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Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends

Posted in Internet, IPO, Private Equity, Small Business, Tax, Valuation, Venture Capital on February 3, 2012 | Comments Off

Mary Meeker, a Partner with legendary VC firm Kleiner Perkins (who was previously Queen of the Internet as analyst with Morgan Stanley), has published her Internet Trends slide deck here. This is one of the most in-depth studies of the U.S. Internet market with tons of graphs and data. Well worth a read.

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Back to the Bubble

Posted in Bubble, Private Equity, Venture Capital on February 1, 2012 | Comments Off

Now that we have spilled plenty of ink on the topic of a venture capital bubble, comes proof that a private equity (formerly known as bootstraps, then leveraged buyouts, then management buyouts, now the more refined private equity) bubble is developing. The 10 year chart below outlines that the average purchase multiple is back into [...]

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2011 Private Equity Stats

Posted in Economy, Private Equity on January 25, 2012 | Comments Off

The Pitchbook data for 2011 is included in the PDF below. It shows total private equity deployed fell by one third to $100 billion in 2011 from $150 billion in 2010 and down precipitously from the 2007 peak of $570 billion. The amount of “dry powder” held by private equity firms was $60 billion at [...]

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