凱鵬華盈新基金募資5.25億美元
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????凱鵬華盈（Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers）第十五支早期風(fēng)投基金已成功籌集資金5.25億美元,，進(jìn)入封閉期。 ????從很多方面來看,，這支基金延續(xù)了凱鵬華盈一貫的傳統(tǒng)：投資有望成為下一個谷歌（Google）或Genentech的新興初創(chuàng)企業(yè),。但從10名“主管合伙人”團(tuán)隊來看，也出現(xiàn)了一些細(xì)微的差別,。 ????根據(jù)《財富》雜志（Fortune）此前報道,，布魯克?拜爾斯、雷?萊茵和比爾?喬伊已減少了投資活動（盡管他們可能會繼續(xù)進(jìn)行交易）,。新基金的合伙人是：邁克?艾伯特,、錢智華、阿莫爾?德什潘德,、約翰?杜爾,、賓?高登、謝文暄,、蘭迪?科米薩爾,、馬特?默菲,、貝思?賽登伯格和特德?希萊恩。 ????這10個人當(dāng)中只有一人（賽登伯格）專注于生命科學(xué)投資,，兩人（德什潘德和謝文暄）專注于綠色科技,，反映了凱鵬華盈15（KBCP XV）基金將大部分資金投入數(shù)字領(lǐng)域的計劃。上一支早期基金——一支6.50億美元的基金于去年初封閉——當(dāng)初計劃將約一半的資金投入數(shù)字領(lǐng)域,，其余分別投資于生命科學(xué)和綠色科技,。 ????“這并不是我們不相信生命科學(xué)或綠色科技，”領(lǐng)導(dǎo)凱鵬華盈數(shù)字業(yè)務(wù)的特德?希萊恩說,?！爸皇欠从沉宋覀冋J(rèn)為在這個特定時期，最佳的投資機(jī)會在什么領(lǐng)域,?！?/p> ????他補(bǔ)充說，凱鵬華盈有一支5億多美元的綠色成長基金仍在對外投資,，另外還有一支10億美元的數(shù)字成長基金（由瑪麗?米克爾主管）和一支投資社交科技公司的小型附屬基金,。 ????凱鵬華盈15基金已開始進(jìn)行投資。和該公司過去發(fā)行的基金一樣,，凱鵬華盈15依然按照以前的優(yōu)先回報率面向有限合伙人售出,。 ????Facebook熱鬧上市之際，值得一提的是凱鵬華盈的確投資了Facebook,，但去年3,800萬美元的投資額相比彼時Facebook公司520億美元的估值來說實在太小了（事實上,，F(xiàn)acebook的IPO文件中都找不到凱鵬華盈的名字）。以當(dāng)今估值計,，這項投資的回報率約2倍,，但這被很多人視為是“招牌交易”（poster transaction），也就是說,，交易的主要目的是在公司的投資組合中增加一個赫赫有名的名字,。 ????譯者：早稻米 |
????Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has closed its fifteenth early-stage venture capital fund with $525 million in capital commitments. ????In many ways, this is just more of the same for Kleiner Perkins: Investing in young startups that it hopes will become the next Google (GOOG) or Genentech. But there also are some subtle differences, as reflected by the group of ten investment professionals listed as "managing members." ????As previously reported by Fortune, Brook Byers, Ray Lane and Bill Joy have scaled back their activities (although they may continue to do deals). The new fund's partners are: Mike Abbott, Chi-Hua Chien, Amol Deshpande, John Doerr, Bing Gordon, Wen Hsieh, Randy Komisar, Matt Murphy, Beth Seidenberg, and Ted Schlein. ????Of this decuplet, only one member (Seidenberg) is focused on life sciences investing. And just two (Deshpande and Hsieh) are focused on greentech. Its reflective of the firm's plan to invest the majority of KBCP XV into digital companies, whereas its prior early-stage fund -- a $650 million vehicle closed early last year -- was designed to invest around half of its money into digital, with teh remainder split between life sciences and greentech. ????"It's not about us not believing in life sciences or greentech," says Ted Schlein, who leads the firm's digital practice. "It's just a reflection on where we feel the best opportunities are at this particular time." ????He adds that the firm continues to invest out of a $500 million-plus green growth fund. It also has a $1 billion digital growth fund (led by Mary Meeker), and a small side fund for social technology investments. ????Kleiner Perkins already has begun making commitments out of KBCP XV, which was sold to limited partners with the same premium terms as its predecessor. ????And, given today's big news, it's worth noting that Kleiner Perkins did make an investment in Facebook (FB), but it was a relatively miniscule $38 million deal last year at a $52 billion valuation (so small, in fact, that Kleiner Perkins isn't mentioned in Facebook's IPO documents). The transaction would produce around a 2x return at today's valuation, but was viewed by many as a "poster transaction" -- or a deal designed primarily to add a popular name to the firm's portfolio. |
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