Private Equity
As smart home technology and IoT becomes widely adopted in the coming years, the smart kitchen could be a $10 billion market opportunity for VCs by 2020
6 min read · 10 March 2015
Ellen Pao testified on Monday in her gender discrimination suit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that she urged firm leaders to improve HR policies after learning of other alleged harassment complaints, Reuters News reported.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Golden Opportunities Fund, a retail fund managed by Canadian private equity and venture capital firm Westcap Management, has raised new capital commitments totaling $40 million. With the raise, the fund was fully subscribed for its 2014 tax-assisted fundraising period. Founded in 1999, Golden Opportunities invests in small and medium-sized growth companies in diverse sectors of the Saskatchewan economy. To date, it has invested more than $300 million in 118 companies.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Jodi Sherman Jahic and Susan Mason talk about their new fund and prospering as women in venture
3 min read · 09 March 2015
All too often tax reform is overlooked despite the fact it could have a disproportionate impact on the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
3 min read · 09 March 2015
DFJ Partner Bubba Murarka explores whether it’s worth it to develop and invest in the new Apple device
3 min read · 08 March 2015
Vienna, Austria-based early-stage venture fund Speedinvest has raised 60 million euros for its second fund. The focus is on European tech startups.
4 min read · 06 March 2015
Venture firm Formation 8 was dropped as a defendant in a U.S. civil lawsuit that accused one if its co-founders, Joe Lonsdale, of sexual assault, according to a court document filed Thursday.
2 min read · 06 March 2015
There’s no denying that VCs are busy people with hectic schedules, but the calendar app Tempo crunches the data to figure the code on how to best meet them.
3 min read · 05 March 2015
UTIMCO portfolio benefits from advances by Emerald Hill, Everstone.
2 min read · 05 March 2015
