Private Equity
The Post-VC Index stood at 780.55 at the end of the month, a 5% drop
1 min read · 18 November 2012
Sequoia-backed Ruckus Wireless braves the weather and launches a public offering as the year draws to a close
3 min read · 18 November 2012
Redpoint Ventures, the venture-capital firm behind digital-video recording company TiVo and vacation-rental company HomeAway, is raising a $400 million fund, according to a person familiar with the matter.
1 min read · 16 November 2012
WiFi products maker Ruckus Wireless Inc. failed to impress in its market debut after higher pricing of its offering tempered investor enthusiasm in a weak U.S. IPO market. Shares of the company fell as much as 8 percent in its debut on Friday, a day after it priced its initial public offering of 8.4 million shares at $15 per share, the top end of its range.
2 min read · 16 November 2012
Fenwick & West’s quarterly study of private company valuation trends in Silicon Valley found up rounds exceeded down rounds by 61% to 17% in the third quarter. This wasn’t quite as ebullient as the second quarter, when 74% of deals had higher valuations.
2 min read · 15 November 2012
A new angel co-investment fund, Accelerate Fund LP, has received a $10 million commitment from Alberta Enterprise Corp., a government-capitalized LP. The fund, which will invest in startups and other early-stage companies, will be managed by the Calgary-based venture capital firm AVAC.
4 min read · 15 November 2012
Billtrust may be in the unglamorous business of outsourced bill processing, but Bain Capital Ventures finds it so irresistible, it's provided the company with $25 million in funding.
3 min read · 14 November 2012
In the first nine months of 2012, the Canadian buyout and private equity market sustained a robust pace of activity, with deal volume showing year-over-year growth, while levels of Canadian venture capital investment came in virtually identical to the prior year. These were among the findings of statistics released today by CVCA - Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and research partner Thomson Reuters.
6 min read · 13 November 2012
Réseau Capital, the venture capital and private equity association for the province of Québec, today released the Q3 2012 results of the province's investment activity. Investment activity totaled $112 million, led by the US$35 million investment in Thrasos Innovation Inc..
3 min read · 13 November 2012
Of the 15 cleantech companies that have raised the most VC funding in the last five years, some are no longer in business while others face troubles
2 min read · 12 November 2012
