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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer Investment Partner Ellen Pao filed suit against the firm earlier this month alleging instances of sexual harassment and gender discrimination affecting pay and career advancement.
Siegel joined Mohr Davidow in 2007 and led investments in molecular diagnostics, digital health and health care related enabling technologies. She presently sits on company boards including at On-Q-ity, RainDance Technologies and Navigenics.
Go to where the growth is. That might be the best advice an investor can get. These days, the growth is in places like China, Brazil and India. And the California Public Employees’ Retirement System seems poised to benefit through a pair of investments in 57 Stars funds of funds. CalPERS made the investments in […]
Perhaps what’s most interesting in the Wall Street debut is who sold and who did not. The biggest seller was Accel Partners, an early investor that unloaded 49 million shares in the offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The number of venture funds seeking money worldwide grew to a six-year high in May, according to a report from Preqin. As of May, 369 funds were on the road hoping to raise $50.5 billion in new capital, the report found.
Psilos Group said Monday that it earned a 10x return on the sale of portfolio company Extend Health to Tower Watson. Tower Watson announced the $435 million acquisition on Sunday.
Venture capital returns have begun to recover with exits from companies such as LinkedIn, Zynga, Jive Software and Imperva fueling liquidity. Funds from 2007 and 2008 are good examples of the renewal.
Bridgelux, hoping to leapfrog competitors in the LED lighting business, is pioneering a new technology for LED chip making and betting the company on its success. The company that has received $296 million in venture funding took another step toward that goal by announcing a key deal with its new technology partner Toshiba
The new fund, New Enterprise Associates 14, should rank among the firm’s largest. It seeks another $487 million toward a final target of $2.56 billion, according to the filing.
Jamison joined the Menlo Park firm as a venture partner in November 2010 and was placed in his new role earlier this year. He continues to scout for investments in mobile and consumer Internet.