Archive for December, 2009

Most Active Venture Capital Firms

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Most Active Venture Capital Firms Most Active Venture Capital Firms of the Decade Venture capital firms entered the decade riding the high returns of the dot-com era but now firms are struggling with unimpressive returns, nervous investors, a tough market for IPOs, and new regulation, among other challenges.  In the last ten years venture capital [...]

Private Equity Tax Increase

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Private Equity Tax Increase House Votes to Raise Taxes on Private Equity The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to raise taxes on private equity and venture capital managers.  The vote mandated that private equity managers will have to pay more than twice as much taxes on carried interest.   Carried interest is the percentage [...]

Top 10 Fund Marketing Mistakes

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Top 10 Fund Marketing Mistakes Top 10 Mistakes Made in Marketing Venture Capital Funds I have worked a great deal with Richard Wilson and we have put together a list of top 10 fund marketing mistakes based on his experience as a third party fund marketer and our work with hedge funds and private equity [...]

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