Tag Archives: venture capital


Investors eye top startups as IPO market awakens

August 19, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Investors, encouraged by a growing number of acquisitions and public floats in the past few months, are keeping a close eye on a coterie of promising startups in Silicon Valley. An informal poll of venture capitalists and others […]

Abbott Capital Management closes $1bn private equity fund of funds

April 20, 2009 : Permalink

AltAssets – Abbott Capital Management, a US-based independent investment manager, announced today that it has met its target for the Abbott Capital Private Equity Fund VI, having raised over $1bn. Like Abbott’s previous funds, the investment strategy for ACE VI […]

John Rutledge

March 23, 2009 : Permalink

Forbes – John Rutledge is the chairman of Rutledge Capital, a private equity investment firm that has invested more than $150 million in middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies. He is also member of the Advisory Boards of B.V. Group, […]

Buyout, Hedge-Fund Managers Could Pay $24 Billion More in Taxes

February 27, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Executives at buyout, venture-capital and hedge-fund firms will pay an estimated $24 billion more in taxes over nine years if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama’s 2010 budget proposal, released today, proposes raising taxes on the managers […]