Mark Boslet
Ittycheria co-founded BladeLogic in 2001 and steered it through a 2007 IPO and eventually a $900 million sale to BMC Software a year later. He will invest in enterprise software companies with a focus on cloud-based services and enabling IT infrastructure.
The endowment committed $337.5 million to 11 funds in 2010 and 2011, according to its November portfolio report. Nine focus on technology or allocate some portion of their funds to tech. Two zero in on health care.
The advance in sentiment – to 3.79 from 3.27 in the fourth quarter – follows three months of falling confidence. The index measures sentiment among Silicon Valley and San Francisco-area venture capitalists, where in the first quarter 36% of the nation’s venture money flowed.
AHAlife.com said it raised $10.1 million in Series B funding in a deal led by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. Existing investors DCM and FirstMark Capital also participated. The company, which operates an e-commerce site for luxury goods, has now raised a total of $19.1 million. PRESS RELEASE AHAlife.com Raises $10.1m Series B Round From Japan-based […]
Healthbox said it will launch an accelerator program for health care startups in the Cambridge, Mass., area, where up to ten New England-based companies will be selected for a three-month program and receive $50,000 in seed capital. The program also provides access to a mentor network of industry experts, collaborative workspace and strategic guidance. PRESS […]
Floodgate's Maples claims financial innovation could have a democratizing effect on the business in the next five years, but says details are hard to anticipate. “I just wish I knew what it was right now."
Van den Berg joined VantagePoint in 2006 from Venrock Partners and participated in the firm’s cleantech investing. He is a board member at Switch Lighting and Bridgelux, according to his LinkedIn profile
So where does Google Ventures Partner Rich Miner want to focus his mobile investing? The answer is enterprise apps and products, games, and smart context-aware applications, Minor said at the National Venture Capital Association annual meeting Tuesday.
The Chicago based venture firm that manages an $18.8 million vintage 2008 seed fund will unveil on Tuesday plans for a West Coast “startup foundry” in the trendy South of Market neighborhood of the city.
Venture investors took their foot off the gas in the first quarter and cut back on the money they pump into young companies by 19%. This could be the result of last year’s public market volatility or another sign the venture business’s consolidation.