Mark Boslet
The secondary markets for private company stock may seem like the Wild West, with unstructured valuations and less than ideal information disclosure. Yet several securities laws apply to transactions now taking place, and the onus falls on companies to follow rules meant to level the playing field, including making some confidential information about their businesses […]
Venture returns are benefiting from an improving M&A market and an IPO window that cracked opened during the middle of last year. But where from here? This year’s accelerating public offering market for technology and Internet startups will likely provide a boost. This will be especially true for short-term returns. One-year and five-year durations are […]
SunRun is looking closely at using Wall Street debt markets in an ambitious push to expand residential solar sales in the United States. The solar company says it is considering issuing what would amount to corporate bonds to raise money to finance residential solar leases and other consumer solar installation agreements. Debt markets are presently […]
The technology behind computer vision products such as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect may still be years away from broader mainstream applications. But progress is being made toward industrial and commercial uses – and significant technology breakthroughs – that could begin to appear inside two years. “There is no silver bullet,” says Peter Tu, a principal […]
So now we know how much LinkedIn is worth in today’s frenzied market for social Internet stocks. What does this say about online cousin Facebook? It actually offers several valuable data points, and suggests the king of social networking could receive a market cap ranging from $50 billion to $80 billion as a public company. […]
A Schwarzenegger love child. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Rikers Island imprisonment for allegedly sexually assaulting a Sofitel New York maid. Now Chinese venture capitalist Wang Gongquan gives up everything to elope with his mistress, at the expense of his marriage. Is this the age of futile love? The venture industry’s sordid love tale unfolded early […]
LinkedIn sought to capitalize on the pent-up demand for social media companies by announcing Tuesday that it would boost the offering price of its shares by 30%, implying a market capitalization of more than $4 billion. Shares of the social networking site for business professionals are expected to begin trading on Thursday at an offering […]
Former Oracle operations chief and now Kleiner Perkins Managing Partner Ray Lane is to become chairman of Hara Software Inc. as the cleantech company secures a $25 million Series C round. Lane (pictured) is said to have stepped down from three other boards to assume the post. Lane, who leads cleantech investing at Kleiner Perkins […]
I feel behind the eight ball for not covering this earlier. Still, here is a short post on the rebound in the Israeli venture capital. Investors poured $342 million into Israeli-based startups in the first quarter, a substantial 34% rise from the fourth quarter and a startling 102% jump from a year ago. The quarterly […]
When long time observers of the venture capital industry start talking about innovation deficits and capital scarcity, I find it worth paying attention. This week, I had a chance to speak with David Millard, a partner in the Indianapolis office of the law firm Barnes & Thornburg, who, like many is carefully watching the return […]