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Oak Investment Partners aims to close $1.5B in JuneThe large VC firm raised more than $2.5B for its prior fund, which closed in 2006
- Week in deals, May 11, 2009
Summary of tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week
- DFJ Is Latest Victim of Droopy Fund-Raising Environment
Everyone knows the fund-raising market has gotten more difficult, but a table I put together for a webinar I’m hosting tomorrow shows just how bad it is. Take a look below. Just skimming through a couple of months of coverage in Venture Capital Journal and PE Week, I was able to identify at least 16 firms that came up short of their goals. In one case, a firm abandoned fund-raising altogether and in another the firm postponed it till the market improves. I don’t think we’re going to see any improvement any time soon—for GPs, anyway. In fact, Private Equity Insider just reported today that Draper Fisher Jurvetson has cut the target of its 10th fund from $600 million to $400 million and it’s offering better terms for LPs, including carried interest that starts at 20% instead of 25% and is based on performance benchmarks.
- Deeya Energy Raises $30 Million
Deeya Energy Inc., a Fremont, Calif.-based developer of elecgtrical energy storage platforms, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. Technology Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers BlueRun Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Element Partners and New Enterprise Associates. Deeya has now raised more than $53 million in total VC funding since 2003.
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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- Executive moves, week of May 4, 2009
Hires and other personnel changes at R3 Capital, CRV, Element Partners, Blackstone and other PE and VC firms
- VC fund briefs, week of May 4, 2009
Fund-raising news briefs about VC investors Battery, DFJ Frontier, Walden International, Caisse de depot and Target Partners
- Sujit Banerjee Joins Element Partners
Sujit Banerjee has joined Element Partners, a growth equity firm focused o the cleantech space, as an operating partner. He previously was a partner with BlueRun Ventures, where he will continue to serve as an operating partner for mobile and consumer investments. While with BlueRun, Banerjee opened an India office and launched the firm's cleantech practice.
- peHUB Wire: Monday, April 27, 2009
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