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IBF VC conference 2007

IBF VC Conference: Going Global

[Posted on June 8, 2007 at 1:51 PM]

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Globalization and private equity are the inescapable recurring themes here at the IBF annual venture investing conference. And it didn't take long for New Enterprise Associates' graybeard Dick Kramlich to note that in the first quarter of this year, the trend in the vast amount of private capital raised was that for the first time, more money was raised outside the U.S. than in. Declaring flatly that London is clearly now the financial capital of the world, Kramlich said that attention has shifted away from venture capital and technology. But while he managed to get a gentle dig in, he...

IBF VC Conference: Heesen and Doll

[Posted on June 7, 2007 at 5:06 PM]

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When National Venture Capital Association president Mark Heesen and next year’s chairman elect Dixon Doll both talked about possible public policy challenges facing the industry due to the changing political climate, each urged active participation by VCs in promoting industry interests in areas such as immigration, corporate governance and tax policy. Both encouraged education of policy makers on the history of venture capital in promoting job growth and economic expansion, and warned of the dangers of the industry being lumped into new regulation and disincentives aimed at private equity firms and hedge funds. To their credit, each claimed confidently that...

IBF's VC conference kickoff

[Posted on June 7, 2007 at 10:50 AM]

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Outsourcing and strategies beyond outsourcing were the hot topics as conferees at the International Business Forum's 18th annual Venture Capital convened in a pre-conference session Wednesday afternoon on Investing in Asia: China, India, Vietnam & Beyond. Moderator Haemmig, a lecturer at Stanford and U.C. Berkeley who said he spends about six months a year studying and consulting in emerging markets, laid the framework for a discussion that at times seemed to stray from traditional venture investing issues. While most deals are classified as early stage, he cited statistics that showed 23% of such deals in China are in profitable companies,...