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Accel-KKR closes Fund III on $600mThe technology-focused affiliate of venture firm Accel Partners and mega-buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has closed its third fund with commitments from all existing limited partners.
- Accel Partners, Erasmic Venture team up for India
The Palo Alto firm has tied up with Indian venture firm Erasmic, and plans to raise a $60 million venture capital fund for investing in multiple sectors in the country.
- Accel, Greylock jointly hire Yahoo executive
The early-stage technology-focussed venture firms will share the expertise of one of Yahoo’s senior most executives, Jeff Weiner, who will divide his time as executive in residence at both firms.
- Talent agency teams with venture firms
Hollywood agency William Morris has partnered with venture capital firms Accel and Venrock to invest in web-based companies.
- Index Ventures in double deal
The European venture firm is backing two cash generative internet businesses, an open source ad server and a provider of real-time, personalised recommendations to millions of users of eCommerce websites.
- Accel closes $520m VC fund
With the closure of its tenth fund on $520 million, Accel Partners is slowly increasing its fund sizes again; post-dotcom crash, the firm downsized its eighth fund by more than half, having originally closed on $1.4 billion in 2000.
- As search giants reshuffle, VC scoops up talent
As both Yahoo and Microsoft see their share of the internet search market lose ground to Google, they are quickly seeing executives leave. Yahoo’s web search VP is the latest to make the move from internet giant to venture capital firm. Dave Keating reports.
- VC firms invest $12m in telecoms group(2)
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
- The sun never sets on the VC empire(2)
Accel Partners’ Joe Schoendorf says the expansion of VC activity throughout the world has created a 24/7 venture environment in which investors are going after revolutionary advances that could change the world. Dave Keating reports.
- VC firms invest $12m in telecoms group
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.