| This week we have Om Malik, Founder of GigaOm. Mark Suster hosts This Week in Venture Capital. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com/venturecapital Please thank our Sponsors: legalzoom.com http You can find Mark's detailed show notes on www.bothsidesofthetable.com What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I've always respected for his views) and Paul Jozefak, a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): 1. The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC's (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner) 2. The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market 3. Venture Capital funds: the different between "closed funds" (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and "evergreen funds" which re-invest profits back into the fund DEAL OF THE WEEK Collecta Total raised: $6.55mm Read more: PaidContent Venture Financings Zynga Total Raised: $366mm Read more: TechCrunch BeachMint Total raised: $5.0mm Read more: TechCrunch TRUSTe Total raised: $22.0mm Read more: TechCrunch Connotate Total raised; $5.25mm plus undisclosed seed Read more: TechCrunch M&A Coremetrics (acquired by IBM) No financial details disclosed Read More: TechCrunch |
