Joanna Glasner
A new survey of technology executives sheds some light on why they’re not consummating many large, venture-backed acquisitions lately. Apparently, they think the prices are too high.
Venture investors in Kayak Software, who had been holding their shares following its July IPO, will be seeing a generous return now that Priceline.com is acquiring the company.
With the election over, venture capitalists should brace for a host of new bills and high-level appointments that could have a pronounced effect on the industry.
Khosla Ventures' performance numbers don't look bad considering its heavy allocation to clean technology. But the firm hasn't really sold much. It's hanging on to stakes in now-public biofuel companies and most of best performing investments are still private.
Lending Club, a venture-backed operator of a site for making and receiving personal loans, announced on Monday that its platform has exceeded $1 billion in personal loans. The full announcement is below: Lending Club Exceeds $1 Billion in Personal Loans Company Now Cash Flow Positive SAN FRANCISCO – Nov. 5, 2012 – Lending Club (http://www.lendingclub.com), […]
Lightsail Energy, a Berkeley, Calif.-based developer of air compression-based energy storage technology, has raised $37.3 million in Series D funding led by Peter Thiel, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, Innovacorp and others. The full announcement is below: LIGHTSAIL ENERGY RAISES $37.3 MILLION FROM PETER THIEL, KHOSLAVENTURES, BILL GATES, INNOVACORP AND OTHER TOP INVESTORS […]
For the third month in a row, big acquisitions of venture-backed companies have slowed to a crawl. The biggest deal with a disclosed price was for just $63 million. Though some purchases with undisclosed prices likely cost more, October still didn't provide much for VCs much to brag about.
Venture capitalists and corporate M&A specialists don't see the recent slowdown in large deals as all bad. Some of it is a function of a decent IPO market and strong pipeline of smaller acquisitions.
Benchmark Capital has held pretty steady on fund size for its last few funds, but it's managed to rack up a pretty sizable stream of exits.
Valuations of angel-funded companies rose, but funding round sizes dropped some in the first half of the year, according to a new report.