Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the first recipient of the NYC Entrepreneurial Fund, managed by venture-capital firm, FirstMark Capital. The fund is another incentive to keep entrepreneurs in New York instead of migrating to other tech hot spots like Palo Alto or Boston. The first 0000 installment of the award was made public yesterday at the [...]
May 18 (Bloomberg) — Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association, talks with Bloomberg Television about the likely impact of proposed US tax policy changes on venture capitalism. Four Senate Democrats and Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts are seeking to exempt venture capital firms from a tax increase on managers of investment partnerships. [...]
May 4 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Sheila Dharmarajan reports on potential buyout targets for private equity firms. (Source: Bloomberg)
May 4 (Bloomberg) — Ted Schlein, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks with Bloomberg’s Cris Valerio about investment opportunities for venture capital firms. Schlein also discusses fundraising, the outlook for corporate spending and financial regulation. Bloomberg’s Matt Miller and Carol Massar also speak. (Source: Bloomberg)
March 22 (Bloomberg) — Darin Facer, director at alixpartners, talks with Bloomberg’s Carol Massar about advising private equity firms on managing the companies they’ve purchased. (Source: Bloomberg)
