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Twitter reaction to Kobe Bryant's launch of a $100 mln VC fund

Fund performance: Menlo scores top two spots in Washington State portfolio

Two funds from Menlo Ventures, vintages 2011 and 2006, ranked on top of the WSIB portfolio of venture holdings from that period

Cisco looks for disruption

Rob Salvagno, head of corporate development and Cisco Investments, chats about theme investing and his approach to M&A

Pear closes larger fund, adds to team as LP interest in seed grows

Seed-focused Pear ups its fund size by 50 percent and adds two partners

Genesys III raises most of $125 mln target from HarbourVest, other LPs

Genesys Capital has collected most of the $125 million target set for its third venture fund, adding to the momentum felt of late in Canada’s life-sciences sector. Genesys Ventures III initially closed at $90 million in committed capital, the Toronto-based firm announced this week. That puts the fund more than 70 percent of the way to reaching its final goal, expected early next year, Managing Director Damian Lamb told PE Hub Canada.

Fund performance: Union Square Ventures fund sees sharp decline in WSIB portfolio

The same Union Square Ventures 2008 has performed much better in a UTIMCO portfolio

Dashboard: U.S. venture takes summer vacation in July

All four indices drop as the second half of the year kicks off to a slow start

Ignition Partners adds Triantos to focus on AI and VR for enterprise

Ignition Partners, which last year raised a $200 million sixth fund to invest in enterprise software, has added Nick Triantos as a venture partner

Twitter reaction to Trump's proposed carried-interest tax policy

The NVCA wasn't the only organization to respond to the Republican presidential candidate's plans to reduce the carried-interest tax

Fund performance: WSIB's mid-decade portfolio benefits from small-fund strategy

Twitter-backer Union Square Ventures ranks on top of WSIB portfolio with an IRR of more than 67 percent, as of December 2015