such as Skype and Yammer, but plenty of smaller transactions, too
3 min read · 01 September 2013
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System adds six new VC funds in 2011 and 2012; sees nice gains in Giza and Shasta funds
2 min read · 30 August 2013
