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Fund Performance: Mass PRIM’s Venture Capital Returns Look Favorable

21 January 2013

Among the top funds in its limited venture portfolio are Insight Venture Partners V, Union Square Ventures 2004, Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund II-A and New Enterprise Associates 12

Hunting For The Next Big Thing

21 January 2013

VCs find much to contemplate at the nation’s largest tech show, from smart fitness gadgets to next-gen content and home controllers

Fund Performance: Cash Generation Remains a Challenge for SERS

14 January 2013

Recent venture investments are still too early to generate cash returns, although funds by Morgenthaler and Guggenheim have already returned some capital

Google Ventures Ends 2012 Investing in Nine Deals in December

21 January 2013

NEA ranks as second most-active investor in month with eight deals

Data Report: VCs Still Investing Much More Than They Raise

14 January 2013

U.S. VCs have invested more money in deals than they have raised in new venture funds, in each of the last five years

Cover Story

Year in Review: Top 10 Surprises in 2012

VCJ - January 2013

A rather quiet year for VC was marked by a disappointing Facebook IPO, the scaling back of one notable investor and a discriminationlawsuit

News & Analysis

Hunting For The Next Big Thing

21 January 2013

VCs find much to contemplate at the nation’s largest tech show, from smart fitness gadgets to next-gen content and home controllers

With VCs Scarce, Biotechs Seek Funding Alternatives

14 January 2013

Life science entrepreneurs are turning to venture debt, industry partnerships and foundation grants as venture dollars drying up

Corporate VC Fills in the Void

LP News

Fund Performance: Cash Generation Remains a Challenge for SERS

14 January 2013

Recent venture investments are still too early to generate cash returns, although funds by Morgenthaler and Guggenheim have already returned some capital

Fund News

Fund Notes: Morgenthaler, Redpoint and More

VCJ - January 2013

Morgenthaler Ventures has begun the initial steps of looking to raise its 10th fund, an IT-focused, early-stage fund with a hard cap of $200 million, according to an LP source familiar with the fundraising effort. The source says no formal documents, such as a private placement memorandum, have been distributed, but the firm has had initial conversations with some LPs and is expected to begin formal fundraising as early as January.