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Lawrence Aragon

Innogest raises $65M and aims to make first deal within six months
Just since April, notable firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures and Union Square Ventures have invested $9 million in three bitcoin-related companies: BitPay, CoinBase and OpenCoin.
Providing what appears to be a sizable exit for Ignition Partners and other venture firms, Facebook today acquired startup Parse Inc., which offers a cloud-based mobile application platform. Ignition was the startup's largest venture backer.
Mashery's sale to Intel for a reported $180 million-plus appears to be a good outcome for Mashery's venture investors, including .406 Ventures, Cisco Systems, First Round Capital, Formative Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners and SoftTech VC.
Rock star VC Bijan Sabet explains why he remains bullish on consumer Internet deals, what he learned from serving on Twitter’s board, and the secret to success for young VC firms such as Spark, First Round Capital and Union Square Ventures.
Even as many investors move into index funds, Harvard University is confident that it can keep posting above-average returns with actively managed investments, the head of the school’s investment arm said on April 3.
Gov. Mitt Romney picked up more supporters after the Supreme Court chose not to overturn President Obama's healthcare law, according to our latest poll.
Did you go to our peHUB Shindig last night in Chicago? Check out our photo album, with more than 90 pics from the event!
JMI Equity holds 59.8 million shares of ServiceNow stock valued at more than $1.07 billion at $18 per share. It stands to make 80x return on its investment of $13.5 million.
Given the heated reaction to today’s Supreme Court ruling on the healthcare law, we thought it would be a good time to revisit how peHUB readers are feeling about the presidential race. Have you changed your mind since we last polled you on the topic in May?
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