Kleiner Perkins related stories
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- KP backs Chinese biotech company
It is the first deal for the firm in China this year
- Terralliance investors re-up
The company says that it has secured new funding, but provides no details, including participants, amount or whether the “funding” is equity or debt
- Week in deals, May 11, 2009
Summary of tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week
- 5 questions with Leighton Reed
Alloy GP Leighton Reed talks about investing in the pandemic business
- peHUB Rewind
Here's a look at the past week's scoops, opinions and analysis from the peHUB blogging team. It was Q1 earnings week, and we covered the Blackstone and American Capital calls. Dan liveblogged Blackstone's media call http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/c6dVlIW1XD8/ I posted some of the highlights, including Tony James on how "portfolio companies are like humans http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/Hv-KJriJVcg/" As for American Capital, shareholders are pretty worried about the possibility of bankruptcy or a reverse stock split http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/UNkWVC5UCTg/ (we didn't even realize that was possible!). Private Equity deal activity dipped in April http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/gpV68thLmHc/ but that doesn't meant there aren't a ton of companies on the block-here's our Midweek M&A Madness roundup http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/C0so-BuwN3E/ Not to mention, KKR landed the second largest deal of the year even though it submitted the lowest bid ../../../../../../39434/don%e2%80%99t-try-this-deal-at-home-kkr%e2%80%99s-beer-deal-not-for-lightweights/ and there's a heated bidding war http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/No1hFsa5sk8/ for software services company SumTotal. We learned that private equity-backed IPOs in Europe have out-performed their non-PE-backed peers. http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/3P5SkLKpxpU/ Meanwhile, CNBC frustrated us not once http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/hHJtGSBrKBk/ but twice http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/hOoMoMyy-IQ/ On the VC side, we dug up scoops on six new fundings http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/szC2YzOktkI/ Connie reported on new money for Gist http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/fBbeAbxQsFs/ and Dan provided details on investments with 23andMe http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/XO6v8Gq1daI/ Venture firm vSpring backed an aggressive buyout roll-up http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/yuW3MR5pgC4/ Alex profiled a new start-up founded by Willard MacDonald http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/bWOkjgsDa5U/ Connie noticed that Twitter-watching has gone so, so wild. http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/-22F1HJZzVE/ In entrepreneur celebrity news, Google's cofounder got sentimental http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/GUeYTZJcMlU/ and Facebook's founder cozied up to college students http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/MI_v8ZxdUE8/ Skype's co-founders launched a new venture fund http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/CNcQ-lCu-NM/ and eCast's founders were accused of fraud http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/9uzL170z83E/ Meanwhile, global warming activist Al Gore is taking some heat http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/croj-ZOqbzE/ on his role as a partner with VC firm Kleiner Perkins and software titan Peter Norton is still very rich ../../../../../../39433/in-effort-to-sell-his-trump-international-condo-we%e2%80%99re-reminded-software-titan-peter-norton-is-still-very-rich/ We posted Q&A's with two VCs and one CEO: Cliff Friedman, Constellation Growth Capital http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/VwIiPtFTjlk/ Samuel Schwerin, Millennium Technology Value Partners http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/rsTpWbMMtEs/ And Joel Strellner, the CEO of Twitt(url)y http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/nSq-2LK1G9s/ Meanwhile, DFJ is facing fundraising difficulties http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/iySMth3C4SA/ and VC firm Omidar Network laid off http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/IC3gemKlpzY/ a handful of employees, not long after hiring. HIG Capital's investment in Spring Air Mattresses is losing its bounce http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/MNc1zPSJS-E/ (and maybe its backing). The fountain of news that is the New York pension scandal continued to gush. We took stock of Aldus Equity's diminishing client list http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/tlJYu0IsJiA/ Dan approved of CalPERS plan to monitor placement agents http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/1VLHfth8nNk/ rather than ban then, and laid out five issues facing pension funds http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/5OHYjf2ohs4/ that are bigger than placement agents. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a detailed list of placement agents http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/vF1Cy8xJ6jk/ that were involved with investments made by NY Common Retirement Fund under former Comptroller Alan Hevesi. The accompanying press release also pretty much dissed Hevesi at every opportunity it got. Vox Populi contributor Chris Bulger pointed out the NVCA's two big blind spots http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/hvpOiWO8jcw/ Michael Butler detailed future of financial regulation with a post titled, "How a Changing Investment Banking Industry Will Finance the Future http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/Sb9lxXV7M0Y/" Denise Palmieri offered some expert pointers on how to (and how not to) ace a phone interview http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/iqfVwtaEFy8/ Tim McMahon outlined the opportunities for small caps http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/6lWeA_lfni8/ (and why they're on their way.) The weekly downgrade wrap-up ../../../../../../39390/weekly-downgrade-wrap-up-slow-week-2/ was light for once. And of course, First Read and Second Opinion covered plenty of ground, including the Silver Lining for Cerberus http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/D6aSvECGuBc/ on Chrysler, once place where MBA life is good http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/2wjXVuBfzDY/ TPG's transition http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/cSog76s1QOU/ into a buyer of debt, leverage gone very, very wild http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/ALBNWKFh9Pc/ Firefox versus Facebook http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/6woPKfLGwF4/ the return of junk bonds http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/UlXiiIroTuc/ the arrival of vulture investors from http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/GkyOsHZcGIE/ China http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/GkyOsHZcGIE/ and reverse PIK toggling http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/P4O7snKD8Bs/ Previous Weeks: peHUB Rewind May 3, /38903/pehub-rewind-4/ peHUB Rewind April 17, ../../../../../../37492/pehub-rewind-2/ peHUB Rewind April 10, ../../../../../../36818/pehub-rewind/ peHUB Rewind April 27 ../../../../../../38274/pehub-rewind-3/
- Kleiner Perkins Partner Al Gore Getting Skewered as “First Carbon Billionaire”
Former VP Al Gore is accustomed to vigorous heckling from the conservative right, but even he might be surprised by the attention that has focused on him since he was questioned before Congress last month about his motivation to support cap-and-trade legislation. As many readers will already know, Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn's widely watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGkI-mw7Pw request for “some clarity” owed to Gore’s role as a partner at the “capital firm” Kleiner Perkins, one of the most active green tech investors in the country. The position could translate into some big paydays for Gore, she noted. Gore responded by telling Blackburn that not only has he been working to raise awareness about global warming for 30 years but that “every penny” he has made from his renewable energy investments, as well as from his book and movie, both titled “An Inconvenient Truth,” have
- VCs can't save our bacon
Biotechnology companies are on the frontline of the battle against a pandemic, but public markets are braced for a fall as financial models predict a crash.
Huge fund makes August flexibleSilicon Valley firm plans to invest $650M across all stages, including PIPEs