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peHUB Wire: Friday, August 13, 2010Random Ramblings
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* How to win at rock, paper, scissors http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/30/how-to-win-rock-paper-scissors-every-time/ * Transcript of last night's Charlie Rose interview of Wilbur Ross http://www.politico.com/static/PPM170_100802_charlierose.html * Rafael Corrales http://www.learnboost.com/kaplan-ventures/ : "The launch of Kaplan Ventures is a clear signal that Kaplan has stopped innovating and that Kaplan has excess cash that it does not know where to put to work." * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66B1HP20100803 London falls early http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE67208120100803 European shares stumble http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE63M18320100803 the Nikkei climbs http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE67205H20100803 and Hong Kong shares hit 3-month high http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE67207D20100803 * Android sales overtake iPhone sales in the U.S. http://gigaom.com/2010/08/02/android-sales-overtake-iphone-in-the-u-s * Chip Hazard http://hazard.typepad.com/hazard-lights/2010/08/revealing-insights.html : The original VC investment thesis and evolution of Reveal Imaging, which is being acquired by SAIC. * The first Volcker Rule consequence? Morgan Stanley looks to unload FrontPoint hedge fund http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0210589020100802 * Nick Bilton is having trouble using his e-readers in coffee shops http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/no-e-books-allowed-in-this-establishment/ : "I wonder if people went through the same thing in the mid-1400s as they sat in coffee shops with their pesky paper books? I can imagine a coffee shop owner demanding that a patron remove his book from an establishment that only allowed spoken communication."
Inside the iFundKleiner’s mobile-focused fund has the audacious goal of funding the “pillars of the global Internet.” Should you be worried?
- Exit watch, week of July 26, 2010
News briefs about acquisitions involving VC-backed companies Atheros, Metaweb and others from the past week
- VC fund briefs, week of July 26, 2010
Fund-raising news briefs about Infinity Group, DCM and other VC funds
- Executive moves, week of July 26, 2010
Hires and other personnel changes at USVP and other PE and VC firms
- Shopkick funding shows real world mobile trend
Investment is the first for Reid Hoffman at Greylock
- Highland Capital Partners Considers China Fund
Yesterday I asked email readers http://hosting.mansellgroup.net/enablemail/ThomsonNewLetter/HostedWires/joinform.htm to name the latest U.S. venture firm to seriously consider raising a China fund. Their hint was that it already has some Chinese companies in its general portfolio. The answer is Highland Capital Partners, which first broached the subject in an LP advisory call last week. The basic idea would be for the China fund to have a dedicated team and its own name (probably some Mandarin translation of “higher ground”) – with Highland serving as a cornerstone limited partner.
- Dell Buys VC-Backed Ocarina Networks
Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) has agreed to acquire Ocarina Networks, a San Jose, Calif.-based developer of online storage optimization solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Ocarina had raised around $31.3 million in VC funding from Jafco Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Highland Capital Partners.
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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