Private Equity
Next into the pipeline: Arizona-based online protection services firm LifeLock, which looks to lock in $175 million in its IPO.
1 min read · 29 August 2012
In recent weeks, there’s been some talk that investor Peter Thiel should step down from the company’s board, given that his financial interests are no longer as closely aligned with the success of the company as they once were. But Merih Sevilir, an associate professor finance at of Indiana University, politely calls B.S. on such logic.
4 min read · 28 August 2012
Venture dollars have shifted to early from late stage investing over the past several years. It is a shift that proved fastest in quick changing industry segments, such as the consumer Internet, and slowest in segments like semiconductor that are less dynamic.
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4 min read · 27 August 2012
A number of innovative startups are accomplishing this business strategy by offering cash for trash. Specifically, a company called EcoATM, which we invested in, is currently rolling out ATM-like kiosks in shopping malls throughout the nation.
3 min read · 27 August 2012
The Oregon public pension has stakes in four funds from Union Square Ventures
2 min read · 27 August 2012
Sam Hamadeh, head of private company research firm PrivCo, has a history of making bold and bearish statements about hot social media companies, including his recent comment that Facebook's Zuckerberg is "in over his hoodie" as CEO. Is he just trying to get attention?
4 min read · 24 August 2012
Technology M&A slowed down in August, as the summer lull continues. But PE-backed tech mergers remain respectable.
2 min read · 24 August 2012
