Mark Boslet

Sunpreme said it closed on more than $50 million of financing in a deal led by the International Finance Corporation, the investment arm of the World Bank Group. The financing was joined by existing investors Capricorn Investment Group and China Environment Fund III. The solar cell manufacturer will use the money to construct a facility […]

Vinod Khosla is said to have has closed a new $1.05 billion fund that will enable his firm, Khosla Ventures, to continue its cleantech as well as Internet and mobile investing. (Update: The new fund, Khosla Ventures IV, along with a vow not to follow the herd but to originate new areas, was announced in […]

GENWI said it raised a $4 million Series A round led by Nexus Venture Partners and joined by existing investors Inventus Capital Partners and Quest Venture Partners. The Los Altos, Calif., mobile publishing platform has now raised $5.1 million, including a $1.1 million seed round raised in 2010. PRESS RELEASE GENWI Raises $4 million from […]

Stickery said Tuesday it received seed funding of almost $500,000 from Google Ventures, 500 Startups and several strategic investors in the United States, Europe and Asia. The San Francisco company, which went through the AngelPad incubator program, also launched its latest mobile game, “Mermaid Waters: Adventures of Hana & Cory.” PRESS RELEASE AngelPad Startup Stickery […]

The years from 1999 to 2008 can be described as venture’s difficult decade. Liquidity was hard to come by with the IPO market shut tight for much of the period. The trouble GPs had reaping benefits from their investments is evident in the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association’s venture portfolio. Far more of the 39 […]

Venture capitalists in the United States are shifting investment dollars for biopharmaceutical and medical device companies away from the U.S. toward Europe and Asia, says a study from the National Venture Capital Association’s MedIC Coalition. More than 150 venture capital firms surveyed for the report cited Food and Drug Administration regulations as well as reimbursement […]

Greylock Partners said Wednesday that Adam Nash will join the firm next month as an executive-in-residence. He will work on both the investing side and with company creation. Nash was most recently a vice president of product management at LinkedIn and served before that at eBay and Apple. BLOG POST Welcome Adam Nash! October 5, 2011 […]

Coupons.com Inc. said Greylock Partners invested in the company through a secondary market transaction. The deal was reported at $30 million. The digital coupons startup in June raised $200 million from institutional investors. Greylock is its first venture investor. PRESS RELEASE Coupons.com Announces Greylock Partners Investment Company’s Rapid Growth Including Mobile and Social Couponing Solutions […]

The rule of thumb is that private valuations trail public market valuations by about six months. So it remains to be seen how venture portfolios will adjust later this year in the wake of the summer’s uneasy financial environment. But as of last December, the portfolios of recent venture investments at the University of California […]

Mobeam, Inc. said it closed $4.9 million of Series A funding from yet2Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Mitsui and other investors. The Cupertino, Calif., company hopes to establish its light based communications technology in the mobile payments space by allowing mobile phones to easily interact with retail point of sale systems. PRESS RELEASE MOBEAM CLOSES INITIAL VENTURE […]