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TheFunded's Version of the Midas ListTheFunded, where entrepreneurs are invited to rate venture firms and individual VCs, has just published a list of top-ranked VCs. Smart move, given the vacuum left by Forbes' decision to kill its Midas List. TheFunded's effort is entirely subjective, of course, but that's the whole point. No matter their performance as investors, this is a list of the people most respected by startup CEOs, which can mean just to future performance as a stellar track record. The following is culled from the 17,834 VCs that TheFunded lists, and the 13,287 CEOs or founding members who have taken the time to write up 22,049 ratings and reviews, here are the 50 most popular VCs, in descending order of top ranking:
- Week in deals, Feb. 1, 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
Monster Money in MeasurementHeartened by big prices paid for AdMob and Omniture, VCs continue to pour money into analytics startups
- Exit watch, week of Jan. 25, 2010
M&A briefs about VC-backed companies CloudShield, StyleFeeder, Ahura and others in the past week
- Deal Scoop: Vistaprint Buys Threadsmith.com
Web-based printshop Vistaprint has made what appears to be its first-ever acquisition, quietly scooping up custom embroidery and apparel embellishment company Threadsmith.com. A company spokesman declined to confirm or deny the deal, which is schedule to be formally disclosed as part of a quarterly earnings release next Thursday. Threadsmith.com (a.k.a. Soft Sight Inc.) has raised around $2.4 million in VC funding from High Peaks Venture Partners and Advantage Partners. High Peaks recently announced http://www.hpvp.com/news/2010/01/threadsmith-exit/ that the company had been sold, but did not name the buyer. It also did not announce a sale price, except to say that the deal generated "a high double digits annualized return rate."
- peHUB Wire: Friday, January 22, 2010
What Obama’s Bank Proposal Could Mean for Private Equity
- peHUB Wire: Friday, January 22, 2010
What Obama’s Bank Proposal Could Mean for Private Equity
- QD Vision Raises $3 Million
QD Vision, a Watertown, Mass.-based developer of nanotech-based products for solid state lighting and displays, has raised $3 million in VC funding from DTE Energy Ventures. Last month, the company announced $10 million in fourth-round funding from return backers North Bridge Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners and In-Q-Tel.
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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