Mark Boslet

Fund Performance: Late Stage Tops Early Stage in SFERS’ Venture Portfolio

Funds by IVP and Sofinnova score the best multiples in the city pension fund

Foundry Group Raises $225M Third Fund

The firm closed its third fund, which at $225 million is exactly the same size as its second and first funds. Foundry Venture Capital 2012 will follow the same strategy as the earlier funds, also.

Lilliputian Raises $40M From Rusnano, Intel, KP, Others

Lilliputian Systems, Inc. said it closed on $40 million of a planned $60 million equity round that was led by RUSNANO and joined by existing investors Intel Corporation, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Altira Group, Stata Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, and Fairhaven Capital. The company makes portable fuel cell re-charger for consumer electronics.

Angel Capital Association Names New Chair And Three New Directors

The Angel Capital Association named David Verrill, co-founder of Hub Angels Investment Group, as its board chair. ACA also elected three new directors, Mike Eckert of Atlanta Technology Angels, Christopher Mirabile of LaunchPad Venture Group, and Jean Peters of Golden Seeds.

YourMechanic Raises $1.8M From Y Combinator, Milner, Kutcher, SV Angel, Others

Axine Raises Capital From Chrysalix, Business Development Bank

The World, And Facebook, According To Reid Hoffman

Facebook stock is likely an attractive long-term buy, Y Combinator might be seeing stress signs from its expansion, and Greylock Partner’s Discovery Fund is now three-quarters through its $20 million in capital. So says Reid Hoffman.

Adaptive Planning Acquires MyDials

Fund Performance: SFERS Venture Portfolio Holds Up in a Firestorm

Institutional Venture Partners had one of the top performing funds in the San Francisco pension fund

Datavail Raises $4.25M From Meritage, Boulder, Montis