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Exit watch, week of April 5, 2010Briefs about CoWareNOvarra, SunRay and other VC-backed companies bought in the past week
- VPIsystems Buys Elanti Systems
VPIsystems, a Holmdel, N.J.-based provider of mobile network analytics and capacity management software, has acquired Elanti Systems, a provider of routing software for carrier networks. No financial terms were disclosed, except that existing VPIsystems and Elanti Systems shareholders invested an additional $4 million into the combined company. VPIsystems backers include AlpInvest Partners, Cipio Partners and Core Capital Partners, while Elanti shareholders include New Venture Partners Innovation Capital.
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Random Ramblings
- Week in deals, Jan. 11, 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- BridgeCo Raises $7.5 Million
BridgeCo, an El Segundo, Calif.-based provider of digital home networking solutions, has raised $7.5 million in new VC funding. Earlybird Venture Capital and Christian Wenger co-led the round, and were joined by Brian Long (general partner with Atlantic Bridge). The company previously raised $59 million in private equity and debt funding, from Earlybird, Advent Venture Partners, Balderton Capital, Cipio Partners, Fidelity Ventures, Intel Capital and Wellington Partners.
- peHUB Wire: Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday Mouth-Off
- peHUB Wire: Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday Mouth-Off
- EnOcean Raises €8 Million
EnOcean GmbH, a German wireless sensor company, has raised €8 million in fourth-round funding. SET Venture Partners and the Kathrein group were joined by return backers Atmos, BayTech Venture Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, Siemens Technology Accelerator, Siemens Venture Capital and Wellington Partners.
- If You Want to Invest in VC, Where Exactly Should You Put Your Money?
I had the pleasure of moderating a venture capital discussion for boutique investment bank Iron Capital Partners recently. It was a lively debate, since each of the participants came from a different aspect of the venture business (see video after the jump). There was one VC, two secondaries buyers, an I-banker and the head of an online exchange where accredited investors can buy or sell shares in private companies. One of the principal questions I asked was: If someone wants to get into VC today, where’s the best place to put his or her money? Should he invest in a primary VC fund or go with a secondary fund? Or should he avoid funds altogether and buy shares of Facebook on an online exchange such as Sharespost? This led to a very interesting discussion about the poor performance of venture as an asset class over the past 10 years and some interesting perspective about where it will go in the next decade.