2 min read · 25 September 2012
3 min read · 25 September 2012
On the heels of KPCB's brewing legal saga, a former principal at Pantheon Ventures, Carol Foster, has sued the firm for gender and age discrimination, as well as defamation, according to a lawsuit filed in Superior Court of California.
3 min read · 25 September 2012
Life sciences VCs finally seem to have found their footing. Lightstone Ventures, the firm founded by Morgenthaler Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures, is raising a fund of up to $200 million.
1 min read · 25 September 2012
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's crusade against the management fee waiver seems to conflict with the agreement, and the interests, of the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Who is right about the legality of the waiver?
3 min read · 25 September 2012
3 min read · 25 September 2012
A former principal at Pantheon Ventures, Carol Foster, has sued the firm for gender and age discrimination, as well as defamation, according to a lawsuit filed in Superior Court of California, writes Reuters. Foster is asking for compensatory, punitive and special damages, writes Reuters.
3 min read · 25 September 2012
Media-focused buyout firm Providence Equity Partners has sold under 10 percent in the company managing its funds to two institutional investors, writes Reuters. The Providence, Rhode Island-based private equity firm has sold the stake to a US pension fund and a sovereign wealth fund, writes Reuters.
2 min read · 25 September 2012
PE and VC investors are set to score in the IPO of FleetMatics, a GPS fleet tracking software firm, as it shoots for $123 million in an IPO sure to turn the company's private backers some winning IRR on an exit.
1 min read · 24 September 2012
Companies like MenuPages and SeamlessWeb are going to have new competition from a big competitor: listed, Chicago-based daily deals site Groupon is moving into a new vertical with an acquisition of startup Savored.
1 min read · 24 September 2012