Venture-capital

Venture-capital investment in Silicon Valley companies rose robustly in 2010, but not all sectors benefited.

Health Care a Laggard for Venture Funds Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Venture-capital firms and their investors profit when the start-ups are later sold or go public.

Health Care a Laggard for Venture Funds Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Venture-capital investors New Enterprise Associates would own a $1.7 billion stake, with Accel Partners's share worth $660 million.

Groupon Prices IPO at $20 a Share Shayndi Raice 2011

Venture-capital firms have been dealing with weak fund raising prospects and a dearth of Google Inc.-like returns following the recession and a general lack of initial public offerings and acquisitions in the last decade.

Web Start-Ups Get Upper Hand Over Investors Pui-Wing Tam 2011

WASHINGTON—Venture-capital managers and hedge-fund advisers that are exempt from registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission will still face a new requirement to provide financial data and may be subject to SEC examinations, under a rule adopted Wednesday that drew fire from some officials.

SEC Slaps Some Strictures on Venture-Capital Funds Jessica Holzer 2011

The reason for the IPO boom is simple: Venture-capital funding has all but dried up, while the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has established looser guidelines for research- and-development companies in recent years, exempting them from requirements about the length of time a business must have been established or the level of shareholder equity prior to listing.

Israeli Life Sciences Boom Sara Toth Stub 2011

Venture-capital veterans like Tom Perkins, who co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 40 years ago, says most firms still generally prefer to "get involved early" and help foment young companies.

A Venture-Capital Newbie Shakes Up Silicon Valley Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital, one of LinkedIn's early investors, agreed to similar terms.

LinkedIn Seeks To Bolster Shares Shayndi Raice 2011

SAN FRANCISCO—Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the late-1990s dot-com frenzy with investments in Netscape Communications Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and, later, Google Inc.

Kleiner Plays Catch-Up Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has helped fuel Silicon Valley's latest Web boom with investments in hot companies from Facebook Inc. to Twitter Inc., said it has raised two new funds totaling $1.5 billion, in one of the larger fundraisings in the venture-capital industry.

Andreessen's Firm Raises $1.5 Billion Pui-Wing Tam 2012