by Bob Ackerman
Posted on: June 11, 2012 by Bob Ackerman5 Comments »
Despite the protests from the Kauffman Foundation and others about its demise, venture capital is very much alive. Having just returned from a trip abroad to talk to numerous investors, I am sensing a true tipping point in attitudes toward venture and in the appetite for investing
Posted on: November 15, 2010 by Alastair GoldfisherNo Comments »
Fresh off of its sale of storage provider 3PAR to Hewlett-Packard, Menlo Ventures is backing Coraid Inc., a cloud-based storage solutions provider.
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company announced this morning that it has raised a $25 million Series B investment led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Allegis Capital and Azure Capital Partners. Coraid, which develops Ethernet-based storage products, previously raised a $10 million Series A round from Azure and Allegis in late 2009.
As part of the deal, John Jarve, managing director of Menlo Ventures, has joined the board of Coraid, which already includes Lara Druyan, a GP with Allegis, and Paul Weinstein, a GP with Azure.
Menlo was interested in taking part in Coraid’s Series A round, but it was still an investor in 3PAR at the time and “we tend not to back companies that are competitive to others in our portfolio,” Jarve says.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook’s public offering, one of the most highly anticipated market events in Wall
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Long before taking the helm as CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo was an aspiring comic at Chicago’s famed The Second
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Oak Hill Capital Management said Monday that it Tyler Wolfram was promoted to managing partner from partner. Wolfram joined Oak Hill
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Dell Inc’s special committee asked Carl Icahn for details on his plan to make the computer maker pay dividends and
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Edwards Wildman is to open an office in Istanbul in association with the Ismen law firm, a boutique M&A and
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Alastair Goldfisher commented on the post, Twitter CEO Costolo on Improv, VCs and Burritos 17 hours, 56 minutes ago
Nicely done, Joanna! Great writeup on the cutup Dick and great job by Jason. People enjoyed the fireside chat!
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