BELLEVUE, Wash. – Created in August 1997 as a point fund in the Northwest for a trio of venture firms, Seapoint Ventures in July launched a $30 million fund that will enable the firm to more actively invest in the deals it sources. The launch of Seapoint Fund I does not indicate a change of […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Marketing the first institutional round in the firm’s 11-year history, Columbia Capital has garnered more than $450 million in just over six months of fund raising. The new fund, Columbia Capital Equity Partners II, will continue the firm’s strategy of investing in the communications and information technology sectors. Managing Director Jim Fleming […]
KIRKLAND, Wash./OSWEGO, Ore. – Olympic Venture Partners invests in information technology, communications and life science companies, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. The group’s latest fund, Olympic Ventures Partners IV, wrapped on $63 million in 1997 and has one or two deals remaining to close. Founded in 1983, Olympic has $160 million under management and anticipates […]
Partners BOSTON- Spray Venture Partners invests in early- to late-stage health-care companies. Formed in 1996, the firm wrapped its inaugural fund, Spray Venture Fund I, on $52 million in July 1998, said General Partner Kevin Connors. About half the vehicle already is invested, and Connors expects Spray to launch another fund sometime in 2000. No […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After months of pondering the issue of “pay-to-play” involving public pensions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in early August proposed a rule aimed at stamping out the practice. The measure is directed at financial advisers, a category the SEC deems to include managers of private investment companies, such as venture capital […]
CHICAGO – The Windy City has all the ingredients to cultivate a fertile venture capital community. However, Chicago’s robust financial services infrastructure, elite universities and high quality of life have yet to stimulate an entrepreneurial atmosphere that can compete with Silicon Valley and Route 128. According to a study produced by the Illinois Coalition, 10 […]
NEW YORK – A group of private equity professionals is preparing to launch a fund with a target of approximately $300 million that will rely on a network of female executives for deal flow and due diligence. The firm, as yet unnamed, has three partners: Molly Ashby, a former managing director at J.P. Morgan Capital […]
NEW YORK – For the first time in its nearly 20-year existence as a professional money manager, Rho Management has combined its private equity clients under one partnership. The $100 million Rho Capital Partners 1999, first marketed in January and closed in June, is the firm’s first fund raised from multiple high-net-worth individuals and “one […]
DALLAS – Saunders, Karp & Megrue has launched an affiliated firm in Dallas that will invest in lower middle-market deals using capital from the New York firm’s $500 million private equity fund. Saunders Karp General Partner Barron Fletcher will return to his native Texas to head the new venture, dubbed SKM Growth Investors. The firm […]
PITTSBURGH – Departing from the traditional corporate venture investment model, Boston-based Internet portal Lycos Inc. has teamed with Triangle Capital Corp. to raise a venture fund that will invest in Internet-related companies. Unlike other corporate investors such as Comcast Corp., Oracle Corp. and E*Trade Group Inc., which have created in-house venture capital units to enhance […]