Venture capital has been an under performing asset class, but firms can no longer use the past decade’s lack of liquidity as an excuse for poor performance. This was one message from a panel of limited partners at the Venture Capital Investing Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
2 min read · 20 June 2012
The Preqin study, released today, found that the quarterly deal flow varied over the 10-quarter period from about 60 to almost 100, with a spike of dollars allocated in the first quarter of 2011, when Facebook raised $1.5 billion and Zynga brought in $485 million.
1 min read · 18 June 2012
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PeHUB zeroed in on the years 2006 to 2009 to highlight the 10 funds with the worst IRRs. Six are vintage 2006, three come from vintage 2007.
2 min read · 18 June 2012
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3 min read · 15 June 2012
Elizabeth “Beezer” Clarkson has left Draper Fisher Jurvetson to join SAP Ventures, where she will be responsible for worldwide operations, SAP said.
1 min read · 15 June 2012
Bazaarvoice this morning completed its acquisition of rival PowerReviews in a $168.2 million transaction that creates a powerful social commerce company focused on product reviews. One investor to benefit is Menlo Ventures, which says it logged a 3x return on its investment.
2 min read · 14 June 2012
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