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How this VC got a 770% return

by Matt Bowman, December 15, 2009 | Comments

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Dolphin's Richard Brekka dissects the building and selling of Gomez, one of 09's best deals for LPs.

Dolphin Equity Partners recorded one of the largest single returns for LPs in 2009 and the largest sale of a private SaaS company with the sale of longtime investment Gomez to Compuware this year. The $295 million acquisition pulled in $93 million for Dolphin investors, a 7.7x return. Dolphin was Gomez’s largest shareholder and first invested in the company in ...

Jarvinian: To save VC, specialize

by Matt Bowman, December 11, 2009 | Comments

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Jarvinian Fund focuses on wireless, says LP dollars are too concentrated in generalist hands.

Most big-name VCs are generalists. Ask what they’re looking to fund, and, you’ll likely hear something along the lines of “enterprise, cleantech and gaming.” In any other industry an appropriate response would be, “Wait, what?” This is why I find Boston-based Jarvinian interesting—they’re a small fund laser-focused on resolving what FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski recently referred to as a “looming ...

How to get funded by Howard Hartenbaum

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, December 8, 2009 | Comments (3)

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Forbes Midas List VC and partner at August Capital says it's a good time to invest

It's often said that startup founders should choose their venture capitalists wisely because the partnership is like a marriage. The two sides have to work together and stick it out with one another for better or worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until... a funding gap or exit do they part. That's why for Howard ...

VCs get creative about consolidation

by Matt Bowman, December 4, 2009 | Comments (1)

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Commonwealth's Mike Fitzgerald gives an insider's look at dealmaking in an exit drought

The exit markets have been slow now for about two years, and that means consolidation. It’s hard to get accurate aggregate numbers for venture-backed acquisitions of venture-backed companies, but Commonwealth VC Mike Fitzgerald says it’s growing more common as firms’ thirst for liquidity grows acute. He says there are three types of consolidation moves, all of which are picking up ...

Howard Hartenbaum on Swoopo and Pixazza

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 25, 2009 | Comments

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August Capital VC shares his investment thesis on his two investments

Since Howard Hartenbaum joined August Capital in 2008, he's led two key investments - Swoopo and Pixazza. In this segment, Howard - well known as the investor who spotted Skype early on, and who made the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists - talks about what he looks for in an investment, but mostly why he invested in both ...

Can't make money off apps on social networks

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 17, 2009 | Comments

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Angel investor Aydin Senkut on where he'd invest and sectors he'd avoid

Aydin Senkut, an early-Google employee-turned angel investor, is becoming known as one of the more prolific seed-to-early-stage investors in Silicon Valley, having invested in 40 companies since 2006. His portfolio consists of some well-known consumer Internet companies, such as Mint, which was recently sold, Disqus, Dogster, BrightRoll and Rapleaf. to Intuit for $170 million, Aardvark, In this second segment of ...

Azure Capital targets late-stage orphans

by Matt Bowman, November 16, 2009 | Comments

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Mike Kwatinetz says a VC recovery is possible, sees opportunity in mature startups

Mike Kwatinetz knows about recession investing. In 2001, just after the bubble burst, he led Azure’s investment in Bill Me Later, which later became the target of the second-largest tech acquisition of 2008. The company sold to eBay for $1 billion in the worst exit environment in decades. Azure was the biggest shareholder and Kwatinetz had been on the board ...

Todd Chaffee: how Congress can stimulate VC

by Matt Bowman, November 11, 2009 | Comments

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IVP rockstar says a revenue threshold for SarbOx relief would accelerate the industry.

In light of the recent SarbOx relief for small businesses, I checked in with IVP's Todd Chaffee on the state of federal regulation vis-à-vis the venture world. Todd is one of the most successful (and under-hyped) VCs in the last decade. In the last four years alone, his portfolio has seen two IPOs--ArcSight had an $380M opening market cap and ...

The venture capital industry isn't broken

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 10, 2009 | Comments (8)

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Foundation Capital Charles Moldow views on the financiers of innovation

This year has been one in which the venture capitalists and their business model have been called into question. The venture industry is heading into a perfect storm of problems, according to one writer. Union Square Ventures Fred Wilson says there's a venture capital math problem. A number of venture capitalists have chimed in as a chorus, saying it's broken. ...

How to hook this angel: Aydin Senkut

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 16, 2009 | Comments (3)

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Investor in Mint, Aardvark, Disqus is still looking to place bets

Aydin Senkut, an early-Google employee-turned angel investor, is becoming known as one of the more prolific seed-to-early-stage investors in Silicon Valley, having invested in 40 companies since 2006. His portfolio consists of some well-known consumer Internet companies, such as Mint, which was recently sold to Intuit for $170 million, Aardvark, Disqus, Dogster, BrightRoll and Rapleaf. Aydin, who's taken a hiatus ...

IPO market is leading indicator for M&A

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 30, 2009 | Comments

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Foundation Capital's Charles Moldow says buyers still have their claws in

There are a few positive signs that mergers and acquisitions are on the upswing. Intuit bought Mint for $170 million recently. Facebook bought FriendFeed for $50 million and Yahoo bought Xoopit for $20 million. But while buyers may be open to stock transactions, it'll be another six months before the M&A market rebounds to more healthy levels of activity, according ...

How do you get funded by Foundation Capital?

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 21, 2009 | Comments

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GP Charles Moldow explains why he invested in Pixazza, Project Fair Bid, Powerset, Xoopit and more

In the past couple years, exits have been tough to come by. Yet Charles Moldow, General Partner, Foundation Capital, has managed to get a few executed. Charles has taken the lead on roughly 10 investments since joining Foundation in 2005. Four of them - Xoopit, Powerset, Weblistic and AdWhirl - were sold in the past couple years. Powerset was sold ...

Javelin Partners on early-stage opportunities

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, August 28, 2009 | Comments

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VC partner Noah Doyle explains why JP invested in Nexenta and Sense Networks

In this segment, Bambi Francisco continued her discussion with Noah Doyle, venture partner at Javelin Venture Partners. (See Interview I: What Javelin seeks to fund). BF: You've invested in nine companies and have raised 70 million dollars for your fund. How many companies are you expecting to invest in over the next couple of years? ND: This fund will include ...

What Vantage Point wants to fund

by Matt Bowman, August 27, 2009 | Comments

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Marc van den Berg is planning on a few, big investments in energy efficiency and storage.

He invests in every cleantech sector from biofuels to solar, but at the moment, Marc van den Berg has a few industries squarely in his sites; if you run a startup in energy storage or energy efficiency, especially in lighting, HVAC ("heating, ventilating, and air conditioning" aka climate control) or green building materials, you may want to talk to Marc. ...

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