Dave Keating

A year-end predictions survey released by the NVCA shows that though there is some optimism for future IPO performance among VCs, many will be actively looking for alternative exit strategies, including M&As by private equity firms. Dave Keating examines the results.

MySpace may be sucking all the oxygen out of social networking in the US, but in Europe the game’s dominant players have yet to be decided. Dave Keating reports.

Frazier and Delphi Ventures’ recent exit from a medical device incubator looks more like a private equity play than your typical start-up facility support. Dave Keating reports.

First-time VC funds are entering the US market at the fastest rate since 2001, but could all of the recent activity spell a return to the over saturation of the dotcom boom? Dave Keating reports.

The LA-based firm has bought The Teaching Company, a publisher and direct marketer of university-level courses on DVD and CD.

Impress Group, a Dutch-based metal can producer created by Doughty Hanson in 1997, has been refinanced for €1bn after several acquisitions in the past six years.

The Bahrain-based firm has launched a $200 million venture fund that will make only ‘Islamically approved’ investments.

Boston entrepreneurs are finding benefit in working collectively with other start-ups, even those not in their sector. Dave Keating reports.

The Dallas-based firm has acquired B-Line, which purchases and services bankrupt consumer receivables.

The New York-based private equity firm launched by Ripplewood veteran Ian Snow last year will acquire Excel Mining Systems.