The number of new funds raised during the first quarter marks the lowest level of first-time funds raised during a quarter since the fourth quarter of 2006 (A "new" fund is defined as the first fund at a newly established firm, although the general partners of that firm may have previous experience as a VC).
We reached out to Mosaic Ventures about its intentions for the second fund but at the time of writing the firm had not responded.
Even as he spoke at the second fund-raiser, about 100 opponents of the pipeline protested outside, waving signs and chanting, "What do we want from our president?
At the second fund-raiser, Mr. Hababou said, he and Mr. Rousso were introduced to Lawrence A. Penna, a New Jersey investor who had been one of Mr. Torricelli's most generous political supporters.
But the President did not have enough time to hear them out or even share a meal because after only an hour he was scheduled to leave for the second fund-raiser, at the downtown home of Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue.
The duo originally targeted $6 million for the first fund at Notation Capital, but became slightly oversubscribed and settled at a cool $8 million.
Cantor Ventures became at least the fifth fund this year to make a major investment in a fantasy sports start-up.
The bone china dinner plates will make their debut on Saturday at the first fund-raiser for the Azuero Earth Project, a nonprofit organization of which Ms. von Gal is a co-founder.
At the first fund-raiser, he joined an intimate $35,800-a-person 35,800-a-person 35,800-a-personhe home of the prodinnerJames Lassiter that included the actor Will Smith, the former Labout basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and the actress Hilary Duff.
The gathering at the Mandarin Oriental was the third fund-raising event in the past month for Mr. Obama, including events in California and Nevada.
The event at the Director's Guild was the first fund-raiser for the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Program at Cedars, a multidisciplinary program that will encompass detection, new methods of diagnosis and prevention of the disease.
