Dave Keating
The past two weeks saw both the first and the second live intellectual property auctions held in Europe. Dave Keating reports on the very different outcomes of each.
The private equity secondaries specialist has partially revealed its plans to begin acquiring patents and other forms of intellectual property.
With a new report showing that VC activity in Canada is falling as big buyout funds suck up all the oxygen, the industry continues to shift from being primarily a VC market to one dominated by buyout funds. Dave Keating reports.
Khaleej Finance and Investment has partnered with Kuwait Investment Company and Kuwait Finance House to launch a Sharia-compliant private equity fund targeting real estate.
As both Yahoo and Microsoft see their share of the internet search market lose ground to Google, they are quickly seeing executives leave. Yahoo’s web search VP is the latest to make the move from internet giant to venture capital firm. Dave Keating reports.
The first quarter of 2007 saw the highest level of VC investment in the US since 2001, and the increase was largely driven by life sciences. Dave Keating reports.
Yesterday’s Library House conference in London highlighted the need for VCs to identify the most promising sectors in cleantech investment and not get caught up in the hype. Dave Keating reports.
Yesterday’s Library House conference in London highlighted the need for VCs to identify the most promising sectors in cleantech investment and not get caught up in the hype. Dave Keating reports.
With fundraising down and exits up in the first quarter of 2007, US venture capital is continuing on the tail end of its current cycle. But as the NVCA’s Mark Heesen points out, the quarter’s results shows a subtle change in the psychology of the market. Dave Keating reports.
With fundraising down and exits up in the first quarter of 2007, US venture capital is continuing on the tail end of its current cycle. But as the NVCA’s Mark Heesen points out, the quarter’s results shows a subtle change in the psychology of the market. Dave Keating reports.