Mark Boslet

After advancing for three quarters, venture investing retreated in the third quarter, likely shaken by global financial volatility but also a reflection of a shift to a faster, more capital efficient way to make money. Quarterly investments totaled $6.95 billion with 876 deals receiving funding, according to the MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the […]

I spent most of an interesting day and half at the Sierra Ventures CIO Summit and thought I would share several insights. First, yes, the Internet is broken. At least according to Stephen Hoover, chief executive of Xerox’s PARC research center. And yes, the summit reflected the collaboration that along with fierce competitive defines Silicon […]

The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association has been an uneven investor in venture capital. Commitments have risen and fallen over the years without obvious pattern. In 2006, earmarked capital was $105 million, according to a peHUB analysis of its portfolio. A year earlier, it was $67 million. The year before it was $93 million, and […]

So maybe IPOs aren’t dead. Ubiquiti Networks, a wireless networking company out of San Jose, lowered its expected public offering price range today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It now plans to sell 7 million shares at a price between $15 and $17, down from a range of $20 to $22. But […]

An early view of third quarter investing from CB Insights suggests an uptick in venture fundings, with $7.9 billion distributed to 790 companies. The research firm claims that a similar performance in the fourth quarter could push yearly totals to a 10-year high of $30 billion. The upbeat account says investment levels rose 46% in […]

Angel investments rose 4.7% during the first half of the year to $8.9 billion as angels shifted their attention back to seed and startup deals. A total of 26,300 companies and entrepreneurial initiatives received money, which was up 4.4% from the same period in 2010, according to a study by the Center for Venture Research […]

Cleantech venture investing rebounded in the third quarter despite the turmoil in the world financial markets and a generally slow exit environment. Venture capitalists put $2.23 billion into 189 deals worldwide with North American firms accounting for 76% of the total and Asian firms 14%. This was up 23% from a year ago, when investments […]

Lightspeed Venture Partners has begun raising a new fund that could match its existing $800 million vintage 2008 fund in size, according to three industry sources. Along with its new fund, the Silicon Valley firm is considering spinning off its Chinese operations, two of the sources say. Lightspeed partners have been meeting with existing investors […]

As many as 20% of venture funded startups receiving expansion or later stage funding now place restrictions on the secondary trading, according to lawyers and experts in the field. Expect this number to increase. The secondary market has become a valuable source of liquidity for founders, top management and venture investors feeling the pain of […]

Right Side Capital Management is pushing ahead with a pioneering plan for no-pitch, high-volume angel and seed investing. The San Francisco firm intends to begin investing as early as the end of this year and late last month joined a syndicate of firms providing $24 million in funding to TechStars startups. The plan is to […]