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peHUB Wire: Wednesday, January 6, 2010Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Random Ramblings
- Best Buy Backs SiBEAM
SiBeam Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of semiconductor systems solutions for wireless communications platforms, has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Best Buy Capital. The company previously raised over $80 million, from Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates, U.S. Venture Partners, Panasonic and Samsung.
Year in Review: Time LineA look at key moments in the venture industry over the past year
Year in Review: IPOsThe VC-backed IPO market is improving, but it has a long way to go to get back to historical levels
- More Deals, Fewer $ In 2009 Clean Tech
Venture capitalists invested $4.85 billion in clean tech this year, according to Greentech Media -- a 36% drop from 2008, when they invested $7.6 billion. The number of deals was up slightly, though -- by six -- to 356 deals, and 2009 was still a more active year for investors than 2007. Solar power attracted the most money -- $1.4 billion -- followed by biofuels at $976 million. Smart grids, energy storage and electric cars also drew more money, as did wind, lighting and water. Water is declared to be on "venture capital radar screens" -- it attracted $130 million.
- The Decade's Top VC-Backed IPOs
Just running some IPO data, and noticed something kinda creepy (at least if you're semi-religious and/or watched lots of Headbangers Ball): There were 666 VC-backed IPOs over the past decade, which raised $66.6 billion. Not exactly a great omen for investors who are banking on an IPO rebound in the near future. Or maybe the endtimes refers to just the recent IPO market -- just 19 offerings in 2008-2009 -- which most everyone would be okay with obliterating. Or, most likely, this is just a wonderful piece of statistical symmetry. Moving on: What follows is a slideshow of the decade's ten largest VC-backed IPOs, including brief updates on where the issues currently stand. Each offering caused cork-popping at the time, but only a few retained their glory...
- Most Active VC Firms of the Aughts
Venture capitalists entered the decade on a dotcom high, and this week will end it on an exit-starved low. In between, they invested in over 16,000 U.S.-based companies. What follows is a list of the 10 most active VC firms, based on our VentureXpert database (which, coincidentally, is being retired at year-end). The rankings are based on the number of U.S.-based companies in which a firm invested over the past decade -- regardless of number of financing rounds. And, just as a reminder, putting lots of money out the door doesn't necessarily correlate to the amount that comes back in...