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BBVA’s New Venture Program Looks for Financial Services Innovation

Spanish investor has put money into two early-stage firms and backed two portfolio companies

Agriculture VCs Seek $200M Fund II

Cultivian Sandbox Venture Partners, a Midwestern venture fund focused on the agriculture industry, has raised a portion of a planned $200 million second fund. To date, the firm has sold one portfolio company to ag giant Monsanto and has another company in registration to go public.

How Should The NVCA Change Under Its New Leadership?

The National Venture Capital Association this week named a new president after sifting through more than 100 resumes during a roughly three-month executive search. So what new course will the appointee, Bobby Franklin, chart for the association? Offer your suggestions to Franklin in the comments section below.

Evidence, Finally, that VCs Are More Important than Their Firms

According to a new study published by Harvard and Carnegie Mellon academics, individual venture capitalists are roughly five times more powerful than venture firms as leading indicators of successful startups.

Ben Horowitz on Hardware Investing, IPOs and Portfolio Company Services

Andreessen Horowitz is paying close attention to the rising tide of hardware innovation and plans to keep the foot on the gas of the services it offers portfolio companies, according to General Partner Ben Horowitz.

In Silicon Valley, Less Focus on Providing for Future Generations

From their work ethic to their idealism, people in Silicon Valley tend to do things a bit differently. Turns out those differences extend to the way many of Silicon Valley’s newly rich think about generational wealth.

Indianapolis Proves Fertile Hunting Ground for Battery Ventures

The VC firm had backed three local companies based in the state capital; they raised lots of funding and all have recently exited

Accel Goes Big Into Big Data with Second $100M Fund

Accel Partners has allocated another $100 million for its Big Data Fund 2, and the firm has added Anthony Deighton, CTO of Qlikview, and Shlomo Kramer, CEO of Imperva, to its advisory council.

Fundraising Report: Calacanis Launches his Launch Fund and Accel Goes Big Into Data

Plus a report of active U.S.-based fundraisers from May

Fund Performance: Several Mass PRIM Venture Investments See Decline

Funds by Spark and NEA lost some ground, but still remain in positive territory