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OpEx Awards 2017: Paymetric pays off for Francisco PartnersThe manager scored a 'home-run exit' with the payment system provider.
- Dallas firm beats target with $90m close
Teakwood Capital closed its oversubscribed Fund III without using a placement agent.
- HomeAway raises $250m venture round
The online marketplace for holiday home rentals has attracted a record financing round from investors amid a difficult funding environment. Austin Ventures and Redpoint Ventures seeded HomeAway in 2005.
- Virginia pension commits $215m to private equity
The $55bn Virginia Retirement System has made commitments to TPG, Austin Ventures, Great Hill Partners and Oaktree Capital Management following a 2007 bump in the pension’s private equity allocation to 10 percent.
- Austin Ventures corrals $900m
The Texas-focused venture firm has already made two investments from its 10th fund while simultaneously continuing to invest Fund IX.
- Sevin Rosen to extend Funds VII and VIII, waive management fees
The US venture firm has asked LPs to extend partnership terms, citing an abysmal IPO environment and slowdowns in M&A and the broader economy. Those factors are ‘red flags’ for the VC market, but a fund extension is business as usual, according to the NVCA’s president.
- Austin Ventures promotes two
The Texas-based venture firm has promoted Thomas Ball and David Lack to partner.
- Austin Ventures hires Dell exec(3)
Former Dell executive Joe Marengi will advise Austin Ventures’ portfolio companies in the IT sector.
- Austin Ventures hires Dell exec(2)
Former Dell executive Joe Marengi will advise Austin Ventures’ portfolio companies in the IT sector.
- Austin Ventures hires Dell exec
Former Dell executive Joe Marengi will advise Austin Ventures’ portfolio companies in the IT sector.