Here is confirmation of what most of you in the venture world already know. The market for venture-backed IPOs rebounded in the fourth quarter, but not enough to match the vigorous final three months of 2010. That helped lead all of 2011 down 31% in volume and 41% in dollar value from a year ago, [...]

Sens. Charles Schumer (D, N.Y.) and Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) last week introduced a bill seeking to make it easier for small companies to go public. The proposed legislation grew out of recommendations from a task force of venture capitalists, public market investors, entrepreneurs, academics, investment bankers and attorneys. One member of the task force [...]

Venture capitalism in the United States continues to be an insular industry with men vastly out numbering women and ethnic diversity still at low levels. But some change appears afoot. This is according to a survey of 600 professionals released Monday by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource. The study found that [...]

Venture capital investments rose to a three-year high in the second quarter, as GPs angled to capitalize on public market enthusiasm for companies such as LinkedIn, according to the MoneyTree Report. Internet-related investments attracted almost a third of total dollars invested in the quarter and represented the most money put in the sector since the [...]

Commitments to funds of funds slipped in the first half of the year, following venture capital fundraising lower as the tight-money market continues. Twenty-six funds of funds closed on new money in the first half of the year, Preqin reports. They raised a total of about $5.5 billion, according to an excerpt of a market [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a definition of the venture capital industry that will permit VCs to operate largely as they currently do, a decision some GPs are calling a victory for the asset class. Details of the decision have yet to be released, and are expected in the next few days. However, the [...]

Initial public offerings in the United States has begun to look up over the past 12 months, but venture capitalists around the world say IPOs here and in their home countries remain too subdued to support a healthy investment environment. The observation comes from the annual Global Venture Capital Survey conducted this spring by the [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to decide Wednesday how it plans to grant venture capital an exemption from Dodd-Frank Act registration requirements. The decision is part of a broad – and contentious – demand to have private equity firms and hedge funds register as investment advisors. Venture capitalists have objected to being lumped [...]

At some point between now and the end of the second quarter, the Securities and Exchange Commission will provide its definition of venture capital firms for the purposes of their classification under and–hopefully for the industry–exemption from the Dodd Frank Act. When it happens, National Venture Capital Association President Mark Heesen will be prepared. Heesen [...]

A majority of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs see an upswing in venture investing next year along with a better environment for technology IPOs and acquisitions. But VCs are cautious about their ability to raise new funds and about cleantech in general, according to a survey released Tuesday by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow [...]