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- Slideshow: Top 10 Largest VC Funds Raised in Q1
As we reported earlier today /100782/giant-funds-from-bessemer-sequoia-and-kp-help-produce-biggest-quarter-for-vc-fundraising-since-q3-2008/ VC fundraising roared back in Q1, with U.S. VC funds raising their largest amount since the third quarter of 2008. Bessemer Venture Partners led the pack, raising a monster fund of $1.6 billion. Who else is in the top 10? Click through to check out our slideshow /100788/slideshow-top-10-largest-vc-funds-raised-in-q1/
- VC-backed Jive Adds Facebook, Google Execs to Board
Jive Software has added former McAfee Chairman Charles Robel; McAfee President David DeWalt; Facebook vice president Jonathan Heiliger; and Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, to its board of directors. The new board members will help Jive with growth. The company’s social business software is designed to help co-workers interact and work together more productively. Jive is backed by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.
- Kleiner Perkins Has Officially Raised $932.3M for its Digital Growth Fund
Kleiner Perkins has raised $932.3 million out of a targeted $1 billion for its KPCB Digital Growth Fund, according to an SEC filing dated March 11. The fact that the firm had increased the target for the fund from $750 million to $1 billion was first reported by Fortune’s Term Sheet blog http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/16/kleiners-digital-fund-passes-1-billion-mark/ on February 16. In fact, Term Sheet reported that KP was raising in excess of a billion dollars. The regulatory filing shows http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505782/000150578211000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml that the target for the fund is $1 billion and that $67.67 million remains to be raised. The document also shows that KP sold its first stake in the fund on Nov. 17.
- peHUB Second Opinion
Unbelievable: A 300 lbs Eagle Ray slams a woman on a boat http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/29/florida.ray.tourist/ and she isn't hurt. In the Cloud: Amazon gets into trouble http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/us-amazon-idUSTRE72S13H20110329 for launching service that lets customers stores songs and play t hemon phones and computer. Tablet Mania: Analyst warns of global iPademi http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20110329/analyst-warns-of-global-ipademic/ c. Not an IPO: Zynga made its Wall Street debut Tuesda http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/zyngas-wall-street-debut/ y to celebrate launch of Farmville English Countryside. Seriously? Meg Whitman is reportedly http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/meg-whitman-kleiner-perkins/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Venturebeat+%28VentureBeat%29 joining Kleiner Perkins. Up for Sale: Big Lots is holding management presentations http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110329-710986.html and getting interest from PE firms.
- Meet the 'First Social Media Analyst on Wall Street'
Lou Kerner has dabbled in real estate, worked as a cable and satellite analyst at Goldman Sachs, and headed numerous companies, including two domain companies: the now defunct Tuvalu domain registrar dot.tv and WildSites. Yet Kerner has seemingly found the role he was born to play as the self-described “first social media analyst on Wall Street.” He’s attracted quite an audience. Kerner has been quoted as an expert on social media valuations in the mainstream press, including the New York Times http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/facebook-on-track-for-i-p-o-questions-for-goldman/ the Boston Globe http://wap.boston.com/art/35/lifestyle/articles/2011/03/09/market_for_groupon_remorse_allows_users_to_unload_coupons/?p=2 and the L.A. Times http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/04/business/la-fi-0104-facebook-20110104 no fewer than 120 times so far this year. He’s also cited regularly in online properties such as Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/demand-media-will-be-the-first-1-billion-tech-ipo-since-google-heres-why-2010-4 and has appeared on television numerous times. In fact, Bloomberg may give him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7VzNlhxU6Y his own weekly show. “I’m building the Lou Kerner brand,” Kerner told me