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peHUB First Read* In case you haven't heard: Lehman bankrupt https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/17632/lehman-bros.-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/ BoA buying Merrill Lynch https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/17631/bank-of-america-buying-merrill-lynch-for-$50-billion/ AIG desperate https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/17636/aig-faces-liquidity-crisis,-seeks-fed-lifeline/ WaMu safe by comparison https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/17637/wamu-outlook-weak,-but-soothing/ And that may all be out of date by the time you read this. * As of now, private equity has been mostly left out of the above excitement, with a few exsceptions: TPG obviously owns a stake in WaMu http://www.reuters.com/article/dealAtoms/idUSCH115019475320080912 while reports say that it and KKR tried to buy a stake in AIG, but bailed after the Feds (correctly) declined to provide a financial backstop. J.C. Flowers -- which is advising Merrill Lynch -- also took a shot at AIG, but was rebuffed. * * Kleiner Perkins launches a blog for its iPhone fund http://ifundvc.com/ Reserving judgement...
- Interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Circa 1999
Here is a great artifact http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/09/googles_first_steps.html : an interview with Google's founders from 1999 by Ubergizmo writer Karsten Lemm. (Thanks to ValleyWag for first pointing readers to the piece.) It's really fascinating to look back. One of the first things to jump out at me is 1999 Brin saying that, "Everybody who we talked to wanted to invest. No exceptions. Now, we get probably 5 to 10 e-mails every day [from potential investors]. We collect their names. We’ll have to decide [at some point] what we want to do." Popular Valley lore gives Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital a lot of credit
- Fisker Continues Fundraising: $65M
The electric car wars continue as Fisker Automotive gets a $65 million cash injection from Kleiner Perkins, hedge fund Palo Alto Investors and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Earth2Tech has the story and a reminder about the company's ongoing legal battle. http://earth2tech.com/2008/09/09/fisker-gears-up-with-65m-for-karma/ The interesting thing here, outside the sexy looking car, is the source of the financing: an early stage venture firm (now growth investor when it comes to "greentech"), a hedge fund and the state-backed investment fund of an petrochemical-rich middle-eastern nation. Which of these investors doesn't belong?
- Week in deals, Sept. 8, 2008
News and notes for tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America the past two weeks
Venture capital has significant stake in health care reformDana Mead of Kleiner Perkins outlines the NVCA's position on health care reform, calls for expanded coverage and increased research spending
- Google fuels geothermal projects with $10M
Google searches for ways to extends its clout to cleantech investing by backing AltaRock Energy, Potter Drilling