Private Equity
Most of today’s founders will fail. And when they do, they probably won't leave with riches or celebrity. At least they'll have a fairly solid resume.
3 min read · 14 December 2012
This week, I was able to catch up with two wealth managers who always offer keen insights into how their ultra high-net-worth clients are feeling about things. These days, as it turns out, those clients aren't feeling so great.
5 min read · 13 December 2012
Look global, think entertainment, capitalize on the rise of a worldwide middle class and take advantage of the cloud. This is the simplest way to summarize Accel Partners’ investment themes of the next five to 10 years,
2 min read · 12 December 2012
Rochelle Behrens founded The Shirt in 2010 to fix a gaping fashion issue for women. The company, which is cash flow positive, is looking for $1 million in angel funding.
2 min read · 11 December 2012
Warner Bros Entertainment Inc and MGM Studios Inc have joined forces to invest an undisclosed amount in the privately-held, social and mobile gaming company, Kabam Inc, the games maker said on Tuesday.
2 min read · 11 December 2012
The U.S.-based VC has seen at least five of its portfolio companies go IPO in 2011, although there have been some misses, too, among its exits, such as MiaSole
3 min read · 10 December 2012
The best performer is Spark Capital II, with a 57.74% net IRR; the worst is the cleantech-focused NGEN II with -35.4%
2 min read · 10 December 2012
Rich Miner of Google Ventures tells VCJ he likes startups that focus on the “quantified self,” helping users track health and lifestyle profiles
2 min read · 10 December 2012
When he started looking around for start-ups in which to invest, Dan Scheinman noticed something: twenty-something entrepreneurs building Internet companies usually had a much easier time lining up early financing from venture capitalists compared to their forty- and fifty- something counterparts. Age bias, increasingly acknowledged as a widespread phenomenon in Silicon Valley, has created opportunity too.
2 min read · 08 December 2012
Doodling may not sound productive, but done the right way, it can help energize, organize, and sell a startup’s mission. So says Kevin Cheng, a well-regarded designer who spent years developing products at Yahoo; Raptr, the social network for gamers; and Twitter, and who more recently cofounded Incredible Labs
5 min read · 06 December 2012
