Paul Capital Investments is Now Top Tier Capital–CORRECTED
Private equity asset management firm Paul Capital Investments has announced a management-led change in ownership, and will now be known as Top Tier Capital Partners. Both Paul Capital Advisors and the...
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LPs Haven’t Hit the Brakes, But They’re Getting Just as Worried as the Rest...
Since the fall of 2008, LPs haven’t shown much appetite for stakes in either venture capital or buyout firms. It’s hard to blame them. Having overdosed on both earlier in the decade, they paid dearly...
View ArticleKleiner Perkins Leads $27 Mln Financing Round for Awarepoint
Awarepoint Corp. said Wednesday that it has closed $27 million in Series F financing. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round while Top Tier Capital Partners also invested. Existing...
View ArticleRecycle Rewards Gets Waste Management Backing
Waste Management, the Texas-based sanitation and recycling company, has made a strategic investment in Recycle Rewards, and its subsidiary, Recyclebank, which tethers discounts to green “action” by...
View ArticleSean Warren Joins Top Tier Capital
Top Tier Capital Partners said Wednesday that it has hired Sean Warren to lead its compliance and legal effort. Warren will be Top Tier’s counsel and chief compliance officer. Warren was previoulsy the...
View ArticleAwarepoint Picks up $14M
Awarepoint Corp., the real-time location system services provider for healthcare clients, has added $14 million in funding. Heritage Group led the round and was joined by Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...
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No More Excuses: LPs See 2.5x Venture Fund Performance as a Target
Venture capital has been an underperforming asset class, but firms can no longer use the past decade’s lack of liquidity as an excuse for poor performance. This was one message from a panel of limited...
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LPs Show Enthusiasm For Venture And Even Cleantech Investing
Venture capital has been out of favor as an asset class for more than 10 years. There are signs this sentiment is changing. Several limited partners attending the IBF Venture Capital Investing...
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Top Tier Raises $310M Toward New Venture Fund of Funds
Top Tier Capital Partners is closing in on its $400 million target for a new fund of funds to invest in venture capital. The San Francisco firm has raised $310 million for Top Tier Venture Capital VI,...
View ArticleTop Tier Capital Partners hires chief business development officer
Top Tier Capital Partners, a $2.4 billon San Francisco-based venture capital fund of funds manager, has recruited Jeff Watts as chief business development officer. He will lead Top Tier’s investor...
View ArticleTop Tier closes on $441 mln for new fund of funds
Top Tier Capital Partners has closed on $441 million of fresh capital for a venture capital fund of funds. The San Francisco-based firm said in a pair of filings on Friday that it raised an additional...
View ArticleFund performance: OPERS’ growth spurt with venture capital
Many LPs have shied away from venture capital during the past several years, but not the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System. The state pension manager has investments in 20 venture funds with...
View ArticleFlorida’s strategy brings passable results
Many LPs add funds of funds to a portfolio of mostly direct venture investments. Few do what the Florida state pension fund has done: Play venture entirely through funds of funds. The State Board of...
View ArticleMaiden Lane to close initial fund – Fortune
According to Fortune, a new fund of fund Maiden Lane is set to close its debut fund at between $20 million and $25 million. The outlet reported that the fund will back syndicates and companies tied to...
View ArticlePaul Capital Investments is Now Top Tier Capital–CORRECTED
Private equity asset management firm Paul Capital Investments has announced a management-led change in ownership, and will now be known as Top Tier Capital Partners. Both Paul Capital Advisors and the...
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LPs Haven’t Hit the Brakes, But They’re Getting Just as Worried as the Rest...
Since the fall of 2008, LPs haven’t shown much appetite for stakes in either venture capital or buyout firms. It’s hard to blame them. Having overdosed on both earlier in the decade, they paid dearly...
View ArticleKleiner Perkins Leads $27 Mln Financing Round for Awarepoint
Awarepoint Corp. said Wednesday that it has closed $27 million in Series F financing. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round while Top Tier Capital Partners also invested. Existing...
View ArticleRecycle Rewards Gets Waste Management Backing
Waste Management, the Texas-based sanitation and recycling company, has made a strategic investment in Recycle Rewards, and its subsidiary, Recyclebank, which tethers discounts to green “action” by...
View ArticlePaul Capital Investments is Now Top Tier Capital–CORRECTED
Private equity asset management firm Paul Capital Investments has announced a management-led change in ownership, and will now be known as Top Tier Capital Partners. Both Paul Capital Advisors and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LPs Haven’t Hit the Brakes, But They’re Getting Just as Worried as the Rest...
Since the fall of 2008, LPs haven’t shown much appetite for stakes in either venture capital or buyout firms. It’s hard to blame them. Having overdosed on both earlier in the decade, they paid dearly...
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