Private Equity
The largest VC deals in the tech, health care and cleantech sectors by U.S.-based investors
1 min read · 26 November 2012
Steve Case speaks about crowdfunding, entrepreneurship and what should guide the missions of the next generation of startup leaders with Reuters Digital Editor Lawrence Aragon at Venture Alpha 2012.
2 min read · 26 November 2012
The soft-spoken CEO of Zappos, has been extraordinarily successful throughout his career, and is now trying to transform 1.5 miles of arid, dust-caked downtown Las Vegas into a bustling entrepreneurial center, using up to $350 million of his own money
7 min read · 26 November 2012
SeaFort Capital, a Halifax-based private equity firm, announced this week that it is acquiring its first company, A.W. Leil Cranes, a Nova Scotia-based company providing crane rental and lift services, for an undisclosed sum. The company operates a fleet of over 50 cranes under the trade names A.W. Leil, Sagadore Cranes and Cape Breton Cranes, and has five offices and over 60 employees.
2 min read · 23 November 2012
According to a new SEC filing, Innovate NY -- a New York state -focused fund of funds backed by federal money -- has raised a fresh $45.3 million and could raise an “indefinite” amount more.
3 min read · 21 November 2012
Silicon Valley remains the world's most attractive spot for technology start-ups with other locations around the world catching up, according to a report published on Tuesday.
2 min read · 20 November 2012
Though the cat was basically out of the bag by Saturday, the news is now official: Andreessen Horowitz, the firm founded in 2009 by Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen, has hired Chris Dixon as its newest partner. In a twist, though, the New York entrepreneur and investor is moving to California.
3 min read · 19 November 2012
Vancouver-based venture capital investor Espresso Capital Partners has led a $1.1 million financing of Vancouver-based venture capital investor Espresso Capital Partners has led a $1.1 million financing of Sidense Corp. of Ottawa, a developer of silicon-proven embedded non-volatile memory IP. Existing backer Trellis Capital Corp. was among the co-investors in the deal. Sidense has been venture-backed since 2006.
2 min read · 19 November 2012
O'Reilly AlphTech Ventures, or OATV, has secured $84.5 million for a third fund, according to an SEC filing that was processed this morning. The filing states that 51 investors have participated in the fund, and that it intends to raise another $450,000, which will bring its total funding to $85 million.
2 min read · 19 November 2012
Greg Bohlen says he sees a good opportunity in venture and believes that “private equity as a whole is likely to continue to outperform the general market by a fairly wide margin.”
2 min read · 19 November 2012
