The investor chronicles: Mayfield, In-Q-Tel, Garnett-Helfrich, Alsop-Louie & Leapfrog
Updated
Here are the latest ups and downs of Silicon Valley’s venture capital/investor community:
Mayfield Fund — The well-known Silicon Valley venture firm with a good pedigree, but a rocky recent past, is on the upswing in China. Tomorrow (Friday), it announced its own China fund, merging with Chinese firm GSR Ventures with a new $200 million fund. Mayfield partner Kevin Fong (pictured here) is a full managing partner of the fund. Mayfield was earlier an investor in… Continue Reading
Silver Lake Partners and Garnett & Helfrich raising new funds
A few weeks ago, we heard that Silver Lake and G&H were out raising buyout funds foucsed on the mid-market, or targeting buyouts of small divisions within larger companies.
Larry Aragon confirms it here:
Silver Lake Partners, of Menlo Pak, is said to be raising a $750 million fund aimed at the mid-market, as well as a $1.5 billion fund for larger deals.
Meanwhile, Garnett & Helfrich, also of Menlo Park, is trying to raise a… Continue Reading