In memoriam: venture capitalist Keith Benjamin
Keith Benjamin, a long-time Silicon Valley venture capitalist who was still in the prime of his life, passed away on Tuesday. He suffered a subdural hematoma, which is a form of traumatic brain injury, and he was unable to recover.
I’ve followed Benjamin’s career over the years, from the boom days when he was an investment banker at Robertson and helped take eToys public, to when he joined Highland Capital, and most recently when he… Continue Reading
The credit crunch could help venture capitalists
The current credit crunch caused by the subprime loaning crisis may help venture capital returns, and therefore start-ups.
That’s the argument of venture capitalist Keith Benjamin, of San Francisco’s Levensohn Venture Partners, as posted on his blog a few days ago, and which has been picked up by several publications, including this morning’s New York Times (the Times runs a cute graphic of a detour road sign in its story.)
Coincidentally, we asked Benjamin to write… Continue Reading
Technology stocks swinging back into favor
[Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece written by Keith Benjamin, a venture capitalist at Levensohn Venture Partners]
Looking back at the public markets, a few strategies have worked very well over the last five years. Hedge funds have stood out with great returns and a perception of limited risk. Investing in cash generating companies that could be targets of buyouts has been another good strategy. As I started to discuss in the last post to… Continue Reading