Venture Capital news from FierceFinance

The headlines have been chock full of negative stories about the private equity industry--the busted deals, illiquid loans, the lack of financing and so on. But Read more...

No one should be all that surprised that private equity returns slowed a bit toward the end of the year. In the third quarter, the slowdown was spread across all classes, buyout, venture capital, Read more...

There are two ways to look at the fact most private equity executives expect lower returns in the next year, according to a new survey by Financial News Online. On the one hand, they would know, and Read more...

There has been a lot of talk recently about the venture capital industry and how it has changed dramatically. The sense is that the mainstream firms really need a new model. Many responded by Read more...

The news has been uniformly bad for the private equity industry recently. But, hey, to brighten your day: Private equity-backed-listings have been faring really well, according to Financial News Read more...

Remember back during the tech startup era when everyone wanted to work for a venture capital firm. How times have changed. Fortune offers an interesting piece on whether the industry will Read more...

We've noted that the initial public offering market has been much stronger than people anticipated. Most people assumed, wrongly, that Sarbanes-Oxley would Read more...

Does News Corp. have a deal to buy Dow Jones? Well, maybe. The Business, a U.K. publication, has posted Read more...

I think it's fair to say that buyout funds and venture capital funds can both be lumped under the rubric of private equity firms, which can in turn be lumped under alternative investments. But VC Read more...

We've discussed the move by hedge funds to encroach on private equity territory. The concept Read more...