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VantagePoint Eyes $1B Late Stage Cleantech FundNew fund comes as cleantech venture funding hits $2.6B in Q1
Papadopoulos Re-Ups With NEAHires and other personnel news at NEA, Accel, Benchmark, TCV and other VC firms
- Social Scene: KP Partner Pays $1.1M for a House, Another VC Takes the Plunge into Politics, Yu Is Ready for Some Football, More
In this week's Social Scene, peHUB fans get their groove on at our New York Shindig, Promod Haque and the Norwest team put the final touches on their anniversary party, yet another VC (JVP's Erel Margalit) jumps into the political arena, KP's Ryan Popple plunks down $1.1 million for a seaside home, First Round's Christine Herron shows off her culinary skills, OVP Venture Partners' Chad Waite is almost one year older, and lots more. PARTY TIME: PeHUB fans got their groove on at the NYC Shindig About 225 peHUB fans turned out for our New York City Shindig on Monday night at Conolly’s Pub and Restaurant on West 45th Street. The beer flowed freely and there was no shortage of
- Big Switch Networks Seals $13.75M
Enterprise virtualization and cloud architecture start-up Big Switch Networks has closed on $13.75 million in Series A financing. Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures co-led the round. Four new directors joined the company’s board as a result of the financing: Former Veritas CEO Mark Leslie; Bill Meehan, director Emeritus at McKinsey and Co.; Shirish Sathaye, partner at Khosla Ventures; and Mike Volpi, partner at Index Ventures. Big Switch is based in Palo Alto, Calif.
- Regal Beloit Buys Khosla-backed Ramu
Publicly traded Regal Beloit Corp. has acquired motor and control technology company Ramu Inc. Blacksburg, Va.-based Ramu was funded by venture capital investor Khosla Ventures. Terms of the acquisition were not released. Ramu is focused on switched reluctance motor technology – motor design suitable for applications requiring high operating speeds or high ambient temperature conditions, the company said in a written statement. Wisconsin-based Regal Beloit is a manufacturer of mechanical and electrical motion control and power generation products.
- There's Money in Payments
Companies developing technologies and services related to the payments industry are ringing up the dollars as investors wager that transactions for digital goods are poised for growth