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- Off the Beaten Path, Frontier Capital Exceeds Target
North Carolina firm wraps up third fund at $250M
- VC Performance Continues "Gradual" Upswing, Says Cambridge and NVCA
The (one or two) venture capitalists who may be worried about taking some vacation time this summer have reason to relax, kick back, and have another dip in the ocean.

- Record-Setting Pace of U.S. Buyout Fund Distributions Will Slow: Poll
The record-setting pace of distributions from U.S. buyout funds will slow down this year, according to a poll of peHUB readers.
- New Poll: Will the Good Times Continue for Investors in U.S. Buyout Funds?
Cambridge Associates reports that limited partners received $93.6 billion from U.S. buyout funds in 2011, the largest annual amount it has recorded since it began tracking the data in 1986. Will the record distributions continue this year?
- Private Equity Pays it Back; Cambridge Says 2011 Distributions Largest in 25 Years
Cambridge says that out of the eight “meaningfully-sized sectors” it breaks out -- which include software, consumer, energy, and healthcare -- all produced positive returns, and all produced double digit returns save for financial services.
- U.S. PE Funds Beat Public Markets in 2011, Distributed Record $93.6B to LPs
U.S. private equity investments outperformed the stock market in 2011 and distributions to investors reached a record as fund managers seized on an opportunity to sell long-held assets, reports market research firm Cambridge Associates.
- 2007 is Turning Into a Fine Vintage
For LPs who invested in 2007-era funds, there are some strong returns ready to get uncorked