Mark Boslet
The IPO market for technology companies has been lousy lately. But it’s not all doom and gloom, if venture capitalists, such as Bill Gurley, are to be believed. “The buyside is hungry for growth stories,” says Gurley (pictured), a general partner at Benchmark Capital. Gurley spoke on stage this morning at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference […]
It was pure Silicon Valley grandstanding — but entirely fitting for TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. Arrington signed an agreement to sell his company to AOL this morning on stage at his confab, TechCrunch Disrupt. The iconic Web titan said he didn’t want to distract from the startups packing the San Francisco Design Center. But of […]
The secondary market for private company stock appears to be keeping pace with the U.S. economy: a rebound is underway, but not as strong a bounce as might be expected. Transactions involving the direct sale of private company stock so far this year have at least doubled last year’s $2.4 billion volume, according to Laurence […]
A majority of venture capitalists say playing harder in cleantech is a top priority. They might want to take a second look at the investment strategies they hope to use. That’s because late-stage investing is hot, early stage is not and angels are stepping in to fund more of the first-round deals that could become […]