Lawrence Aragon
Vancouver and Toronto stand out as central hubs for cleantech investing, though venture-backed startups are clustered in metropolitan areas nationwide. Vancouver, which is the home base of hydrogen fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems, has attracted many startups specializing in alternative battery technologies. Vancouver, the Canada’s largest metro area on the West Coast, is also […]
The strength of the country’s dollar is messing with VCs, effecting stage allocations, portfolio valuations and a firm’s ability to syndicate.
$500M fund is the largest pool raised for biofuel investments.
State treasurer says venture capital has been Connecticut's strongest performer
Connecticut’s state pension plan, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, is looking to diversify its portfolio by backing asset managers that tend to fly under the radars of most large institutional investors, including Connecticut-based firms, women and minority-owned firms, and emerging managers with less than $2 billion in assets. The state plans to back […]
VCs have always frequented conferences. Now they’re getting into the conference business themselves. Sequoia Capital is teaming up with TechCrunch to do a conference (Jason Calacanis is spearheading it). Now comes word from Matt Marshall that David Hornik of August Capital (pictured on the cover of VCJ) is organizing a nonconference – conference in Hawaii […]
Sunnyvale, Calif. • 408-716-4600 www.accuray.com Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: ARAY Filing Range: 7.33M shares @ $14.00 to $16.00 Offering Price: $18.00 Close on First Day: $28.47 Offering Size: $288M Shares Outstanding: 52,212,444 Underwriters: JP Morgan/ UBS Investment Bank Co-manager: Jefferies & Co. Inc. Company Counsel: Latham & Watkins Manager Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati […]
Cambridge, Mass. • 617-492-5554 • www.molecularinsight.com Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: MIPI Filing Range: 5M shares @ $14.00 to $16.00 Offering Price: $14.00 Close on First Day: $14.09 Offering Size: $70M Shares Outstanding: 24,639,622 Underwriters: RBC Capital Markets/ Jefferies & Co. Inc. Co-managers: AG Edwards & Sons Inc./ Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Company Counsel: Foley & […]
San Diego, Calif. • 858-909-0736 • www.optimerpharma.com Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: OPTR Filing Range: 5.25M shares @ $12.00 to $14.00 Offering Price: $7.00 Close on First Day: $8.50 Offering Size: $49M Shares Outstanding: 21,747,659 Underwriters: Piper Jaffray Cos./ Jefferies & Co. Inc. Co-managers: JMP Securities LLC/ Rodman & Renshaw Inc. Company Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich […]
Waltham, Mass. • 781-464-7300 • www.salary.com Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: SLRY Filing Range: 4.2M shares @ $8.00 to $10.00 Offering Price: $10.50 Close on First Day: $12.50 Offering Size: $59.90M Shares Outstanding: 15,014,577 Underwriter: Thomas Weisel Partners LLC Co-managers: William Blair & Co./ Needham & Co. Inc./ Wachovia Securities Inc./ Pacific Crest Securities Inc. Company […]