Alexander Haislip

The California office of Sevin Rosen is splitting off from the Texas office, according to a report published in Private Equity Insider. The move comes after the firm announced a halt to fundraising for a $300 million tenth fund in October 2006. There is no word yet on what the California partners will do. We […]

I was looking through the archives at VCJNews.com and found a few interesting stories that might be useful to you. Subscribers to VCJ have access to the archives and you can too. VCJ ran this piece several years ago but the insights of James T. Barrett, Betty Lo Cualio and Joshua M. Thayer are still worth reading. […]

It isn’t easy to pick the right people to work with a company. Jim Huston & Richard Yen of Blueprint Ventures shared a few suggestions with Venture Capital Journal subscribers this fall. –Alex Picking the Right CEO can be Risky Business It’s as cliché as anything in the venture business—without a good CEO and strong […]

David Johnson of Ernst & Young wrote this piece for the Venture Capital Journal this fall. He examines compensation strategies for VC-backed companies–something to be ever-mindful of. –Alex Planning Startup Compensation As venture-backed and other private companies rapidly evolve through the development lifecycle, they face unique challenges and opportunities in their compensation design. And while […]

It’s easy for journalists to stereotype private equity professionals. You read stories about venture capitalists building the world’s biggest yachts or buyout pros buying old manuscripts for tens of millions of dollars and it forms a certain picture. But call on them to share ideas for good, charitable places to give time and money and […]

The Founders Fund raised a $220 million first institutional fund, beating the $120 million initial target it set more than eight months ago. The managing partners declined to comment on what specific institutions they tapped for the new fund, citing confidentially agreements. But the money came from foundations and endowments, Managing Partner Ken Howery says. […]

One of my favorite memories from 2007 was the day I became a venture capitalist. Financial journalists are really no different from the sports reporters who secretly want to be sluggers. My stint as a VC wasn’t quite like the Gary Snoman cartoon though. I didn’t fire any CEOs or ask them about India and […]

The National Venture Capital Association’s annual predictions tend to be a little soft, since VCs typically don’t step out on a limb to say anything too surprising. But one thing jumps out this year: VCs can’t decide if semiconductors and software are good deals or low-growth opportunities. Nearly half of the 170 VCs surveyed by […]

More interesting tidbits from my recent work on Russia for VCJ:  The Russian government truly wants to stimulate the technology industry within its boarders—at least that’s what it is planning to do. The government has earmarked $10 billion for aerospace research and development in aerospace, $6.1 billion for electronics and another $5.3 billion for nanotechnology in […]

I’ve been working on several Russia-VC related stories for VCJ lately and thought PEHub readers might enjoy some of the interesting tidbits that have come up: Internet tracking company comScore reported that Russia had the fastest growing Internet population in Europe, which can be interpreted in several ways. The country has 14.6 million unique users […]