Private Equity
Big data means big business for venture investors. Venture capital going to startups with big-data-related business plans came close to $1.4 billion last year and accounted for more than 5% of all venture dollars placed with young companies.
2 min read · 21 February 2013
LivingSocial, the second-largest daily deal company, raised $110 million in a new round of financing from many of its existing investors, Chief Executive Tim O'Shaughnessy wrote in a memo to employees on Wednesday.
1 min read · 20 February 2013
Menlo Ventures is bringing on veteran VC Venky Ganesan as a partner shortly after Managing Director Shervin Pishevar said he would reduce his role at the firm.
2 min read · 20 February 2013
Venture investing across the nation fell in the fourth quarter, but you would never know it by looking at private company valuations in Silicon Valley. They were strong, with up rounds exceeding down rounds by an expanding margin and average deal prices rising, particularly in later rounds. This news comes from the Fenwick & West’s quarterly deal study.
1 min read · 19 February 2013
Last night, PrivCo, a New York-based firm that tracks privately held companies, released a list of what it has determined were the top 20 venture capital firms of 2012, based on the firms' successful M&A exits. We asked for the numbers behind the deals.
1 min read · 19 February 2013
Sequoia Capital, whose “stealthy” scouting program first came to light last spring, looks to be formalizing the program by registering its first U.S. Scout Seed Fund with the SEC this morning.
2 min read · 19 February 2013
The stereotypical venture isn’t known for a fashion sense, but the sector is en vogue with investors, some of whom look at it as a technology play
6 min read · 18 February 2013
Investors see plenty of startup opportunities in the beauty market, thanks in part to Allergan buying SkinMedica in 2011
4 min read · 18 February 2013
The performance of WSIB’s funds from 2006 to 2010 is strong, as four of the funds from the period have IRRs above 20%, while only one has a negative IRR
2 min read · 18 February 2013
Accel Partners was the second most active investor during the month, backing six deals
1 min read · 18 February 2013
