Bend, Ore. Went public 8/8/2000 at $15 per share Filing Range: 3.5 mil. shares @ $13 to $15 Shares Outstanding: 7.8 mil. shares Underwriters: Stephens Inc./Needham & Co. Inc./First Security Van Kasper Company Counsel: Davis Wright Tremaine Manager Counsel: O’Melveny & Myers Auditor: KPMG LLP The Company: Manufactures power conversion semiconductors for use in power […]
SALT LAKE CITY – When you think of Salt Lake City, venture capital, new media and enabling technologies are probably not the buzz words that come to mind — that’s just fine with New Media Venture Partners (NMVP). NMVP is a fast growing digital media holding company focused on investing in and developing core technologies […]
Billion-dollar funds are a dime a dozen these days – no pun intended, of course – and with more money comes more responsibility. It should come as no surprise, then, that venture capitalists are feeling the burden of managing this incredible amount of capital. Their solution: Hire a chief operating officer. Within the past year, […]
We know from high school civics class that participation in elections is our responsibility as citizens. But that’s usually not enough to get more than 40% to 45% of the voting age population to the polls. The platitude “your vote counts” takes on new meaning in light of the fact that not only the presidency, […]
AUSTIN, Texas – With only two days of cash left on-hand drkoop.com Inc. was on life-support and poised to become the latest high-profile dotcom failure, until it was saved with a cash transfusion. At the end of August a group of venture capitalists pumped $27.5 million into the health information Web portal. The publicly traded […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. – It’s not often that venture capital transition’ stories make the front pages of the mainstream press, but the unusual happened when Raymond Lane, former chief operating officer at Oracle Corp., decided to join the world of venture capital at the end of August. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers hired Lane as […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – OneLiberty Ventures held a $200 million final close in June on OneLiberty Ventures 2000 LP, said Edward Kania, general partner. The firm launched the $150 million-targeted vehicle in March, and held an initial close on $145 million in mid-May, he said. The vehicle will back early-stage, information technology and medical technology companies, […]
San Jose, Calif. – Pond Venture Partners Ltd. held a final close in late August on the firm’s second fund, the $78 million Pond Ventures II, said Chief Executive Officer Richard Irving. The fund was launched in late February with a target of $50 million and held an initial close on $51 million in April, […]
NEW YORK While J.P. Morgan & Co. seemed to make it through last month’s mega-merger announcement with at least some of its corporate identity intact, the new letterhead may be all that’s left of the bank’s private equity business. Indeed, sources familiar with the internal structures of J.P. Morgan Capital Corp. and Chase Capital Partners […]
RIO DE JANEIRO – Americanas.com, the e-tailing arm of Brazilian department store chain Lojas Americanas, recently received a $40 million cash injection in a first round private equity investment. Chase Capital Partners (CCP) and The Flatiron Fund led the round with a $16 million investment. Also participating were Sao Paulo, Brazil-based AIG Capital Partners, Next […]