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peHUB Wire: Friday, August 20, 2010Friday Feedback
- John Hadl and Mikael Berner Join USVP
John Hadl has joined U.S. Venture Partners as a venture partner, focused on consumer Internet and business services opportunities. He is the co-founder of USVP portfolio company Total Beauty, and will continue to serve as CEO of mobile advertising company Brand-in-Hand. USVP also announced that former BeVocal CEO Mikael Berner is joining as an entrepreneur-in-residence.
- VC-Backed IPO Pipeline: Lots of Inflow and Outflow
The VC-backed IPO pipeline got a bit more clogged since the last time we checked in, with six new issuers filing to raise around $616 million. Four companies priced offerings during the same period, meaning that the pipeline now holds 40 companies seeking to raise around $3.4 billion. The new filers are: Demand Media, JHorizon Pharma, Complete Genomics, SiGe Semiconductor, MakeMyTrip and Epocrates. I also considered including Skype, but that's more of a buyout-backed offering (despite the involvement of Andreessen Horowitz). Those that priced over were: Green Dot, Envestnet, Trius Therapeutics and RealD. The full pipeline is after the jump...
- 5 questions with Aaron Levie
CEO of Box.net talks about the company's growth
- 10 Most Active VC Firms of 2010 (so far...)
We're well into the second half of 2010, so I figured it was time to see which VC firms had been the most active so far this year. No big surprises, except perhaps that Intel Capital nearly fell out of the Top 10. Or maybe that Redpoint Ventures, which ranked fourth when we did a similar post back in March, has dropped to #28. What follows is from our VentureXpert database, based on global investment pace (MoneyTree numbers, on the other hand, are only for investments in U.S. companies). It only includes "institutional" VCs, as opposed to super-angels (some of whom would make the list). Per usual, just a reminder that money in doesn't always correlate to money out...
- Executive moves, week of July 26, 2010
Hires and other personnel changes at USVP and other PE and VC firms
- Exit watch, week of July 19, 2010
News briefs about acquisitions involving VC-backed companies FusionOne, Wize and others
- peHUB Wire: Monday, July 19, 2010
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