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Bitcoin and beyond: Top VCs talk digital currency

Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Margaux Avedisian of BlockStream Ventures, Brian Hirsch of Tribeca Venture Partners, and Barry Silbert of SecondMarket discuss the promise of digital currency and the challenges ahead. . This video is from Thomson Reuters' Venture Alpha East 2014 conference in New York. . Video date: March 26, 2014

VCs look forward 5 years for fintech

Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital Partners talks about the future of fintech investing with Donald Butler of Thomvest Ventures, Michael Brown of Battery Ventures, and Shamez Kanji of North Hill Ventures. This video is from Thomson Reuters' Venture Alpha East 2014 conference in New York. . Video date: March 26, 2014.

Why online lending is booming -- Kabbage's Kathryn Petralia

Kabbage co-founder Kathryn Petralia and BlueRun Ventures Partner Jonathan Ebinger discuss the explosive growth of Kabbage and where online lending is heading at Thomson Reuters' Venture Alpha East 2014 conference in New York. Alastair Goldfisher, editor of Venture Capital Journal, moderates. . Video date: March 26, 2014

Alan Patricof shares tips for a long career in VC

Alan Patricof, founder of Apax Partners and Greycroft Partners, received a lifetime achievement award from Venture Capital Journal at Thomson Reuters' Venture Alpha East 2014 conference in New York. . In this interview, Patricof gives tips for a long VC career and weighs in on bitcoin, IPOs and the startup environment. . Video date: March 26, 2014

Rubenstein queries hotel CEOs about secrets of minibars

Carlyle Group co-CEO David Rubenstein asks the CEOs of Marriott and Hilton to reveal the secrets behind the snack food in hotel minibars. . Video date: March 20, 2014

VC Margaux Avedisian travels the world using bitcoin

Margaux Avedisian, managing partner at BlockStream Ventures, speaks to Venture Capital Journal about bitcoin. . Video date: March 2014

Howard Morgan: How Castle Harlan produced a 4.8x return from United Malt Holdings

Sponsored Video. This panel, "Three outstanding PE deals and why they worked," features Howard Morgan, co-President of Castle Harlan; Ted Beneski, CEO and Managing Partner of Insight Equity Holdings LLC, and Stephen Thomas, a Principal at Bain Capital. Morgan discusses Castle Harlan's investment in United Malt Holdings, which produced a 4.8x return for Castle Harlan when it sold the company to GrainCorp for $655 million.

What Greylock looks for in an investment -- Joseph Ansanelli

Greylock Partners raised $1 billion for its 14th fund, making it the largest VC fund of 2013. Partner Joseph Ansanelli sat down with Venture Capital Journal (a peHUB sister publication) in December 2013 to talk about Greylock’s investment strategy. . He said he and his partners “spend a lot of time talking about success. Can this thing be 10 times better than the alternative?” . He also emphasized that venture firms cannot be afraid of failure. “Failure is actually a big big part of the process,” he said. ”We get thousands of business plans sent to us every single year. We invest in tens. Only a few of those actually blossom to become really big and successful companies.” . Read more about Greylock's fundraising here. . Video date: December 2013

Carlyle's Rubenstein: Emerging markets to fuel global growth

Carlyle Group's Co-CEO David Rubenstein tells Reuters Editor in Chief Stephen Adler that global wealth and growth will come from emerging markets with developed economies hobbled by debt. This video is from Rubenstein's keynote address at Thomson Reuters' PartnerConnect East in April 2013 in Boston.