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We've got a new feature that we think you'll find compelling. It's a list of the 10 most-shared peHUB stories for the week, as judged by Tweetminster. We've been using Tweetminster since July to bring you interesting links from around the Web. The service uses an algorithm to identify the most influential tweeters in venture capital and private equity, then tracks the links those people are sharing. 1. Question of the Week: Does Zuck Do Enough to Protect Your Privacy? - by Luisa Beltran 2. Electric Car Startup Aptera Shuts Down, Idealab Takes Hit of More than $20M - Reuters 3. Founders Fund on Monday Meetings, Patience, and That New $625 Million Fund - by Connie Loizos 4. Slideshow: Maine Reveals Bite Taken By Fees, Expenses - by David Toll 5. Zynga Rival Nexon Prices IPO - by Reuters 6. Facebook Said to Acquire Gowalla as Internal Hiring Expands - by Reuters 7. VCJ Cover Story: The Rise of the Celeb Investors - by Tom Stein 8. Eight Steps To Mastering Small Company Acquisitions - by Ben Smith 9. Tony Roma’s Still Up For Sale, while Krystal Co. Auction in Second Stage - by Luisa Beltran 10. VC Takes Off in Brazil, But First, a Giant Leap of Faith - by Connie Loizos

It's Friday. Time to catch up on stories you might have missed during a busy week. Following are the peHUB posts that garnered the most unique pageviews from our regular readers between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2. ONE: The Uniforms of Silicon Valley, a Slideshow - by Connie Loizos TWO: Quien Es Mas Macho? A Slideshow of the Top 5 U.S. PE Funds this Year - by Luisa Beltran THREE: Four Ways to Finesse Your Way into the Top Quartile - by Joanna Glasner FOUR: Most Active VC firms in October: Slideshow - by Alastair Goldfisher FIVE: Slideshow: Maine Reveals Bite Taken By Fees, Expenses - by David Toll SIX: Venture Backed IPOs Feel The Pain, But Some Stay Above Water - by Mark Boslet SEVEN: Court Backs Subpoenas Of Castle Harlan Over Quick Flip - by Bernard Vaughan EIGHT: Slideshow: European PE Performance First Half 2011 - by Angela Sormani NINE: Parish Capital Hands Keys to StepStone - by Gregory Roth TEN: When the Majority Is Wrong - by Larry Cheng

Here are the 10 posts that garnered the most unique pageviews from peHUB's regular readers from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18. A photo slideshow of our Dallas Shindig topped the list, followed by an analysis of how Kleiner's and Sequoia's distributions to the University of California have slowed down and a look at the VCs that made bank on IPOs this week. ONE: Slideshow: Howdy, Dallas Shindigers! - by Lawrence Aragon TWO: How UC’s Distributions from Kleiner and Sequoia Have Slowed Since 2003 (slideshow) - by Mark Boslet THREE: VCs Could Cash in on Angie’s List and 4 Other IPOs this Week (slideshow) - by Lawrence Aragon FOUR: Scorecard: American Buyout Shops In Europe - by David Toll FIVE: Why Great Entrepreneurs Take Big Risks And Sometimes Get Fired - by Ben Smith SIX: Slideshow: Permira Ramps Up U.S. Activity - by Bernard Vaughan SEVEN: One to Watch: Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures - by Connie Loizos EIGHT: Summify CEO: U.S. Immigration Issues Drove Us to Vancouver - by Connie Loizos NINE: Top 10 U.S. Buyout and Mezz Fundraisings YTD (subscribers only) - by Angela Sormani TEN: Slideshow: Top 10 Global Cleantech Funds Raised YTD (subscribers only) - by Angela Sormani

For the ninth straight quarter, venture capital firms did more up rounds than down rounds for Silicon Valley-based startups in Q3, according to a report by law firm Fenwick & West. During the quarter, up rounds exceeded down rounds 70% to 15% with 15% flat, the report states. In Q2, up rounds exceeded down rounds 61% […]

Too busy to keep up with your reading this week? No worries. We've got you covered. Here are the top 10 posts that garnered the most unique pageviews from regular readers from Nov. 7 to 11. ONE: Here’s How VCs Did on Groupon Investment of ‘Like a Billion Dollars’ - by Lawrence Aragon TWO: Top 10 U.S. Buyout and Mezz Fundraisings YTD - by Angela Sormani THREE: Where Groupon Shares Go from Here? This List Gives a Hint - by Connie Loizos FOUR: Slideshow: Top 10 Global Cleantech Funds Raised YTD - by Angela Sormani FIVE: Silicon Valley Is A Multi-Inning Game, Relationships Are How You Play - by Ben Smith SIX: Seven Terrible Startup Names, and One Really Great New One (subscribers only) - by Connie Loizos SEVEN: VCs Are Working Hard on Job-Related Startups (slideshow) - by Joanna Glasner EIGHT: Scoop: Elevation Partners Looks to Raise up to $1.9B for Growth Fund - by Luisa Beltran NINE: Up to Half of PE General Partnerships Could Disappear in Next Five Years: Report - by Luisa Beltran TEN: Hicks Muse Successor Struggles With Media Deals; Brodsky Gone - by Bernard Vaughan

Time to catch up on the stories your colleagues found most compelling on peHUB this week. Here are the top 10 posts that garnered the most pageviews from regular readers from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4. ONE: Seven Terrible Startup Names, and One Really Great New One - by Connie Loizos TWO: Slideshow: 5 Top PE Firms In Energy & Power (subscribers only) - by Bernard Vaughan THREE: M&A Is Heating up; Here Are the Top 10 VC-Backed M&A Deals for Q3 (slideshow) - by Lawrence Aragon FOUR: Shindig Photos: Lookin’ Good, San Francisco! (subscribers only) - by Lawrence Aragon FIVE: Slideshow: After a Lull, Are IPOs Back on Track? - by Jonathan Marino SIX: Third Quarter’s Gloomy Headlines Aside, Venture Investing Shows Long Term Stability: Slideshow - by Mark Boslet SEVEN: Why VCs Should Be Startup CEOs - by Steve Blank EIGHT: Infographics: Where To Make The Big Bucks In PE/VC - by David Toll NINE: Here’s How VCs Did on Groupon Investment of ‘Like a Billion Dollars’ - by Lawrence Aragon TEN: Flowers Stands to Lose Only $47.8M from MF Global, Source Says - by Luisa Beltran

The IPO market has been shrouded in darkness since August, but venture capitalists have found a ray of light in mergers and acquisitions. One hundred and thirteen VC-backed companies were acquired in the the third quarter, including 38 that had disclosed valuations worth a combined $6.49 billion, according to Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB). That’s […]

You just love to look at yourself, don't you? Photos of our recent San Francisco Shindig were by far the most popular post on peHUB this week, judging by pageviews from our regular readers. Other top posts included Connecticut's biggest hits and misses with PE and VC investments, Ben Smith's take on entrepreneurship and Halsey Minor's reflections on Steve Jobs. ONE: Shindig Photos: Lookin’ Good, San Francisco! - by Lawrence Aragon TWO: Connecticut’s Biggest PE/VC Hits and Misses (slideshow) - by David Toll THREE: Ben Smith: There’s More to the Startup Game than a Post-Exit Payday. It’s Called Fishing - by Ben Smith FOUR: SLIDESHOW: Ivy League Endowments - Who Did Best In FY2011? (subscribers only) - by Gregory Roth FIVE: Ex-Houlihan Bankers Launch Firm to Target Technology & Services Companies in D.C. - by Luisa Beltran SIX: Woof! Woof! The 10 Biggest Dogs in UTIMCO’s Portfolio (slideshow) (subscribers only) - by Lawrence Aragon SEVEN: Halsey Minor: What Steve Jobs Taught Me - by Halsey Minor EIGHT: Lynn Tilton Didn’t Get Her Reality Show But Will Be on 20/20 This Week - by Luisa Beltran NINE: Q3 VC Deals Surge in NY, Texas and Northwest, But Falter in New England, LA and Midwest (slideshow) - by Mark Boslet TEN: RockPort Feels Pain from Betting Big on Solyndra, Going ‘All In’ on Cleantech - by Nichola Groom and Sarah McBride, Reuters

What was hot on peHUB last week? The 10 stories that garnered the most pageviews from regular readers from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21 included posts about the biggest "dogs" in UTIMCO's portfolio, the best-performing Ivy League Endowments and Carlyle's next generation of leaders. ONE: Woof! Woof! The 10 Biggest Dogs in UTIMCO’s Portfolio (slideshow) - by Lawrence Aragon TWO: SLIDESHOW: Ivy League Endowments - Who Did Best In FY2011? - by Gregory Roth THREE: SLIDESHOW: A Look At Carlyle’s Next Generation - by Bernard Vaughan FOUR: Colorado PERA’s 10 Biggest Venture Capital Bets: Slideshow - by Mark Boslet FIVE: How Rotten Behavior by One Buyout Shop Spoiled an Opportunity for All Other PE Firms - by Luisa Beltran SIX: SLIDESHOW: Top 10 European Buyout Funds Investing in U.S. 2010-Now - by Angela Sormani SEVEN: Top 10 Deals in Q3 MoneyTree Raised $1B Combined–Slideshow - by Alastair Goldfisher EIGHT: CrunchFund Wasn’t the Only Newbie Fund Raised in Q3; Here Are 18 Others (slideshow) (subscribers only) - by Lawrence Aragon NINE: Purchase Price Multiples Grew In Q3: Report - by Steve Bills TEN: Infographic: LP Temptation To Cross To the Dark Side - by David Toll

Happy Monday! If you want to catch up on news you may have missed last week, here are peHUB's top 10 posts, as judged by the pageviews of our regular readers. Hot topics included Q3 fundraising, performance data from Colorado PERA, UTIMCO and New York pension funds, and a growing number of restaurant bankruptcies. ONE: Slideshow: 15 Largest U.S.-based Venture Funds Raised in Q3 - by Lawrence Aragon TWO: CrunchFund Wasn’t the Only Newbie Fund Raised in Q3; Here Are 18 Others (slideshow) - by Lawrence Aragon THREE: Slideshow: Top-Performing PE/VC Funds Of 3 Big-Apple Pensions - by David Toll FOUR: Top Ten Performing Funds From The Colorado PERA Venture Portfolio (slideshow) - by Mark Boslet FIVE: Qwikster and 7 Other Terrible, Short-Lived Ideas (slideshow) - by Connie Loizos SIX: Slideshow: Riverside’s Lessons from the Loo - by Buyouts magazine SEVEN: Slideshow: Restaurant Bankruptcies Make PE Queasy - by Bernard Vaughan EIGHT: Slideshow: UTIMCO in 17 Active Funds with IRRs > 25% (subscribers only) - by Lawrence Aragon NINE: Gores Group Turns More Industry-Focused (subscribers only) - by Bernard Vaughan TEN: Welsh Carson To Buy Triple Point Tech from ABRY - by Luisa Beltran