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Friday Letter: Skype - the deal that keeps deliveringA cursory trawl of our archives demonstrates just how intimately tied Skype has been to venture capital and private equity firms during its short lifetime, and how profitable it has been for those firms which took a punt on the business.
- Insight, Bessemer team on software take-private
Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners have teamed up with management executives of healthcare software provider Netsmart Technologies in a $115m going-private deal.
- Stellar return offers succour to European venture
DFJ Esprit has allayed fears that a subdued exit environment will make it hard for European venture capital firms to monetise their investments, sealing a 15x return following the sale of Zeus Technology.
- US venture fundraising rallies as top firms dominate
The 28% increase in fundraising by venture firms in the second quarter relative to Q2 last year, driven largely by two successful efforts by Accel Partners, shows LPs are still willing to back top tier VCs.
- Skype: the deal that keeps delivering
A cursory trawl of our archives demonstrates just how intimately tied Skype has been to venture capital and private equity firms during its short lifetime, and how profitable it has been for those firms.
- Blackstone: RE trumps PE
Tony James said the real estate investment business had ‘several advantages’ over private equity.
- Millennium staffs up ahead of tech growth rush
Blackstone-spinout Millennium is building its team in anticipation of what it believes will be a record-breaking year for secondary venture capital investments.
- Indian exits reach record high in 2010
Private equity firms exited a record 121 companies in India during 2010, while investments almost doubled to $7.97bn from the 2009 figure, according to recent data.
- Bessemer in INR1bn pre-IPO deal
Bessemer Venture Partners has acquired a 2.41% stake in IL&FS Transportation Networks which develops and implements surface transport projects.
- PE-backed Orient Green Power eyes INR9bn IPO
The Olympus Capital Holdings Asia- and Bessemer Venture Partners-backed Indian renewable energy company has filed a draft red herring prospectus.