Managers

Matchmaking Site Exitround Launches to Help Seed-Funded Companies Get Acquired

Can This CEO Shape the Way Mobile Game Publishers Operate?

Four years ago, Maria Alegre landed her first job in Silicon Valley, as the first person in the business department of iPhone gaming startup Tapulous. Today, the 27-year-old is the cofounder and CEO of 14-month-old Chartboost, a company she believes will fundamentally change the way that game developers operate.

Study Finds Big Data & Mobile Are Key Priorities at Fortune 500 Companies

Venture investors pouring money into big data and the mobile enterprise opportunities should find encouragement in a new study from Sierra Ventures. The study, released Tuesday, finds that both big data and mobile devices for the enterprise are on the radars of IT execs at Fortune 500 corporations.

KPCB Acknowledges Weak Results

Blue-chip venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers expressed frustration with poor fund performance and promised to do better at gatherings for investors last month, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Meritech Leads $30M Injection into Hybris as IPO Planned for Later 2013

Meritech Capital Partners has led a $30 million investment in Hybris Software, which expects to go public later this year.

Shasta Strengthens Enterprise Practice With New EIR, Venture Advisor

Shasta Ventures is strengthening its enterprise practice by bring in Jayaram Bhat as an entrepreneur in residence and Issac Roth as a venture advisor. Both have worked with the firm before. Bhat was CEO of Shasta-funded Zenprise, acquired by Citrix Systems, and Roth co-founded Makara, which Red Hat acquired.

Data Report: Venture-Backed M&A Slows in February

February is the shortest month, so at least that’s one excuse for why venture-backed M&A activity clocked in at a slower-than-usual rate.

Fund Performance: JMI Equity Tops Hawaii ERS Scorecard

Funds by TA Associates, Oak Investments Partners and NEA also rank high in the state pension fund’s latest report

Slow Winter for VC-backed IPOs

Only three new debuts in the year through mid-February, but industry observers say the JOBS Act should help keep the pipeline flowing

Cyber Attacks Spawn Increased Security Investing Last Year

Last year, VCs invested more than $1 billion into 113 venture deals, up from $962 million in 111 deals in 2011