Mark Boslet
European private equity and venture capital performance has remained stable during the downturn, according to recent figures from the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and Thomson Reuters (publisher of VCJ). EVCA’s 2011 Performance Report reveals that the net-pooled IRR of the 1,431 funds in the study was 8.95 percent. Returns for venture […]
The exuberance is gone from cleantech venture investing, to put it politely. Still, money pours into the sector and, more importantly, fund performance is on the rise. Last year, venture investors in the United States placed $4.6 billion with cleantech startups, a 16% increase from 2010 and an all-time high, topping the record set in […]
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s Sacramento Private Equity Partners portfolio shows the challenges of modern day venture. The portfolio’s venture funds are largely in the black. More have positive IRRs than negative ones. But the median IRR is -4.2%, suggesting some difficulties navigating an exit-starved environment, according to a VCJ analysis of CalPERS’ latest […]