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James Huang Joins KPCB in ShanghaiKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has added James Huang as a partner in its Shanghai offices. Huang will advise on life science investments. Huang joins from life science-focused Vivo Ventures, where he was a managing partner. Earlier in his career, Huang was president of Anesiva, a biopharmaceutical company focused on pain management.
- To Have and Have Not
Fundraising is up but so is capital scarcity and the gulf between success and failure
Betting on the FarmOutside of the virtual FarmVille, more investors are beefing up their expertise in the real life agricultural sector, laying down money on fuel, biopesticides, feed startups and more. Their gamble is paying off, too, as some are reaping exits
DCM Dials Up Android FundThe idea for DCM’s $100 million Android-focused venture fund—dubbed the A-Fund—was hatched early this year, over dinner in Beijing.
VC Reaps Benefits From a Decade of Intellectual Property InvestingCRV Partner Izhar Armony manages his firm's bets on IP deals, and it's paying dividends
- Primus Power Closes $11M
Hayward, Calif.-based Primus Power, a grid-scale energy storage company, has closed on $11 million from DBL Investors, I2BF Global Ventures, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The infusion will be used for development and commercialization of Primus' distributed storage technology, the company said Tuesday. The company has also previously raised money in grants from the United States Department of Energy, the Advanced Research Projects Agency -- Energy, and the California Energy Commission.
- Will PE Invest in Martha Stewart? Candidates include TPG, Golden Gate, Summit
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is is on the hunt for its own deal. MSO, which was founded by Martha Stewart, said today that it has hired the Blackstone Advisory Partners to "review and respond to various parties that have expressed interest in potentially partnering with or investing in the Company, as well as exploring other opportunities," according to a statement http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=96022&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1567651&highlight= This sounds like MSO could be up for sale or is looking for an investor (there is also speculation that Stewart is looking to take MSO private). My coworkers at Thomson Reuters are reporting http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/marthastewart-idUSN2511125720110525 that Stewart, who is MSO's controlling shareholder, would prefer a transaction other than a sale but is considering all options.
- Harvest Power Adds $6M
Harvest Power, a developer of renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste, said Tuesday that it had extended its $51.7 million Series B financing. Zurich-based SAM Private Equity added a $6 million investment to the round. The company is also backed by Generation Investment Management, DAG Ventures, Keating Capital, Kleiner Perkins, publicly traded Waste Management, Munich Venture Partners, and TriplePoint Capital.