Warner Bros Entertainment Inc and MGM Studios Inc have joined forces to invest an undisclosed amount in the privately-held, social and mobile gaming company, Kabam Inc, the games maker said on Tuesday.
The best performer is Spark Capital II, with a 57.74% net IRR; the worst is the cleantech-focused NGEN II with -35.4%
The U.S.-based VC has seen at least five of its portfolio companies go IPO in 2011, although there have been some misses, too, among its exits, such as MiaSole
Rich Miner of Google Ventures tells VCJ he likes startups that focus on the “quantified self,” helping users track health and lifestyle profiles
When he started looking around for start-ups in which to invest, Dan Scheinman noticed something: twenty-something entrepreneurs building Internet companies usually had a much easier time lining up early financing from venture capitalists compared to their forty- and fifty- something counterparts. Age bias, increasingly acknowledged as a widespread phenomenon in Silicon Valley, has created opportunity too.
Doodling may not sound productive, but done the right way, it can help energize, organize, and sell a startup’s mission. So says Kevin Cheng, a well-regarded designer who spent years developing products at Yahoo; Raptr, the social network for gamers; and Twitter, and who more recently cofounded Incredible Labs
Call them the cream of the venture crop, the 472 high flying U.S.-based companies with valuations above $100 million and exciting businesses to justify them.
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, last week announced a significant expansion of its global cleantech investment network in a push for global reach.
Y Combinator is paring back its 2013 winter class to less than 50 startups, saying it grew too fast earlier this year.
Charles Huang is out to topple Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft’s Xbox. The CEO of Green Throttle Games is welcoming Ajay Chopra, a general partner at Trinity Ventures, to his company as part of a $6 million Series A round...