StarVest in the News
06.04.10
Hearst Corp. finalized Wednesday the purchase of digital marketing firm iCrossing, Inc. for about $325 million, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest traditional media company to bulk up on its digital marketing expertise.
06.04.10
"StarVest has been a huge value-add as we have worked to build iCrossing from early on. They deeply understand our business and have been a great partner helping us across a broad range of areas including rolling-up their sleeves to help with customers," said Don Scales, CEO of iCrossing.
08.12.09
Smart Money: The New Information Goldmine
Suppose you could find all the socks you ever lost. Now suppose those socks back enabled you to earn a better living, or work faster and smarter.
08.12.09
The Deal Video: Deborah Farrington - Profitability Key to IPOs
One of the biggest changes in the environment for initial public offerings over the last 18 months is that institutional investors are more focused on profitability and less focused on growth.
08.12.09
Venture capitalists offer advice on what they look for-- and what turns them off.
05.21.09
Host Analytics, the fastest-growing SaaS corporate performance management (CPM) vendor, today announced it has completed an up-round Series B financing that netted the company multiple millions of dollars in additional expansion capital.
05.21.09
Host Analytics raises Series B: StarVest, Trident and ATV
Host Analytics, an Saas corporate performance management vendor based in Redwood, Calif., completed an up-round Series B financing by existing investors Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) and Trident Capital and new investor StarVest Partners.
05.21.09
Host Analytics raised Second Round of Funding with StarVest, Trident and ATV
Host Analytics Inc., a Software as a Service corporate performance management vendor, said Thursday it closed a second round of funding.
05.21.09
Host Analytics Secures Series B Financing to Accelerate SaaS Corporate Performance Management Leader
Host Analytics, the fastest-growing SaaS corporate performance management (CPM) vendor, today announced it has completed an up-round Series B financing that netted the company multiple millions of dollars in additional expansion capital.
05.07.09
StarVest Partners Closes Fund II at $244 million
Nearly two years after striking out to raise its second fund, technology-focused venture firm StarVest Partners LP has closed its second investment vehicle at $244 million.
05.06.09
StarVest Partners Oversubscribed for $244 Million Second Fund
StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled business services companies throughout the U.S.
05.06.09
StarVest Partners Oversubsribed for $244
Actively Investing in Expansion-Stage Technology-Enabled Business Services Companies throughout the U.S. for More Than a Decade
02.10.09
PivotLink Announces $10 Million Funding
PivotLink, a San Francisco provider of business intelligence software-as-a-service, is announcing today that it has closed a $10 million round of venture capital funding.
10.08.08
Confidence falling among venture capitalists
Venture capitalists are optimists by nature. They bet on start-ups that are little more than ideas and hope they have found the next Google.
10.07.08
Venture Capitalists Are Hearing Footsteps
VENTURE capitalists are optimists by nature. They bet on start-ups that are little more than ideas and hope they have found the next Google.
10.03.08
I.P.O. Crisis Could Have Lingering Effect on Start-Ups
Despite the dreary news for venture-backed start-ups hoping to go public, some venture capitalists are optimistically looking forward to the day the public markets open up again.
10.01.08
StarVest Partners – It’s all about the Data
Data is a buzzword in venture capital. Entrepreneurs have built Web tools and users log on and leave trails of data behind. The next step is figuring out how to use all that data.
07.28.08
Dell to buy Austin's MessageOne for $155M
Computer giant Dell Inc. will buy MessageOne Inc...
07.25.08
StarVest leads $15 million investment in Iron Solutions
Four venture investors, led by StarVest Partners of New York, acquired 90 percent of Iron Solutions Inc. of Fenton for $15 million -- creating a combination recapitalization and venture investment, one of the largest such deals in the St. Louis area this year.
07.25.08
StarVest leads $15 Million Investment in Iron Solutions
Four venture investors, led by StarVest Partners of New York, acquired 90 percent of Iron Solutions Inc. of Fenton for $15 million
07.21.08
Having already made a pair of profitable on-demand investments, ventuer firm StarVest Partners has decided to take a larger bite in its most recent software-as-a-service (SaaS) acquisition.
07.07.08
Firm Cultivates Online Communities for Feedback
Remember the focus group?
Companies may still put people ni a room to watch them try their products while marketing executives watch from behind one-way glass. But the old-fashioned marketing concept is quickly turnnig virtual.
07.02.08
Private Equity HUB - StarVest Buys Iron Solutions
StarVest Partners has led an acquisition of IRON Solutions LLC, a Fenton, Mo.-based data provider for the farm and construction equipment industry. The total deal is valued at $15 million for a 90% ownership stake, with StarVest joined by Dublin Capital Partners, Spring Mountain Capital, and GVIC Communications Corp. Company management will retain the other 10%.
07.01.08
ebiz - StarVest Partners Acquires IRON Solutions
StarVest Partners announced today its expansion into the "Data-as-a-Service" market by leading the acquisition of Fenton, MO-based IRON SOlutions, LLC with an $8.5 million investment.
06.30.08
The Deal - VC StarVest Buys Iron Solutions
Venture capitalists don't often make acquisitions-- especially not of companies that cater to farmers. But that's not stopping StarVest Partners LP from planting its capital in a business that it expects to bloom from the Internet's rich soil.
04.19.08
Venture Capital Still Loves The Net
VC firms doubled their investment in U.S. Web outfits in the first quarter, but a weak IPO market means they'll have to keep injecting cash
01.24.08
Deborah A. Farrington #44 VC on the Forbes Midas Touch
Top female VC. First institutional investor in Larry Ellison's NetSuite, which had a $1.8 billion IPO last year.
01.24.08
Forbes-Farrington on Trends VCs Want to Fund
We'll see more businesses marketing on social networks. We'll also see more investments outside Silicon Valley and Boston...
01.24.08
Forbes-Venture Firms Peek Out from Silicon Valley
In 2000, when John Neis, co-founder of Madison, Wis.-based Venture Investors, tried to convince venture capitalists on the West and East Coasts to fun TomoTherapy, a Wisconsin cancer-radiation company he had seeded, they weren't interested...
12.20.07
StarVest Portfolio Company NetSuite IPO Opens with Market Capitalization of $1.55 billion
Underscoring its position as a leading venture capital investor in the technology-enabled business services sector, StarVest Partners announced today the initial public offering (IPO) of portfolio company NetSuite. NetSuite, a vendor of on-demand, integrated business management application suites for small and medium-sized businesses, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “N.” NetSuite sold 6.2 million shares in the offering at a price of $26.00per share.
12.20.07
NetSuite IPO Prices at $26 Per Share
Net Suite Inc. priced its initial public offering at $26 per share Wednesday, raising $161 million for its online business software service and showering its largest stockholder, billionaire Larry Ellison, with still more riches.
12.20.07
NetSuite's IPO: How Sweet It Is
The offering may validate the on-demand software model -- and make another $1 billion for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
12.20.07
NetSuite prices IPO at $26 share, raising $161m
SAN FRANCISCO - NetSuite Inc. priced its initial public offering at $26 per share yesterday, raising $161 million for its online business software service.
12.20.07
NetSuite IPO Wins Fair-Value Fans
SAN FRANCISCO -- While NetSuite's (N - Cramers's Take - Stockpickr) newly minted shareholders may feel first-trading-day blues, look for the company's Dutch auction-style IPO process to be repeated more in 2008.
12.20.07
NetSuite IPO Demonstrates Risk & Reward of Auction IPO
Netsuite went public today, via an auction IPO at $26 a share. At this writing, lead underwriter CSFB appears to be desperately trying to keep the stock price above water so as to dissuade observers from concluding that the company is a piece of junk.
12.17.07
NetSuite IPO to put Ellison even further above the poverty line
Larry Ellison's NetSuite of San Mateo is expected to make its initial public offering of stock later this week, probably on Friday. Ellison owns 55 percent of the company, which tentatively plans to price its shares between $13 to $16.
12.07.07
In I.P.O, NetSuite Tries Google Approach
NetSuite's dreams of an initial public offering are coming to fuition-with a twist.
11.29.07
StarVest Partners Participates in Latest Round of Funding in Passenger®
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm that is funding and building the next generation of technology-enabled business services companies, today announced its participation in an $8.3 million series B financing round in Think Passenger, Inc. (dba “Passenger”), the Los-Angeles-based technology leader in on-demand customer collaboration.
11.06.07
Silicon Alley Insider, “Bettino: Next Phase of Social Networking Revolution is B2C,”
SAI contributor Larry Bettino is a general partner at New York-based VC firm StarVest Partners. The firm invests in technology enabled business services companies throughout the U.S. It recently invested $2 million in business-to-consumer social networking leader Passenger.
10.30.07
Ellison keeps paws off NetSuite (for now)
We've been wondering what Larry Ellison plans for NetSuite Inc., the business software maker that filed in July to go public and is 74%-owned by the Oracle Corp. CEO.
10.12.07
StarVest Seeks Promising Tech Startups
A New York venture capital firm with millions to spend wants to dig deep into the Austin technology scene.
09.24.07
Debby Farrington - The Deal.com - "Quietly Optimistic"
The market for initial public offerings is "selectively strong," says Deborah Farrington, founding partner of StarVest PartnersLP.
05.29.07
Mazu Networks Announces Record Quarter
Insight on the female-run venture capital firm StarVest Partners, with the company's partners: Laura Sachar, Deborah Farrington and Jeanne Sullivan; with CNBC's Sue Herera
05.01.07
Dealmaker Magazine - "Deal Pioneers"
The trio behind New York–based StarVest Partners didn’t set out to break any barriers.
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