Posted on: April 27, 2013 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
According to separate SEC filings, Jim Breyer of Accel Partners will not run for re-election this year on either the board of Facebook, where he has been a director since 2005, or on the board of Wal-Mart, whose board he joined in 2000.
by Mark Boslet
Posted on: December 11, 2012 by Mark Boslet4 Comments »
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,
Posted on: August 28, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
In recent weeks, there’s been some talk that investor Peter Thiel should step down from the company’s board, given that his financial interests are no longer as closely aligned with the success of the company as they once were. But Merih Sevilir, an associate professor finance at of Indiana University, politely calls B.S. on such logic.
Posted on: June 26, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
Numerous stories today about a new, Boston-based company mentioned the involvement of Breyer Capital, the low-flying growth-stage fund of Jim Breyer. That’s probably no accident.
Posted on: April 8, 2011 by Lawrence J. AragonNo Comments »
Want to catch up on what your colleagues found most interesting on peHUB this week? Here are the blog posts written by our staff this week that garnered the most pageviews from our regular readers from April 4 to April 8.
Post No. 1: Slideshow: Top 10 Largest VC Funds Raised in Q1
Post No. 2: Slideshow: Monster VC Rounds Grow Bigger and Bigger
Post No. 3: Carlyle v. Blackstone: A Contrast In Confidence
Post No. 4: You Sold Your Company! Too Bad It May Take Another 8 Months to Close
Post No. 5: Another Ray of Sunshine for VC Fundraising: Ex-USVP Partner Raises $35M for New Fund
Post No. 6: In Bizarre Twist, LPs Praise Venture Asset Class, See Strong Future
Post No. 7: Exclusive: Embattled American Apparel Is Exploring a Sale
Post No. 8: ARAMARK-able Dividend for PE Investors
Post No. 9: Exclusive: King Bolts Irving Place to Start Culpeper Capital
Post No. 10: Midas List is Back; So is Status for Industry Big Names
Posted on: May 10, 2010 by Connie Loizos23 Comments »
Sunday morning, some of the 2,301 Facebook friends of venture capitalist and Facebook board member Jim Breyer received a message from him, through Facebook. “Would You Like a Facebook Phone Number?” it asked, presenting a link to “see more details and RSVP.” While no one would be surprised by a service that allowed users to call [...]
Posted on: January 13, 2010 by Lawrence J. Aragon4 Comments »
In a dismal year for both VC-backed IPOs and M&A, Accel Partners stood out. Nine of its portfolio companies were sold for combined proceeds in excess of $2 billion, a significant increase from 2008, when 10 of its portfolio companies were sold for less than $300 million in total disclosed proceeds.
Accel’s three biggest hits were mobile advertising startup AdMob, bought by Google for $750 million; open source software developer SpringSource, acquired by VMWare for $420 million; and national defense technology provider BBN Technologies, bought by Raytheon for $350 million.
I spoke to Accel’s Jim Breyer about his firm’s M&A successes and a host of other issues for Venture Capital Journal’s January issue. VCJ subscribers can read the full interview here. For you, dear peHUB reader, you can get video snippets of our interview after the jump…
Yahoo’s $1.1 billion planned purchase of blogging site Tumblr is the largest exit of a pre-public venture-backed New York-based company
Author : mboslet
The surging popularity of bitcoin has some brand-name venture capitalists investing real money in the controversial virtual currency. Just since
Author : laragon
It’s that time of the year when every VC (or, well, most VCs) secretly pulls up Forbes’ Midas list and,
Author : mahendra
Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% on Friday, promising a massive return for its venture capital backers New Enterprise
Author : lbeltran
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. said it raised $22.5 million in a convertible note financing and has decided not to pursue an
Author : mboslet
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