Private Equity
Deutsche Telekom’s venture arm, halfway through 2013, is already is having one of its busiest years
3 min read · 17 June 2013
Almost a year after closing on a $65 million fund-of-funds that focuses on small and mid-size early-stage venture capital funds, San Francisco-based Industry Ventures is in the market again, according to a regulatory filing – this time for a $100 million fund of funds.
2 min read · 13 June 2013
Ron Palmeri easily admits that were it not for serial entrepreneur Halsey Minor, he wouldn’t be where he is today. But Palmeri says today that as Minor's right-hand man at Minor's now defunct venture capital firm Minor Ventures, he did far more than execute on Minor's visionary ideas. Crucially, Palmeri says, he was coming up with many of them.
4 min read · 13 June 2013
Venture deals from France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and elsewhere from Europe
1 min read · 13 June 2013
Venture capital has been out of favor as an asset class for more than 10 years. There are signs this sentiment is changing.
2 min read · 12 June 2013
The convergence of mobile, social networking, cloud infrastructure and big data — the Right Now Economy -- sets the stage for excellent venture capital IRRs, says Mark Siegel of Menlo Ventures.
4 min read · 12 June 2013
The venture landscape has been altered in recent years by the emergence of full-service firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital that aid portfolio companies in a variety of new ways. GPs are finding ways to differentiate their firms.
2 min read · 12 June 2013
The Chicago-area venture firm Origin Ventures is raising the biggest fund in its history, according to a regulatory filing, and a smart bet -- and new partner -- may explain why.
3 min read · 11 June 2013
Venture investors have poured $6.9 billion into Asian e-commerce companies in the past 3-1/2 years, hoping to make a killing on an Amazon-like powerhouse in promising markets from China to Russia.
2 min read · 11 June 2013
With 15 healthcare IPOs year-to-date in the general market, Terry McGuire and others say the resurgence is overdue
2 min read · 10 June 2013