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- Bit9 Seals $12.5M from Atlas, Highland, KPCB
Waltham, Mass.-based Bit9 Inc. has raised $12.5 million in new capital, bringing its total funding to $23 million. Atlas Venture led the round, which included investments from existing shareholders Highland Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and.406 Ventures. New investor Paul Capital also contributed. Bit9 Inc. is a developer of endpoint security technology.
- Which University Is No. 1 for Midas List Members?
If your grad school was the only determining factor in getting onto Forbes magazine’s Midas List http://www.forbes.com/lists/midas/2011/midas-list-techs-top-investors.html of top venture capitalists, which school should you attend? A.) Harvard Business School B.) Stanford Business School C.) None According to an analysis of the Midas List https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?hl=en&key=0AjPrWEiQEp5jdDJqeE11ZkVlaXJ0UGJzN3FsZW9jQ3c&hl=en&gid=0 by James Newell http://www.ivp.com/team_newell.html a senior associate at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), the answer is B – Stanford.
- Poll Results: 80% Think Q1's VC Fundraising Surge Was a Blip
VC fundraising may have surged in first quarter, but there isn’t much hope this will be a long-lasting trend. Yesterday, we asked you if you thought the VC fundraising market was back. Our optimism was high after Q1 saw 38 U.S. VC funds raise $6.6 billion, the most since third quarter 2008.
- Recruiter Jon Holman on the VC Job Scene and the Transitory Nature of Greatness
Recruiter Jon Holman has seen a lot in his 30-year career, working with venture capital firms like Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital and their portfolio companies. In the ‘80s, when he placed the occasional GP, it was a matter of plucking someone from an investment bank or operating position. In the go-go ‘90s, the business of GP searches became brisker, though “you weren’t going to pry a GP from an existing fund; that just didn’t happen,” according to Holman. Then came the Great Implosion of 2000. A wave of VCs looking to jump ship because of internal dynamics or poor performance was eventually followed by those grown desperate to land something else before their funds dried up. Indeed, according to Holman’s estimates, roughly 100 VCs were “loose in the saddle” by 2007. By 2009, Holman was fielding calls around the clock, many from GPs who had either left their firms or would have to soon. The industry still isn’t done spitting out VCs, says Holman.
- Question of the Week: Is the VC Fundraising Market Back?
Create your free online surveys http://www.surveymonkey.com/ with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool. Venture capital fundraising revived https://admin.venturecapitaljournal.com/100782/giant-funds-from-bessemer-sequoia-and-kp-help-produce-biggest-quarter-for-vc-fundraising-since-q3-2008/ in the first quarter. A total of 38 U.S.-based VC funds raised more than $6.6 billion in Q1, up from 35 funds that raised just under $3 billion in the prior quarter, according to preliminary data from Thomson Reuters. The $6.6 billion is the largest amount raised by VCs since Q3 2008.