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Georges van Hoegaerden: KPCB Mea CulpaKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the storied VC, has admitted poor performance and promised to do better. Georges van Hoegaerden takes a look at their mea culpa and whether it's sincere.
KPCB Acknowledges Weak ResultsBlue-chip venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers expressed frustration with poor fund performance and promised to do better at gatherings for investors last month, according to people familiar with the discussions.
CLSA Capital Partners’ Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund Backs Scinor WaterCLSA Capital Partners' Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund has led a financing round with a US$10 million investment into Scinor Water Limited. Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, a prior investor, also increased its investment in this financing round.
And Now, the Biggest Exits of the "Top 20" Venture Firms of 2012Last night, PrivCo, a New York-based firm that tracks privately held companies, released a list http://www.privco.com/top-20-venture-capital-firms-with-the-most-private-tech-company-exits-in-2012 of what it has determined were the top 20 venture capital firms of 2012, based on the firms' successful M&A exits. We asked for the numbers behind the deals.
- Khosla, Fairhaven Back Cybersecurity Startup Cylance
Cylance came out of stealth today and announced it has raised $15 million in its first round of funding from Khosla Ventures and Fairhaven Capital. The company--founded last year by Stuart McClure, a former global CTO of McAfee--also named retired Admiral William J. Fallon to its board.
Reading Between the Lines: VCs and Their WebsitesHave you noticed? Many venture capitalists -- a group not known for their creativity -- have quietly begun to revamp their uninspired Websites.
- Providence Gets Six Month Extension To Finish Fund VII; Target $5B: Sources
Providence Equity Partners is getting more time to wrap up its latest mega-fund. The firm's LPs granted the media-focused PE firm a six-month extension, until June 30, to close its seventh fund, several placement and LP sources say.
- At Upstart, Ex-Googlers Raise $3.5M More to Upend Business as Usual
It used to be that you had to have an actual company for capture investors’ attention. Last March, entrepreneur and investor Paul Graham upended that basic standard, inviting candidates with no plan whatsoever http://ycombinator.com/noidea.html into his Y Combinator program. Now, Upstart, a 10-month-old, 10-person company based in Palo Alto, is making even Graham’s unconventional thinking seem quaint.