IDG Venture’s Jeffrey Bussgang has a fascinating post on what he calls the "Circle of Envy" – the strange dynamic of envy between entrepreneurs, VC’s, private equity and hedge fund executives.
Here’s an excerpt:
VCs are recently famous for grousing about how much money their private equity cousins are making.  A VC struggles to invest $5-10 [...]

LAST MINUTE REMINDER: February 2, 2006 @ the Park Plaza Hotel
This is it! ACG Boston’s start-of-the-year Economic Outlook Conference is taking place next Thursday, and it’s not too late to register for this must-attend event in Boston’s private equity community.
Among other highlights, Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., will be [...]

James Chen of CXO Ventures says here that as an occasional angel investor, and all things being equal,  he loves nothing more than hearing that institutional money is knocking at the door:
I am always pleased when one of my angel investments is followed by an institutional venture round. This usually means that I don’t have [...]

If you’re reading this weblog, you have probably been pitched your fair share of business ideas. You’ve seen the over-long Powerpoints, the rosy market forecasts and the windy explanations of customer demand. In the spirit of saving you time and energy, send along this Top 10 list to the next entrepreneur before they step into your [...]

For those of us always watching what’s going on outside of Beantown in the investment community at large, this is an interesting VC-take on what’s happening in India right now. Private investors have to know that big things may be coming down the road from this part of the world.
Scott Nolan, a VC based in [...]

Downtown Boston’s Ironwood Capital has made an investment in Rostra Tool Company, a Branford, CT-based tool company, to the tune of $1,750,000 in preferred equity. Rostra traces its history back some 130 years, and Ironwood obviously sees a great deal of value in keeping that tradition alive. 

Dealmaker’s Breakfast: Thursday, January 19th
That’s right folks, Marty Mannion from Summit Partners will give us his view of what 2006 will look like later this week. It’s not too late to register. Follow this link for more information and to register.

2005 may have proven sobering for IPO-minded investors, but that had a positive effect on M&A activity here in Massachusetts, according to the newly released ACG/Thomson 2006 Dealmakers Survey:
On the heals of strong M&A transaction levels in 2005, the most ever – 92% – of Massachusetts investment bankers, private equity professionals, and corporate executives surveyed in [...]

Downtown Boston’s Riverside Partners announced an investment in National Display Systems (NDS), which makes flat panel screens for medical imaging equipment. As anyone who has watched the Patriots in HD knows, high-definition screens are where we’re all headed. And Riverside is betting we can make a lot of money helping the medical profession get there. [...]

One can hardly believe a book like this exists, much less an entire series, but sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Brad Feld at Mobius gives a quick review here of what has to be a new fiction genre – "VC drama", in the form of Stephen Frey’s "The Protege":
Like all great mental floss, the book quickly [...]