The vintage not only has the greatest percentage of funds with negative IRRs, but also the largest number with substantial double-digit negative returns
2 min read · 15 October 2012
Message Bus said it raised $11 million of growth funding in a round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and joined by True Ventures, Ignition Partners, James Lindenbaum, Tim Young and Jesse Robbins. The company will used the funds to expand hiring and push ahead on its product roadmap.
4 min read · 15 October 2012
Angel activity rose modestly in the first half of the year with per-deal funding levels largely unchanged and investors shifting their focus toward expansion stage deal making.
1 min read · 11 October 2012
DFJ Esprit said it has sold its French portfolio company EVE and its line of ZeBu hardware-assisted verification products to Synopsys. The exit is the firm's fifteen since January 2010, which together have a combined value of more than $2.1 billion. DFJ Esprit added in a press release that since July 2011 it has invested in 10 new companies and 20 follow-on rounds.
2 min read · 10 October 2012
Only a small handful of VCs have the courage to invest in music startups. Sure, plenty of exciting companies get funding: SoundCloud, Spotify, Moontoast, Rdio, Pandora Media, Shazam, BandPage. But where is the Google of the space? No one knows.
2 min read · 10 October 2012
Private company IPOs with multiple classes of stock are trendy and so far a mixed blessing for venture investors. About as many of the venture-backed companies that have gone public in the past 18 months with two classes of stock have done well as done poorly.
2 min read · 09 October 2012
Dollars raised by venture capital firms fell 17% in the third quarter, but more funds were able to find new money. In the three month period, 53 U.S.-based venture funds raised $4.98 billion, according to Thomson Reuters, publisher of this blog, and the National Venture Capital Association. In the second quarter, 43 funds raise $5.97 billion.
4 min read · 09 October 2012
Menlo Ventures scores highest in the December 2011 report by MassPRIM, which invests in buyout and VC funds
2 min read · 08 October 2012
Mega funds accounted for 35% of all VC raised during 2011 and the first half of 2012, compared to 6% in 2007
2 min read · 08 October 2012
Since the start of 2011, mega funds have raised $10.3 billion of the $29.7 billion in capital collected during the period, or 35% of the total
2 min read · 08 October 2012
