Monthly Archives: June 2003

Take My Venture Fund — Please

Private-equity investors are dumping billions of dollars of mistakes into the secondary market. Some scavengers will get rich. By the Numbers | Buyer’s Market With twice as much for sale as there are dollars to spend, brave souls can get […]

Firm Hires ADP to Administer Hedge Funds of Funds

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Sands Brothers Asset Management, New York, hired ADP/OMR to handle the fund administration for its hedge funds of funds. ADP’s fund administration group, which is part of Automatic Data Processing Inc.’s brokerage services group, will be […]

Hedge Funds to Total US$1.5 Trillion by the End of the Decade, Report Says

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Although its growth is less explosive than in previous years, the hedge fund industry is still gaining ground, according to the 2003 World Wealth Report published byMerrill Lynch and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. The annual […]

The Orange County Register, Calif., Small Business Column

Jun. 23–If you’ve ever wondered how professional, private investors choose the companies in which to bet their money, you’ll want to attend the Tech Coast Venture Network Forum, 6 p.m. Thursday atthe University of California, Irvine, University Club. Representatives of […]

IndUS Business Journal: Despite a significant drop, Asian Indian-founded companies increase their share of venture capital distribution in the United States, raise $1 billion

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Although venture capital received by Asian-Indian founded companies in the United States dropped by $700 million in 2002, they still managed to raisean impressive $1 billion. U.S.-based Indus companies collected $1.02 billion in 2002 as compared […]

IndUS Business Journal: Despite a significant drop, Asian Indian-founded companies increase their share of venture capital distribution in the United States, raise $1 billion

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Although venture capital received by Asian-Indian founded companies in the United States dropped by $700 million in 2002, they still managed to raisean impressive $1 billion. U.S.-based Indus companies collected $1.02 billion in 2002 as compared […]

DivXNetworks Named to AlwaysOn(TM) List of Top 100 Private Companies

DivXNetworks Inc. (www.divxnetworks.com), the company that created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX(R) video compression technology, today announced its inclusion on the first-annual AlwaysOn (AO) Top 100 Private Companies list. AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and business, compiled […]

Former webMethods CTO and EAI Pioneer Jim Green Joins Launch of Composite Software

SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003– Startup to Simplify the Delivery of Information Applications; Announces $5.2 Million in Funding Composite Software, a next stage Enterprise Information Integration (EII) solution provider, today launched the company and announced the appointment of former […]

Metreo Recognized in Top 100 Private Companies List; Pricing Optimization Gaining Market Traction

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Metreo Inc., (www.metreo.com), a leader in price optimization software, today announced its inclusion on the first-annual AlwaysOn Top 100 PrivateCompanies list. AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and business, compiled the list […]

Vivato Raises $44.5 Million in Series C Funding Round

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Vivato, a Wi-Fi infrastructure company, today announced it raised $44.5 million in its Series C funding round, bringing the total investment in thecompany to $67 million. Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), a leading bi-coastal venture capital firm, […]

Mr. Nanotech

Steve Jurvetson is campaigning hard to become the biggest financier in the kingdom of the extremely small. When the internet boom began in 1995 Steve T. Jurvetson was a rookie venture capitalist fresh out of Stanford Business School. He saw […]

Take My Venture Fund—Please!

Private equity investors are dumping billions of dollars of mistakes into the secondary market. Some scavengers will get rich. A hundred and forty dealmakers from a dozen cities around the world gathered over dinner at the W Union Squarehotel in […]