Managers

Carried Interest: Where the Debate Goes from Here

President Obama brought new attention to the carried interest debate on Wednesday by unveiling a budget with a proposed change in how venture capitalists and private equity managers are taxed on investment income. Don’t expect a quick tax hike.

Google Ventures, Kleiner, Andreessen Form Syndicate For Investing In Google Glass Ecosystem

Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Andreessen Horowitz have come together to form the Glass Collective, an investment syndicate made up of the three firms to provide seed funding to startups developing for Google's Glass and the Glass ecosystem. The announcement came on a Website from Google Ventures' Managing Partner Bill Maris, Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Marc Andreessen and Kleiner General Partner John Doerr.

VCs and Startups Call for More H-1B Visas, But Some Say Talent Shortage is Exaggerated

Demand for H1-B visas is so strong that the annual cap of 65,000 was hit last week. VCs and tech executives want to see the quota boosted to 300,000, but some U.S. tech workers and academics say the tech talent shortage is exaggerated -- and the H1-B program serves mainly as a source of cheap labor.

Norwest Leads Funding Round in Med Device Company IRhythm

Medical Device company iRhythm Technologies has raised a $6 million Series D round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Existing investors New Leaf Ventures, Synergy Life Science Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures also participated.

Harvard's Mendillo Confident Of Future Strong Returns -- PartnerConnect 2013 Video

Even as many investors move into index funds, Harvard University is confident that it can keep posting above-average returns with actively managed investments, the head of the school’s investment arm said on April 3.

Venture Deal Activity Not So Brisk, Either

We know that venture fundraising is sluggish. But it turns out venture deal activity isn’t so brisk, either.

Newly Public, Kleiner-Backed RMG Networks on Why It Chose a Reverse Merger

As of this morning, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has a new, publicly traded company in its portfolio: San Francisco’s RMG Networks, a digital signage media company that has raised $20 million from Kleiner, DAG Ventures, and National Cinemedia since its 2006 founding. The company didn't stage an IPO; rather, it completed a reverse merger with the blank check company in a maneuver that landed it on the Nasdaq.

Fee Softly and Carry a Big Carry

While emerging VCs often make concessions on fees and carried interest, established players can write their own rules. For New Enterprise Associates, that translates into fees below the standard 2% but a bigger share of carry, managing director Peter Barris told attendees at the PartnerConnect conference in Boston.

Retailers Cashing in on New Shopping Tech

Savvy brick-and-mortar retailers are finally starting to leverage Internet technologies to their advantage, thanks to startups like Shopkick, Swipely, LightSpeed and others

Chasing Same-Day Delivery

Suddenly, there’s no shortage of companies offering same-day delivery, and some VC-backed startups are speeding to get in on the action