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Sequoia Capital, Why So Bashful?Like Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital prides itself on cultivating an air of mystique: it rarely releases information or talks to the press. That’s why the firm’s “RIP: Good Times” presentation - presumably meant to give cover to its partners and their portfolio companies - created such a stir. Still, playing along with Sequoia’s mania for secrecy can be exhausting. Herewith, my most recent exchange:
- VC fund briefs, week of Oct. 27, 2008
Fund-raising news about VC firms OpenView, BlackBerry, Keytone and Easton
- PE Week Wire: Monday, October 27, 2008
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- PE Week Wire: Monday, October 27, 2008
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- Investors look to new sources of biofuels
Corn-based ethanol is no longer fueling appetite of VCs
- Kleiner makes India cleantech investment
Partner Ajit Nazre says that Kleiner Perkins has invested in an undisclosed energy company in India
- Booyah Raises $4.5 Million from Kleiner Perkins
Booyah is stew-like food prepared en masse for large gatherings, and has become an exclamatory catchphrase for broadcasters like Jim Cramer and Stuart Scott. More quietly, it’s also become the name of an online content startup funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The Silicon Valley company is still in stealth mode, but here is what we know: Booyah was formed earlier this year by a trio of folks – Sam Christiansen, Keith Lee and Brian Morrisroe -- who previously worked at Blizzard Entertainment, which is responsible for the World of Warcraft games. Kleiner Perkins is its only institutional backer to date, and has invested
- Harvard Opens Massive Secondary Sale
Last Friday, I asked you to name the university endowment that’s trying to sell a large portfolio of private equity fund commitments. I probably should have italicized the word “large,” or perhaps used a more emphatic synonym like humongous. The result was that some of you offered up schools like Duke and Stanford – both of which have assets for sale on the secondary market, but not of the scope I was suggesting. Then yesterday one of you got it right, which means it’s time to share… The answer we were looking for was Harvard. The Ivy Leaguer has retained Cogent Partners to pitch what could be one of the largest secondary sales of all time, with an optimistic asking price in excess of $1 billion. The available portfolio includes a variety of venture capital and buyouts funds, albeit none of its crème de la crème VC (i.e., Sequoia Capital or
- PE Week Wire: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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- PE Week Wire: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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