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  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, January 7, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 7 January 2010

    Random Ramblings

  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, January 7, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 7 January 2010

    Random Ramblings

  • The Decade's Top VC-Backed IPOs
    Dan Primack- 30 December 2009

    Just running some IPO data, and noticed something kinda creepy (at least if you're semi-religious and/or watched lots of Headbangers Ball): There were 666 VC-backed IPOs over the past decade, which raised $66.6 billion. Not exactly a great omen for investors who are banking on an IPO rebound in the near future. Or maybe the endtimes refers to just the recent IPO market -- just 19 offerings in 2008-2009 -- which most everyone would be okay with obliterating. Or, most likely, this is just a wonderful piece of statistical symmetry. Moving on: What follows is a slideshow of the decade's ten largest VC-backed IPOs, including brief updates on where the issues currently stand. Each offering caused cork-popping at the time, but only a few retained their glory...

  • Exit watch, week of Dec. 21, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 21 December 2009

    News briefs about Acclarent, Sentillion and other VC-backed companies that were bought in the past week.

  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, December 17, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 17 December 2009

    Random Ramblings

  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, December 17, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 17 December 2009

    Random Ramblings

  • GizMoz Merges with Daz 3D
    VCJ Staff- 16 December 2009

    Gizmoz of San Francisco and Daz 3D of Draper, Utah have merged, in order to form a combined online marketplace for inter-compatible digital characters and accessories. No financial terms were disclosed. Gizmoz had raised around $37 million, from Benchmark Capital, Columbia Capital, DoCoMo Capital and NGI Capital. Daz had raised just over $4 million from Highway 12 Ventures.

  • Executive moves, week of Nov. 30, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 30 November 2009

    Hires and promotions in the PE and VC industries

  • Week in deals, Nov. 23, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 23 November 2009

    Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week