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Shrink to fit: VCs paring back fund sizesLimited partners are cutting back investments in venture capital, and VCs are scaling back fund sizes to suit
VC-backed Violin Memory debuts IPOViolin Memory has priced its IPO of 18,000,000 shares at $9 per share for a value of $162 million. The stock started trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "VNEM." J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities, EM Securities and BofA Merrill Lynch are underwriting the IPO, with Barclays serving as a joint book-running manager. Baird and Pacific Crest Securities are also co-managers. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Violin Memory, which is backed by SAP Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Toshiba and Juniper Networks, is a provider of memory-based storage solutions.
- Predilytics secures funding and expands board
Predilytics has secured additional funding from Foundation Medical Partners and has added Andrew D. Firlik to the board of directors. Predilytics is an advanced analytics company.
- VMTurbo appoints new leaders
VMTurbo said Wednesday that it has named Benjamin Nye as CEO and Dr. Shmuel Kliger as president. Nye is a co-managing partner of Bain Capital Ventures while Dr. Kliger is founder of VMTurbo. Headquartered in Massachusetts, VMTurbo is a provider of virtualization management solutions for businesses. It is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Globespan Partners.
- HIG managing director joins Highland Capital
Peter Cornetta, who had been with HIG since 2003, will focus on the $300m Highland Consumer Fund.
- NewVoiceMedia secures $35m series C
NewVoiceMedia, a global provider of cloud contact centre solutions, has secured $35 million in a Series C round of funding. The financing was led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners and joined by existing shareholders Highland Capital Partners Europe, Eden Ventures and Notion Capital.
- Stitt joins Nebula as CEO
Gordon Stitt is joining Nebula as CEO as of Sept. 23. Chris Kemp, the current CEO, will become Nebula's chief strategy officer and join the company's board. Stitt is Extreme Network's former CEO and co-founder. Mountain View, Calif.-based Nebula, a private cloud company, is venture‐funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Comcast Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.
Under Ballmer's Reign at Microsoft, 41 VC-Backed Company AcquisitionsThe scorecard of Steve Ballmer's 13-year reign as Microsoft's CEO includes big deals, such as Skype and Yammer, but plenty of smaller transactions, too.
Under Ballmer's reign at Microsoft, here's the scorecard: 41 VC-backed company acquisitionsIncluded are big deals, such as Skype and Yammer, but plenty of smaller transactions, too
- San Francisco-Based Startup Syntellia Nets $3 Million in Series A Financing
Syntellia said Wednesday that it has closed $3 million in Series A financing. The investors included Highland Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Middleland Capital. Based in San Francisco, Calif., Syntellia develops virtual keyboards for touchscreen devices.