The endowment committed $337.5 million to 11 funds in 2010 and 2011, according to its November portfolio report. Nine focus on technology or allocate some portion of their funds to tech. Two zero in on health care.
2 min read · 30 April 2012
The advance in sentiment – to 3.79 from 3.27 in the fourth quarter – follows three months of falling confidence. The index measures sentiment among Silicon Valley and San Francisco-area venture capitalists, where in the first quarter 36% of the nation’s venture money flowed.
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Floodgate's Maples claims financial innovation could have a democratizing effect on the business in the next five years, but says details are hard to anticipate. “I just wish I knew what it was right now."
2 min read · 26 April 2012
Van den Berg joined VantagePoint in 2006 from Venrock Partners and participated in the firm’s cleantech investing. He is a board member at Switch Lighting and Bridgelux, according to his LinkedIn profile
1 min read · 25 April 2012
So where does Google Ventures Partner Rich Miner want to focus his mobile investing? The answer is enterprise apps and products, games, and smart context-aware applications, Minor said at the National Venture Capital Association annual meeting Tuesday.
1 min read · 25 April 2012
The Chicago based venture firm that manages an $18.8 million vintage 2008 seed fund will unveil on Tuesday plans for a West Coast “startup foundry” in the trendy South of Market neighborhood of the city.
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