Jonathan Marino

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First, peHUB broke the news that Partech International portfolio company Racktivity did a CEO shuffle as it prepared to commit to European operations, and today, sources tell peHUB, the international VC will soon be fundraising. Partech’s sixth international VC fund will be in the range of the VC’s last fourth and fifth vintages that respectively […]

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Marco DeMiroz, who has spent just more than a year as CEO of Racktivity, the cloud storage-focused startup, is leaving the company to return to his venture capital roots. DeMiroz, according to his LinkedIn page, is now an investor with Partech International, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm--however, a source at Partech said he will be an executive-in-residence there. UPDATE: Partech International’s Philippe Collombel, when contacted by peHUB, had this to say: “There is no plan to have Marco join our team.” He declined to provide comment on DeMiroz’s LinkedIn page, which states that he is, in fact, an investor with Partech. Another individual with Partech clarified that DeMiroz will be an executive-in-residence with the firm, and not an investor.

Woohoo! Futures point to rebound The Next Batch of Blodgets: Star analysts are BACK, proclaimeth the Times! White Flag: Qaddafi’s rule crumbles to a halt I Will Never Not link to a story at Xconomy that has a “The Wire” reference in the lead. Well played, sir.

Genstar Capital Partners has taken a slight detour on the way to closing its sixth fund. Last week, our colleagues at LBO Wire reported that Genstar’s first close totaled more than $600 million for its sixth private equity fund. Already, the first close for Genstar’s sixth fund outpaces the size of all but one of […]

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VCs Aren’t acting much like VCs these days LED-ealing, once again What Happens when Apple’s online store shuts down Toldja So! McGraw Hill will take its books & sell ‘em People, Moving: Here are a few more personnel moves LED-ealing Gone Bad—Cree strikes a deal, then the shorts strike

Google’s latest and greatest acquisition is its $12.5 billion buy of Motorola, incorporating into its stable a major handset maker and patent library that transcends the company’s long-held advertising and search business model. But how many other sectors is the search giant planning to enter? Well, just take a look at Google Ventures’ portfolio, and […]

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