Alexander Haislip

Users of Internet news aggregator Digg flooded the site with links to a code that allows people to crack the copyright on HD-DVDs this week—a move that sent shivers down the spines of investors in the digital media space. VCs have poured over $215 million into news-related startups over the last two years, a sector in […]

Joanna covered Segway, the personal transportation company, in January, reporting that the company was seeking to raise $20 million in its Series C. It had raised $10.2 million at that point. In the three months since then, the company has only managed to add $5.5 million to its coffers, leaving it still nearly 25% away […]

APIDC Venture East is looking to raise $100 million for its second fund this summer to invest exclusively in Indian life science opportunities. The firm plans to expand its limited partner base in the U.S. and Europe, according to APIDC Venture East Advisory Board Member and Oxford Biosciences Founding Partner Ned Olivier. Venture East Life […]

  Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher loves her JimmyJane products, calling them “forward thinking.” The sex-toy selling startup, which is backed by individual partners of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, U.S. Venture Partners and Draper Richards, is using a handwritten note from Hatcher to drum up interest in its $2.5 million Series C financing, PEHub has learned […]

In case you missed our coverage, DFJ is raising a Vietnamese affiliate fund. The fund is a joint venture between VinaCapital, based in Ho Chi Minh City, and DFJ, based in Menlo Park, Calif. VinaCapital’s website lists the fund size as $50 million. As of March, it had only raised $25 million, according to a […]

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Venture investment in India grew substantially during the first quarter of 2007, with the number of deals nearly tripling over the same period in 2006, according to data from Thomson Financial (publisher of PEHub.com). VCs invested nearly $640 million in 37 Indian companies in the first three months of the year, up from the $53.5 […]

The National Venture Capital Association has named Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins to succeed Carlyle Group’s Bob Grady as chairman. But Grady told me in 2006 that Heidi Roizen, managing director of Mobius Venture Capital, would be the chairperson this year. My colleague Joanna Glasner is on the scene in Washington D.C., and may be able […]

Here’s my unedited notes from the Thomson Buyouts East Symposium. This is the LP panel. David Toll: This morning I’m grateful to have investment officers from four different institutions. [Introductions] James Clarke, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Andrea Kramer, Hamilton Lane Advisors Christopher McDonough, City of Phila, Board of Pensions & Investments Philip Shaw, Invesco Private […]

NEA-IndoUS Ventures expects to hold a final close on an inaugural fund of $175 million in mid-April, firm co-founder Vinod Dham told PE Week. (subscribers can read full story here). The new firm focuses on early stage opportunities in India. New Enterprise Associates is the fund’s primary limited partner and has lent its acronym as […]