On the Bleeding Edge: The Ellen Pao effect; and Roger McNamee on Jerry Garcia
Ellen Pao lost her gender-discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2015. But [...]
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VR loses its luster: Investments stay subdued in Q3
Investments in virtual reality appear to be slowing their slower pace, with just four deals [...]
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Dashboard: Fundraising, deal activity fall as venture takes a summer break
The summer slowdown was in full effect in June as venture activity slowed across the board. So [...]
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Ellen Pao shares her side in new book excerpt
Two years after the legal battle between Ellen Pao and her former employer Kleiner Perkins [...]
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How a blockbuster investment in Skype helped shape Mangrove’s strategy
By Alex Derber. VCJ Correspondent For Mangrove Capital Partners, one deal in particular helped to [...]
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Fund performance: Union Square, Ampersand, TCV at head of maturing UTIMCO venture portfolio
Funds from Union Square Ventures, Ampersand Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures are at the head [...]
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Los Angeles County commitments surge with $390 mln to three new funds
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association at its August meeting committed roughly $390 million to three [...]
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Healthcare investing: Four areas of opportunity
By Gregg Michaelson, Edison Partners It’s clear that healthcare and, more specifically, healthcare IT, will [...]
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Norwest’s Lisa Wu on why vitamin maker Ritual is a clear deal
Katerina Schneider, founder and chief executive of vitamin maker Ritual, set out to make the [...]
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Bonderman anchors $125 mln Pontifax Agtech fund: source
The debut fund from Pontifax Agtech, which features David Bonderman as an anchor investor, has so far raised [...]
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Hark Capital targets $100 mln to lend to PE, VC funds
Hark Capital is raising a $100 million fund to provide asset-backed loans to private equity and [...]
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Fund performance: Battery, Union Square, TCV lead late-decade portfolio at Washington State
Funds from Battery Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures lead a late-decade portfolio [...]
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Louisiana Teachers’ sees private-market allocation rising as much as 14 pct to $1.6 bln
Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana might commit as much as $1.6 billion to private-market funds over the [...]
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On the Bleeding Edge: ICOs surpass early-stage, Stein talks Talkdesk, Narasin updates profile and is Precursor fundraising?
ICYMI, initial coin offerings have now surpassed early-stage VC funding for all internet companies, not [...]
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K9 says $42 mln third pre-seed fund will continue selective investment strategy
K9 Ventures has raised a $42 million third pre-seed venture fund with a vow to [...]
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Dragos raises $10 mln as first outside-financed DataTribe company
Dragos has raised $10 million in Series A funding in a deal co-led by Energy [...]
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More evidence of rising valuations in venture
Venture investors turned noticeably more upbeat this year with valuations rising across most, if not [...]
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San Francisco PE program nets 15.8 pct, surpassing benchmark
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System’s private equity program has netted a 15.8 percent internal rate [...]
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