Managers

VCs flock to San Francisco as deal pace soars

Sigma West and other firms are coming to the city, as deal activity soars and billion-dollar valuations become commonplace

Fund performance: Cash distributions up in INPRS portfolio

Indiana money manager sees significant boost in distributions from early decade funds

Venture firms back new crop of wine startups

Investors are betting a new vintage of wine-related technologies, such as data apps and other educational tools, can make online sales viable

Little-known Hollywood investor poised to score with Twitter IPO

Suhail Rizvi of New York PE firm Rizvi Traverse Management is expected to benefit along with his investors from a more than 15 percent stake in Twitter

Venture fundraising flat as more LPs avoid the asset class

Fundraising totals show LPs are leery of early-stage venture capital, while industry consolidation continues apace.

Tech investor Sequoia takes stake in flight search firm Skyscanner

VC firm takes minority stake in Edinburgh-based company that calls itself world’s second-biggest flight search website

Cloud IPOs remain hot and so does their revenue multiple

Cloud companies are seeing average revenue multiples of 8.4x this year’s sales

Intellectual Ventures curbs patent buying amid fund-raising effort

Firm seeks to raise $3 billion to resume steady pace of patent buying as debate over royalty payments continues

A host of angels flock to a syndicate site for venture capital

The lifting of a ban on advertising to investors has allowed AngelList to unveil a program aimed at syndicates

500 Startups raises a $44.1 mln second fund

Fund is a 50% boost from firm’s first fund, but it came in under its target