"They defined venture capital fund pretty narrowly -- about as narrow a view as I think anyone would have expected them to," said Joel Wattenbarger, a partner at the law firm Ropes & Gray.
"They defined venture capital fund pretty narrowly -- about as narrow a view as I think anyone would have expected them to," said Joel A. Wattenbarger, a partner at the Ropes & Gray law firm.
There were a couple of false starts notably, New Century Network, a vaguely defined venture that brought together most of America's big newspaper publishers in 1995 but collapsed when different companies wanted to take it in different directions.
Its' use of technology to identify investment opportunities and the always available operational support to entrepreneurs are features I believe will come to define venture capital in the future," he says.
SEC to define "venture capital funds".
Define Ventures looks a part of a continuing trend of Kleiner investors creating their own firms, in fact.
According to an SEC filing, the firm is called Define Ventures, and it has already locked down $50 million in capital commitments from a handful of investors.
According to a newly processed SEC filing, the firm is called Define Ventures, and it has already locked down $50 million in capital commitments from a handful of investors.
Previously, Sean was the co-founder of the category defining Web ventures Napster, Plaxo, and Facebook.
Yet this defines what venture is built for, and partners who aren't willing to embrace it when their minds, hearts and souls scream out to do a deal, can never be great, and will often struggle even to be good.
