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  • peHUB Wire: Monday, July 6, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 6 July 2009

    Monday Mouth-Off

  • peHUB Wire: Monday, July 6, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 6 July 2009

    Monday Mouth-Off

  • Exit watch, week of June 29, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 29 June 2009

    News briefs about venture-backed companies that were bought in the past week

  • Highland Capital Delays Fund Close
    Dan Primack- 26 June 2009

    Highland Capital Partners has pushed back the first close for its eighth venture fund from the end of June to mid-July, according to multiple LP sources. The Lexington, Mass.-based firm also has reduced the fund's carried interest from 25% to 20 percent. Highland began marketing in in early spring with a $400 million target, which was just half of the $800 million it raised for each of its prior two funds. I lauded the move /36779/highland-capital-smaller-smarter/ writing that Highland was one of the few VC firms willing to put common sense above fee-mongering. After all, the deflated fundraising and deal-making environment makes it the perfect time to raise less. If things pick up, you can always go back for more. Of course, I also assumed that Highland's lowered target would make fundraising a breeze. For example, it could lose half of its LPs, so long as the other half committed pro rata.

  • Exit watch, week of June 22, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 22 June 2009

    M&A news briefs about venture-backed companies Dexterra, Chestnut Medical, Tzero and others

  • peHUB Wire: Monday, June 15, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 15 June 2009

    Random Ramblings

  • peHUB Wire: Monday, June 15, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 15 June 2009

    Random Ramblings

  • peHUB Wire: Friday, June 12, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 12 June 2009

    Random Ramblings

  • peHUB Wire: Friday, June 12, 2009
    Brad Meikle- 12 June 2009

    Random Ramblings