The California pension fund SFERS has a diverse portfolio, which has proved to be beneficial in the investment period since 2000
2 min read · 01 April 2012
Give an entrepreneur the freedom to innovate and “you have a changing of the economic order,” says Franklin “Pitch” Johnson, founding partner of Asset Management Company. One example of this is that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently moved in across the street, Johnson said.
2 min read · 30 March 2012
3 min read · 30 March 2012
Cleantech is out of favor. Sure, Nuventix just raised another $6.9 million, and Accel this week put $6.7 million into Vigilent, with the help of several angels. But even as startups such as BrightSource Energy appear to press ahead with IPOs, Enphase Energy this morning cut the expected price of its offering to between $6 and $7 a share.
4 min read · 28 March 2012
2 min read · 28 March 2012
4 min read · 27 March 2012
3 min read · 27 March 2012
Accel Partners is sticking to what it describes as a targeted approach to cleantech investing. The firm is set to unveil on Tuesday its lead role in a $6.7 million round for Vigilent along with a vow to continue deal making.
2 min read · 27 March 2012
2 min read · 26 March 2012
With the memory of the stock market bust just beginning to fade, the INPRS stepped up venture investing in 2005, matched the pace in 2006 and maintained a steady clip of fund sign-ups through 2009, according to a peHUB analysis of its recent private equity portfolio report.
3 min read · 26 March 2012
