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Scale Venture Partners Closes Fund IV at $300 MlnScale Venture Partners said Friday that it closed its most recent fund with $300 million in commitments. The total exceeded Fund IV's target of $250 million. Limited partners include pension funds, financial institutions, foundations, funds of funds and family offices worldwide. Scale Venture Partners, of Foster City, Calif., targets early-in-revenue technology companies in SaaS, Cloud, Mobile and Internet sectors.
- LPs want to make dollar pledges to Euro funds
Europe tops the list of issues LPs are thinking about this year, along with the growing threat of ‘zombie funds’ and reputational risk brought on by the US Republican primary election.
- ABS Capital hits $500m hard-cap in six months
After only six months on the market, the Baltimore- and San Francisco- based firm has closed its seventh fund, which offers LPs an attractive ‘European-style’ distribution.
- Ireland divests stake in fund of funds
Ireland and Paul Capital are exiting their stakes in venture fund of funds Paul Capital Investments. The Bank of Ireland has committed to selling off its non-core asset management businesses.
Venture’s Fundraising Difficulties Could Continue in 2013In 2012, the 10 largest funds raised nearly $10 billion, as mid-sized funds went into retreat
Time is Running Out for Bubble-Era FundsThe pressure is on for VCs to generate any remaining value out of their funds from a dozen years ago. Check out VCJ’s exclusive report on more than 160 funds from 1999, 2000 and 2001 to see which are the biggest winners and losers so far.
- No More Excuses: LPs See 2.5x Venture Fund Performance as a Target
Venture capital has been an under performing asset class, but firms can no longer use the past decade’s lack of liquidity as an excuse for poor performance. This was one message from a panel of limited partners at the Venture Capital Investing Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
- Down with CVC? Yeah, You Know Me!
peHUB gets a guest post who sees corporate VC activity on the rise--and, he says, it's a good thing.
- People Briefs, January 2012
New hires and promotions at Kleiner Perkins, Boston Seed Capital and other firms