This week, I was able to catch up with two wealth managers who always offer keen insights into how their ultra high-net-worth clients are feeling about things. These days, as it turns out, those clients aren't feeling so great.
Look global, think entertainment, capitalize on the rise of a worldwide middle class and take advantage of the cloud. This is the simplest way to summarize Accel Partners’ investment themes of the next five to 10 years,
Rochelle Behrens founded The Shirt in 2010 to fix a gaping fashion issue for women. The company, which is cash flow positive, is looking for $1 million in angel funding.
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.