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- Pierre Lamond Jumps Ship for Khosla Ventures
Back in October, we reported that Pierre Lamond was leaving Sequoia /19545/pierre-lamond-retiring-from-sequoia-probably What we didn't realize was that the 78-year-old wasn't about to retire, as we'd guessed, but was being wooed by Vinod Khosla, whose firm he is joining to make clean tech investments. WSJ has the scoop http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/03/khosla-ventures-adds-pierre-lamond/ that after 27 years at Sequoia Capital, the legendary semiconductor investor will begin his new job in April. Lamond told the paper that the investments that Khosla Ventures has been making, largely in cleantech companies, “fits with the type of companies I want to build," adding that he hasn’t been an active day-to-day investor at Sequoia for the past 18 months and had “decided to phase out of Sequoia about a year ago.”
- Kleiner doubles down on cleantech
Firm is trying to raise a combined $1.25B for four existing funds, including $500M for its Green Growth Fund
- VCs with DC ties upbeat on stimulus
More than 170 VCs told in NVCA conference to foster relationships with government now
- Stealthy Soladigm raises $10.6M
San Jose company makes specialty window glass that can limit the amount of light and reduce heating and air conditioning costs
- Kleiner Perkins doubles down on cleantech
The storied venture firm is trying to raise a combined $1.25B for four existing funds
- peHUB First Read
* Alaska Airlines is asking http://www.thedeal.com/corporatedealmaker/2009/02/alaska_air_calls_virgin_americ.php the government to investigate whether or not PE-backed airline Virgin America meets U.S. carrier standards, in terms of local vs. foreign ownership. In other words: "We can't compete with Virgin's prices or customer service, so maybe we can find an equity table item that kicks them out of key airports." Whiners. (disclaimer, I'm flying Virgin from BOS-SFO this weekend) * North Carolina-based VC shop The Aurora Funds has shed a number of staffers, as part of what it calls "maintenance mode." http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/01/19/story7.html?b=1232341200%5E1763012 * Morning Call: U.S. futures points toward rebound http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSLB69882520090211 European shares open lower http://www.reuters.com/article/eurMktRpt/idUSLB36725820090211 London stays flat http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSLB73716020090211 and Hong Kong shares snap rally http://www.reuters.com/article/hongkongMktRpt/idUSHKG31006220090211 * Is the fat lady singing for PE-backed Muzak? https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/31252/muzak-files-for-chapter-11/ * War of Words http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/02/10/raw_ritholtz_me.html : McGraw Hill drops Barry Ritholtz's book, Bailout Nation, just weeks before release. Ritholtz says the publisher was uncomfortable with the book's criticism of McGraw Hill subsidiary Standard & Poor's. McGraw Hill says the book couldn't stand up to scrutiny.
- PEHUB Wire: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Random Ramblings
- PEHUB Wire: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Random Ramblings
Sure Bet?Some venture capitalists are wagering on startups that they believe are recession-proof. BillShrink, eLayaway.com and On Deck Capital are among those that may benefit from the downturn.