Silver Spring Networks Raises $75 Million
Silver Spring Networks, a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of smart grid technology solutions, has raised $75 million in new VC funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, and was...
View ArticleInvestors Eye Top Startups as IPO Market Awakens
SAN FRANCISCO (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...
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Silver Spring Raises $100 Million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Privately held smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks said on Tuesday it had raised $100 million in its latest round of financing and was in no hurry to test the...
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Silver Spring Networks Delays IPO
Silver Spring Networks has delayed its much-anticipated IPO until Q4 of this year, peHUB has learned. The smart grid company had been expected to file its S-1 last month and price sometime this summer....
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A123 Systems and the Public Market Rollercoaster
Yesterday, Dan reported that the Silver Spring Networks has delayed its much-anticipated IPO until Q4 of this year. The smart grid company had been expected to file its S-1 last month and to price...
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Scoop: Former Foundation GP Grosser Raising $210M Fund
Former Foundation Capital General Partner Adam Grosser is raising a $210 million fund and apparently having some success, peHUB has learned. Grosser — who for the past nine years has focused on...
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Slideshow: The Cleantech Companies Best Positioned to Go Public
Cleantech IPOs may be gaining momentum. Solar plant developer BrightSource Energy filed what is certain to be an explosive initial public offering last week. A couple months earlier biochemical maker...
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Silver Spring Networks files for IPO of up to $150M
Silver Spring Networks Inc filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering of its shares. In an S-1, the company, which provides...
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Top 10 Blog Posts this Week focus on CalPERS CIO’s Comp, How Avalon Got into...
Want to catch up on the blog posts that your peers found most interesting on peHUB this week? Here are the top 10 posts written by peHUB and Reuters staffers that garnered the most pageviews from...
View ArticlePublicly Traded GSV Capital Acquires New Stakes in Five VC-Backed Startups
GSV Capital, a closed-end, publicly traded investment fund that’s been snapping up stakes in venture-backed private companies, announced today that it has recently acquired share in five companies:...
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Slideshow: Welcome to the Family, Motorola!
Google’s latest and greatest acquisition is its $12.5 billion buy of Motorola, incorporating into its stable a major handset maker and patent library that transcends the company’s long-held advertising...
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Foundation Capital to Seek $750M for Its Seventh Fund
Silicon Valley venture firm Foundation Capital is looking to raise a seventh fund totaling $750 million, sources tell peHUB. The fund, still in pre-marketing, will try to match the size of its 2008...
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VCJ Cover Story: Biofuels Litmus Test
The IPO market has been quiet for a couple of months, and the Solyndra bankruptcy has cast a pall over the VC-backed cleantech sector. But that could change soon, as a total of 15 cleantech companies...
View ArticleSilver Spring Raises $30M, Filing Says
Silver Spring Networks has raised $30 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The smart grid communications company said the transaction took place on Feb. 21, but...
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Slideshow: IPOs Coming to Market with Spring in Their Step
The Facebook IPO may bring with it a veritable flotilla of venerable public companies (and, perhaps, some spectacular implosions, too). peHUB tracked down some of the near- and long-term candidates to...
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Silver Spring Network Strengthens IPO Push By Announcing Foundation Capital...
Silver Spring Networks signaled its determination to complete an initial public offering by announcing a planned $12-million private placement with its largest shareholder, Foundation Capital....
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Venture-Backed IPOs Show Spirited Performance This Year
Venture-backed IPO activity has been sluggish so far this year, but there are signs this could change. Two recent issues, from Tableau Software and Marketo, received nice receptions last Friday and...
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