Private Equity
Crosslink Capital said it raised $320 million for its latest fund. Crossover Fund VI will be actively invested through April 30, 2018 and 6% of total funding has been committed by Crosslink’s General Partners and employees. Crosslink, of San Francisco, is s venture capital and growth equity firm with over $1.8 billion in assets. Investments include Pandora, Ancestry.com and Omniture.
3 min read · 26 September 2012
J.P. Morgan Chase and Blakeney Management have invested over $20 million in a Dubai-based e-commerce firm which sells designer clothing, writes Reuters. Namshi, a start-up launched late in 2011, aims to benefit from growth in the number of Internet users around the region.
2 min read · 26 September 2012
I took a look at the 17 venture-backed companies that have either conducted IPOs since mid May or filed for intended offerings. Here are the investors holding major stakes in the most deals.
2 min read · 25 September 2012
According to his LinkedIn profile, Bonnie has just joined Allen & Co. as a managing director in the investment firm’s San Francisco office.
2 min read · 25 September 2012
Investors looking to wring returns out of foreign investments would right now do better sticking with stocks than investing through venture capital or private equity funds, suggests new data out of Cambridge Associates.
2 min read · 25 September 2012
VC veteran Alan Patricof talks about the unimportance of board seats, why carried interest should be taxed as ordinary income, the secret to successful partnerships and more
1 min read · 24 September 2012
Eric Hippeau of Lerer Ventures, Andy Weissman of Union Square Ventures, Geoffrey Prentice of Atomico and Mark Johnson of TTV Capital talk about what it takes to be successful in venture these days
1 min read · 24 September 2012
Entrepreneurs-turned-VCs, like Paul Graham, John Kopelman and Peter Thiel have helped inspire many other entrepreneurs who’ve entered the industry
5 min read · 24 September 2012
Today few companies target the enterprise market, says Rich Miner, a partner at Google Ventures. But the opportunity could be huge, he predicted at the GigaOM Mobilize conference.
2 min read · 21 September 2012
Corporate venture groups increased spending last quarter, a new report finds. But investments were heavily concentrated in a single state - California - which grabbed the majority of funding.
2 min read · 20 September 2012
