True VCs swing for a grand slam every time they face the pitcher, say Patrick Pohlen and Alan Mendelson of Latham & Watkins
Mark your calendars for VentureScape, May 14-15 in San Francisco; and be prepared to be engaged
With the challenge of having to finance growth without excessive dilution, some companies are opting for venture debt as an appetizing solution
A funny thing happened on my way to covering the annual RSA Conference. I was asked to judge the event’s startup pitch competition, called Innovation Sandbox. I normally don’t like startup pitch events. It’s hard to get a sense of a company’s potential from a 30-second elevator pitch. And it seems that many times the […]
Fees Push Pension Fund into Direct Investment France’s €10 billion ($13 billion) UMR pension fund is seeking more direct private equity investments in a bid to avoid the “excessive fees” charged by fund managers. UMR is currently in talks to invest €10 million ($13 million) in Nantes-based DLJ Group, which owns hospitality, marine and agriculture […]
Newington Parts Company With BC Partner A dispute over strategy has led to the departure of BC Partners Managing Partner Andrew Newington. Newington was at odds with fellow managing partners over whether London-based BC should follow the decisions of other buyout houses, such as KKR and Blackstone, to diversify investment away from a purely private […]
The Post-VC Index wrapped up 2012 at 807.27, a 40-point gain from the start of the year
Despite Facebook flop, Nasdaq expects to garner most tech listings in the new year, although the exact number of new registrants remains hidden under the JOBS Act
Most people may know that uber-bloggers Fred Wilson, Mark Suster and Brad Feld are some of the most influential VCs online. Which is to say that their blogs and tweets are widely read and retweeted. But what VCs garnered the most attention on Twitter in 2012? To find out, we asked social media analytics company […]
Cloudera, Ultragenyx and Stion were the top money raisers in December in tech, health care and cleantech, respectively