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Top 10 Blog Posts this Week focus on CalPERS CIO's Comp, How Avalon Got into the Zynga Deal and a Bunch of Early Stage Funds Being RaisedWant to catch up on the blog posts that your peers found most interesting on peHUB this week? Here are the top 10 posts written by peHUB and Reuters staffers that garnered the most pageviews from regular readers from July 4 to July 8. Hot topics included CalPERS's Chief Investment Officer Joe Dear's compensation, how little-known Avalon Ventures got into the Zynga deal, a wave of new early stage funds being raised, Silver Spring filing for an IPO and lots more. 1. Dear Joe Dear: What Do You Make at CalPERS? https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/111090/dear-joe-dear-what-do-you-make-at-calpers/ by Gregory Roth 2. Avalon Ventures: the Low-Flying Firm About to Make a Billion Bucks on Zynga’s IPO https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/111163/avalon-ventures-the-low-flying-firm-about-to-make-a-billion-bucks-on-zynga%E2%80%99s-ipo/ by Connie Loizos 3. Report Finds 127 Early Stage Funds Now Being Raised https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/110965/report-finds-127-early-stage-fund-now-being-raised/ by Mark Boslet 4. Solamere Exec Helps Lead Romney Fundraising Effort https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/110972/solamere-exec-helps-lead-romney-fundraising-effort/ by Bernard Vaughan 5. Silver Spring Networks files for IPO of up to $150M https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/111334/silver-spring-networks-files-for-ipo-of-up-to-150m/ by Reuters 6. Aussie Contact Helps NY Firm Flip Company In One Day https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/111255/aussie-contact-helps-ny-firm-flip-company-in-one-day/ by Bernard Vaughan 7. TALK BACK: What’s Going on in China? https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/110988/talk-back-what%E2%80%99s-going-on-in-china/ by Jonathan Marino 8. Carlyle in Talks to Buy Energy Capital Partners https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/111364/carlyle-in-talks-to-buy-energy-capital-partners/ by Reuters 9. Fears Of SEC Registration Disappear, But Venture Firms May Face New Record Keeping Demands https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/110849/fears-of-sec-registration-disappear-but-venture-firms-may-face-new-record-keeping-demands/ (subscription required), by Mark Boslet 10. Truly Quick: True Ventures Nears Final Close on $200M Fund https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/111285/truly-quick-true-ventures-nears-final-close-on-200m-fund/ by Jonathan Marino
- Carlyle in Talks to Buy Energy Capital Partners
The Carlyle Group is in talks to buy energy-focused buyout shop Energy Capital Partners, according to the New York Times. Short Hills, New Jersey-based Energy Capital Partners has raised about $7 billion in equity funds. Carlyle has roughly $106.7 billion under management.
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- Ice Energy Holds First Close Of Series C Funding Round At $24 Million
Ice Energy Inc. held the first closing of a Series C financing round. The provider of energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry secured $24 million in capital. The Windsor, Colo.-based company plans to use the capital to support deployment of its utility-scale distributed energy storage projects throughout the U.S. and Canada. TIAA-CREF, Energy Capital Partners, Good Energies, Sail Ventures and Second Avenue Partners participated in the round.
- Done deals, week of Sept. 13, 2010
Selected deals are disclosed transactions from Sept. 1 to Sept. 7
- PE fund briefs, week of August 23, 2010
Briefs about the funds of Energy Capital and Charterhouse
- Executive moves, week of Aug. 23, 2010
Personnel changes at Credit Suisse, Highland Capital and other PE and VC firms
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Random Ramblings
- Rahman D'Argenio Joins Energy Capital Partners
Rahman D'Argenio has joined Energy Capital Partners as a principal. He previously was a director with First Reserve Corp.