There are not so many venture capital firms on the online social network, in fact, many of them do not like to be found by “normal public” so easily. I prefer to believe “they d like to keep mystery to allure more people”. However, the good trend is everyday a few more seem to show up in the web2  social network, i.e. twitter.

Want to know what VCs are doing and what kind of projects they may choose?  Wish to propose your new business plan to these censorious investors? – by digesting their writings, tweets and ramblings, you can understand how these guys think and then you can improve your odds of success during a pitch meeting.

The very original list is based on  Larry Rubin and added to by Jasmine Antonick– full credit where credit is due. I once made a similar list before, now I will make this latest list, you can mass follow them in one click.

1. Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures @guykawasaki
2. Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures @fredwilson
3. David Hornik, August Capital @davidhornik
4. Brad Feld, Foundry Group @bfeld
5. Marc Andreesen, n/a @pmarcablog
6. Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital @joshk
7. Ed Sim, Dawntreader Ventures @edsim
8. Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Ventures Partners @jeremysliew
9. Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital @bgurley
10. Jeff Nolan, SAP Ventures @jeffnolan
11. Christopher Allen, Alacrity Ventures @ChristopherA
12. Seth Levine, Foundry Group @sether
13. Jeff Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners @bussgang
14. Mike Hirshland, Polaris Venture Partners @VCMike
15. Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC @Jeff
16. Mendelson/Feld, Foundry Group @jasonmendelson @bfeld
17. Paul Kedrosky, Ventures West @pkedrosky
18. Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures @jcaplain
19. Nic Brisbourne, Esprit Capital Partners @brisbourne
20. Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group @jasonmendelson
21. Ryan McIntyre, Foundry Group @ryan_mcintyre
22. Howard Morgan, First Round Capital @HLMorgan
23. Raj Kapoor, Mayfield Fund @Rajil
24. Christine Herron, First Round Capital @christine
25. Fred Destin, Atlas Venture @fdestin
26. Saul Klein, Index Ventures @cape
27. Vineet Buch, BlueRun Ventures @VineetBuch
28. Andrew Parker, Union Square Ventures @andrewparker
29. Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital @bijan
30. Rob Finn, Edison Venture @robfinn
31. Marc Goldberg, Occam Capital @MarcGoldberg
32. Daniel Cohen, Israel Venture Partners @coheda
33. James Chen, CXO Ventures @cxo
34. David Aronoff, Flybridge Capital Partners @dba
35. Max Bleyleben, Kennet Partners @mbleyleben
36. Jeremy Levine, Bessemer Venture Partners @jeremyl
37. Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures Europe @jasonball
38. Mark Peter Davis, DFJ Gotham Ventures @markpeterdavis
39. Rob Hayes, First Round Capital @robhayes
40. Michael Eisenberg, Benchmark Capital @mikeeisenberg
41. Chris Fralic, First Round Capital @chrisfralic
42. Sagi Rubin, Virgin Green Fund @sagirubin
43. Richard Dale, Sigma Partners @rdale
44. John Ludwig, Ignition Partners @jhludwig
45. Dan Rua, Inflexion Partners @danrua
46. Steve Brotman, Silicon Alley Venture Partners @stevebrotman
47. Larry Cheng, Fidelity Ventures @larryvc
48. Martin Tobias, Ignition Partners @ministeroforder
49. Matt Winn, Chrysalis Ventures @mattwinn
50. Sarah Tavel, Bessemer Venture Partners @adventurista
51. Stewart Alsop, Alsop-Louie Partners @salsop
52. Rich Tong, Ignition Partners @richtong
53. George Zachary, Charles River Ventures @georgezachary
54. Rob Go, Spark Capital @robgo
55. Rachel Strate, EPIC Ventures @WasatchGirl
56. Sid Mohasseb, Tech Coast Angels @sidmohasseb
57. Mo Koyfman, Spark Capital @mokoyfman
58. Rob Day, @Ventures @cleantechvc
59. Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital @OCVC
60. Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners @FlybridgeCap
61. Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures @easydjr
62. Santo Politi, Spark Capital @santopoliti
63. David Dufresne, JLA Ventures @DavidDufresne
64. Todd Klein, Legend Ventures @tdklein
65. Max Niederhofer, Atlas Venture @maxniederhofer
66. Vinit Nijhawan, Key Venture Partners @vinit44
67. Multiple Authors, Brightspark Ventures @MarkSkapinker @Sophiebspark @antman102
68. Rob Schultz, IllinoisVENTURES @crobtri
69. Ouriel Ohayon, Lightspeed Gemini Internet Lab @OurielOhayon
70. Brian Hirsch, Greenhill SAVP @hirschb
71. Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital @cyberlar
72. Kent Goldman, First Round Capital @kentgoldman
73. Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital @cyberlar
74. TechCoastAngles @techcoastangels
75. Bryce Roberts, OATV @bryce
76. Howard Lindzon, Knight’s Bridge Capital @howardlindzon
77. Sequoia Capital @Sequoia_Capital
78. True Ventures @trueventures
79. Founders Fund via Dave McClure @davemcclure
80. Mark Suster, GRP Partners @msuster
81. New Atlantic Ventures: Tim Rowe, @rowe; Steve Marcus, @smarcus; John Backus, @jcbackus
    Thanasis Delistathis, @tdelistathis

Active VCs in 3Q

01. Accel Partners
02. Softbank
03. Index Ventures
04. Sequoia Capital
05. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
06. DCM
07. Insight Venture Partners
08. Draper Fisher Jurveston
09. Sofinnova Partners
10. Matrix Partners
11. New Enterprise Associates
12. Bessemer Venture Capital
13. Greylock Partners
14. Wellington Partners
15. Khosla Ventures
16. Norwest Venture Partners
17. Benchmark Capital
18. TVM Capital
19. Battery Ventures
20. Lightspeed Venture Capital
21. August Capital
22. Pitango Venture Capital
23. GRP Partners
24. IDGVC Venture Partners
25. Alta Partners

26. Trident Capital
27. Institutional Venture Partners
28. Allegis Capital
29. Legend Capital
30. Reliance Technology Ventures
31. InterWest Partners
32. Mangrove Partners
33. Banexi Ventures
34. Technology Crossover Partners
35. Foundation Capital
36. Charles River Ventures
37. Mayfield Venture Capital
38. JAFCO Ventures
39. Redpoint Ventures
40. Menlo Ventures
41. Azure Capital Partners
42. Oak Investment Partners
43. US Venture Partners
44. Balderton Capital Management
45. Mohr Davidow Ventures
46. Carmel Ventures
47. Amadeus Capital Partners
48. Globespan Capital Partners
49. BDC Venture
50. Venrock Associates

51. Canaan Partners
52. CDH Ventures
53. FTQ
54. Polaris Venture Partners
55. General Catalyst Partners
56. Sierra Ventures
57. CDC Innovation
58. Atlas Ventures
59. Globis Capital
60. Highland Capital Partners
61. Crescendo Ventures
62. Ignition Partners
63. Nexus India Capital
64. Trinity ventures
65. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
66. Sigma Partners
67. Allen Buckridge Ventures
68. Walden International
69. Northern Light Venture Capital
70. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
71. Morgenthaler Ventures
72. CMEA Ventures
73. KTB Venture
74. Tallwood Venture Capital
75. ATA Ventures

76. Shenzen Capital Group
77. Vengrowth Capital Fund
78. Early Bird
79. Jerusalem Venture Partners
80. Advent Ventures
81. Northzone Capital
82. Southern Cross Venture Partners
83. Emergence Capital Partners
84. Artiman Ventures
85. GSR Venture
86. Bluerun Ventures
87. GGV Capital
88. Garnett and Helfrich Capital
89. Granite Ventures
90. Vantage Point Venture Partners
91. Shasta Ventures
92. iGlobe Partners
93. DN Capital
94. Northcap Partners
95. Partech Ventures
96. Scale Venture Partners
97. Mustang Ventures
98. Gemini Israel Fund
99. Gabriel Venture Partners
100. Zone Venture Capital

Whom You Know Matters: Venture Capital Networks and Investment Performance –

Rank VC Funds Rank VC Funds

1. Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd
2. IDGVC Partners
3. Sequoia Capital China
4. SAIF Partners
5. Legend Capital
6. CDH Venture
7. Orchid Asia Group Management, Ltd.
8. Shenzhen Fortune Venture Capital Co.Ltd.
9. KPCB China Fund
10. DT Capital Partners
11. Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Ltd.
12. SB China Venture Capital (SBCVC)
13. Matrix Partners China
14. Govtor Capital
15. Northern Light Venture Capital
16. NewMargin Ventures
17. Qiming Venture Partners
18. iD TechVentures Inc.
19. GGV Capital
20. Tsing Capital

VC博客排行谱

I collect over 30 popular VC blogs, and once tried to rank these brilliant bloggers  according to Google Reader or PR till I read Mr. larry Cheng’s blog. I follow some VC blogs via twitter, and you can click their name and see what they are doing.

Mr. Larry Chen graduated from Harvard College and prefers capital efficient businesses.

我自己订阅了超过30个关于VC天使资金的博客，也曾想过靠谷歌阅读器或PR排名来为天使资金博客排个座次表，Larry Cheng先生的博客做了灰常专业的排名，直接贴过来，慢慢研究。Mr Cheng毕业于牛哄哄的哈佛，专业心理学也是热门，工作履历牛哄哄,具体的就不再此处八卦了。

大多优秀的blogger都有自己的Twitter，为方便国内读者，我为一些Blogger添加了个链接，争取将我知道的都添加上去，这样就不能算纯抄袭了。我发现还是有些blogger对推特不是特别感冒，不愿多花功夫，导致博客定量和tiwtter跟随不太匹配。另外注意本文一个好处，Apture显示twitter内容目前为止不用烦墙。

Links to subscribe to the Global VC Blog Directory in bulk via Google Reader (RSS/OPML):以下链接信息量很大，注意选择定制。

• Top VC Blogs:  Top 10, Top 25, Top 50, Top 100
• US VC Blogs:  California, Massachusetts, New York
• Global VC Blogs: Europe, Canada, Israel
• Entire Directory: The Global VC Blog Directory

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The Global VC Blog Directory (# of Subs)

1. Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures, How To Change The World (24,356)
2. Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures, A VC (21,881)
3. Paul Graham, YCombinator, Paul Graham: Essays (16,721)
4. Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital, Above The Crowd (8,897)
5. David Hornik, August Capital, VentureBlog (8,037)
6. Brad Feld, Foundry Group, Feld Thoughts (7,543)
7. Marc Andreesen, TBD, Blog.pmarca.com (5,727)
8. Ed Sim, Dawntreader Ventures, Beyond VC (4,162)
9. Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital, Redeye VC (4,071)
10. Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Ventures Partners, LSVP (3,512)
11. Seth Levine, Foundry Group, VC Adventure (1,569)
12. David Cowan, Bessemer Venture Partners, Who Has Time For This? (1,526)
13. Christopher Allen, Alacrity Ventures, Life With Alacrity (1,419)
14. Dave McClure, Founders Fund, Master of 500 Hats (1,417)
15. Multiple Authors, Union Square Ventures, Union Square Ventures Blog (1,365)
16. Peter Rip, Crosslink Capital, EarlyStageVC (1,107)
17. Rick Segal, JLA Ventures, The Post Money Value (1,043)
18. Mike Hirshland, Polaris Venture Partners, VC Mike’s Blog (1,038)
19. Jeff Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners, Seeing Both Sides (1,018)
20. Mendelson/Feld, Foundry Group, Ask The VC (1,017)
21. Tim Oren, Pacifica Fund, Due Diligence (924)
22. Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC, Software Only (878)
23. Mike Speiser, SutterHill Ventures, Laserlike (869)
24. Matt McCall, DFJ Portage Venture Partners, VC Confidential (661)
25. Stu Phillips, Ridgelift Ventures, Soaring on Ridgelift (597)
26. Eric Friedman, Union Square Ventures, Marketing.fm (572)
27. Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures, Southeast VC (531)
28. Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group, Mendelson’s Musings (522)
29. Nic Brisbourne, Esprit Capital Partners, The Equity Kicker (517)
30. Scott Maxwell, Openview Venture Partners, Now What? (483)
31. Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures, Continuations (477)
32. Ryan McIntyre, Foundry Group, McInblog (463)
33. Larry Cheng, Fidelity Ventures, Thinking About Thinking (433)
34. David Beisel, Venrock Associates, GenuineVC (429)
35. Raj Kapoor, Mayfield Fund, The VC In Me (415)
36. Will Price, Hummer Winblad, Will Price (412)
37. Howard Morgan, First Round Capital, Way Too Early (401)
38. Dan Grossman, Venrock Associates, A Venture Forth (365)
39. Matt Suster, GRP Partners, Both Sides of the Table (355)
40. Christine Herron, First Round Capital, Christine.net (354)
41. Baris Karadogan, Com Ventures, From Istanbul to Sand Hill Road (349)
42. Fred Destin, Atlas Venture, Fred Destin’s Blog (343)
43. Rob Day, @Ventures, Cleantech Investing (323)
44. David Feinleib, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Tech, Startups, Capital, Ideas. (319)
45. Saul Klein, Index Ventures, LocalGlo.be (315)
46. Vineet Buch, BlueRun Ventures, Venture Explorer (313)
47. Ouriel Ohayon, Lightspeed Gemini Internet Lab, MYBLOG by Ouriel (307)
48. Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital, Bijan Sabet (296)
49. Steve Jurvetson, DFJ, The J-Curve (274)
50. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cracking the Code (263)
51. Andrew Parker, Union Square Ventures, The Gong Show (257)
52. Mark Peter Davis, DFJ Gotham Ventures, Venture Made Transparent (237)
53. Rob Finn, Edison Venture, Ventureblogalist (236)
54. Marc Goldberg, Occam Capital, Occam’s Razor (233)
55. Allen Morgan, Mayfield Fund, Allen’s Blog (231)
56. James Chen, CXO Ventures, PureVC (228)
57. Daniel Cohen, Israel Venture Partners, Israel Venture Capital 2.0 (223)
58. David Aronoff, Flybridge Capital Partners, Diary of a Geek VC (222)
59. Max Bleyleben, Kennet Partners, Technofile Europe (219)
60. Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures Europe, TechBytes (213)
61. Jeremy Levine, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nothing Venture, Nothing Gained (210)
62. Rob Hayes, First Round Capital, Permanent Record (206)
63. Michael Eisenberg, Benchmark Capital, Six Kids and a Full Time Job (194)
64. Pascal Levensohn, Levensohn Venture Partners, pascalsview (193)
65. Chris Fralic, First Round Capital, Nothing To Say (187)
66. Sagi Rubin, Virgin Green Fund, The Grass is Greener (182)
67. Richard Dale, Sigma Partners, Venture Cyclist (176)
68. Steve Brotman, Silicon Alley Venture Partners, VC Ball (167)
69. Dan Rua, Inflexion Partners, Florida Venture Blog (160)
70. Paul Fisher, Advent Venture Partners, The Coffee Shops of Mayfair (159)
71. John Ludwig, Ignition Partners, A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way (157)
72. Sarah Tavel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Adventurista (156)
73. Martin Tobias, Ignition Partners, Deep Green Crystals (152)
74. Stewart Alsop, Alsop-Louie Partners, Alsop-Louie Partners (150)
75. Rob Go, Spark Capital, Rob Go Blog (148)
76. Matt Winn, Chrysalis Ventures, Punctuative! (148)
77. Ho Name, Altos Ventures, Altos Ventures Musings (147)
78. George Zachary, Charles River Ventures, Sense and Cents (145)
79. Jacob Ner-David, Jerusalem Capital, VC In Jerusalem (144)
80. Kent Goldman, First Round Capital, The Cornice (144)
81. Satya Patel, Battery Ventures, Venture Generated Content (140)
82. Ed Mlavsky, Gemini Israel Funds, GOLB: Is This Israel? (139)
83. Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners, On The Flying Bridge (138)
84. Rich Tong, Ignition Partners, Tongfamily (136)
85. Sid Mohasseb, Tech Coast Angels, Sid Mohasseb (133)
86. Rachel Strate, EPIC Ventures, Wasatch Girl (129)
87. Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital, OC VC (128)
88. Peter Lee, Baroda Ventures, Seeing Eye To Eye (128)
89. Mo Koyfman, Spark Capital, Mo Koyfman (127)
90. Justin Label, Bessemer Venture Partners, Venture Again (126)
91. Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures, Evolving VC (126)
92. Adam Fisher, Bessemer Venture Partners, Savants in the Levant (124)
93. Gregoire Aladjidi, Techfund Europe, Investing In What’s Next (123)
94. Todd Dagres, Spark Capital, Todd Dagres Tumblelog (123)
95. Multiple Authors, Foundry Group, Foundry Group (121)
96. Santo Politi, Spark Capital, This and That (121)
97. Multiple Authors, True Ventures, Early Stage Capital (120)
98. Lee Hower, Point Judith Capital, Venturesome (118)
99. Robert Goldberg, Ridgelift Ventures, Tahoe VC (117)
100. Multiple Authors, Highway 12 Ventures, Highway 12 Ventures Group (109)
101. John Abraham, Arrowpoint Ventures, JMA’s Views On Everything (105)
102. David Dufresne, Desjardins Venture Capital, Dav-Generated Content (101)
103. Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures, Unfinished Work (100)
104. Charles Curran, Valhalla Partners, VC Blog (99)
105. Brian Hirsch, Greenhill SAVP, New York VC (99)
106. Max Niederhofer, Atlas Venture, Life In The J Curve, baby (97)
107. Multiple Authors, Brightspark Ventures, Let the Sparks Fly! (97)
108. Jon Seeber, Updata Partners, Jon’s Ventures (96)
109. Todd Klein, Legend Ventures, Media VC (96)
110. Adi Pundak-Mintz, Gemini Israel Funds, Adisababa’s Weblog (95)
111. Don Rainey, Grotech Ventures, VC in DC (94)
112. Art Marks, Valhalla Partners, Entrepreneurial Quest (90)
113. Multiple Authors, Founders Fund, Founders Fund (90)
114. Rob Schultz, IllinoisVENTURES, Go Big or Go Home (88)
115. Allan Veeck, Pittsburgh Ventures, Pittsburgh Ventures (87)
116. Greg Foster, Noro-Moseley Ventures, SouthernVC (83)
117. Tony Tjan, Cue Ball Capital, Anthony Tjan (69)
118. Cem Sertoglu, iLab Ventures, SortiPreneur (67)
119. Ryan Spoon, Polaris Venture Partners, ryanspoon.com (67)
120. Anupendra Sharma, Siemens Venture Capital, So Little Time, So Much… (25)
121. Steve Jurvetson, DFJ, Uploads from Jurvetson (25)
122. Jeff Joseph, Prescient Capital Partners, Venture Populist (21)
123. Gil Dibner, Genesis Partners, TechTLV (18)
124. Multiple Authors, Tech Capital Partners, Tech Capital Partners Blog (15)
125. David B. Lerner, Columbia Seed Fund, David B. Lerner (12)
126. Multiple Authors, Walden Venture Capital, Walden Views and News (11)
127. Simon Olson, DFJ-Fir Capital, Venture Capital Thoughts and Reflections (11)
128. Derek Pilling, Meritage Funds, Non-Linear VC (8)
129. Josh Sookman, RBC Ventures, Ubiquitous Startups and the VC (6)
130. Vishy Venugopalan, Longworth Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners Blog (2)
131. Chip Hazard, Flybridge Capital Partners, Hazard Lights (new)

If you know of any other VC blogs, please put the URL in the comment field.  It will be included no later than the next quarterly update.

It is normal for VC and PE to lose money, they can say that is must-pay tutor fee. Here are few main reasons why venture capital fail in China.

First, the lack of an ideal entrepreneurial team. In mature market, such as in Silicon Valley, both investors and inventors believe the most important business sccess is an ideal: if an inventor would like to do a samll business, to do your things dillently enough; for a traget of becoming medium business, be smarter, even a bit than other, howerver, as to enterprises of big businesses, there must be a moral and ideals. Usually, Chinese ignore or have not realizen the last factor.

Second, enterrpises cannot insist on its own direction of development, or get lost on the road of their long run target. It alwasy hard to adhere to the original and eventually die.

Third, enterprises are unable to adjust the market development strategies according to the firece market competition.

Forth, IPO is not the final aim. Some VC and PE just closely watch some project of pre-IPO and forget their untimate target. Certainly, it is irreproachability.

Fifth, key persons in company should better be shareholders or compensated with corressponding agreements. A stable staff team is the base of success.

Sixth, the risk of big boss spread too many industries. Some China enterprises think they can spread risk and like to persue the hottest industries like GE (Jack Welch and the GE Way is the business Bible in China)

7, The expansion is a dream, as well as a way to slove many problems. Undoubtedly, the tight cash status will bring out big risk, especially at the current situation of financial crisis.

8. Chinese team management often is a group of technical designers or programmers, the same as USA innovation enterprises, however, westeron culture are more likely to accept other experts in marketing, financing position comparing to Chinese culture.

VC watching

After five years of annual increases in the amount of venture capital funding flowing to health care companies, 2008 marked a sharp departure from that trend.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, the health care venture capital market experienced a 28% drop in funding and an 18% drop in deal volume, compared with the year-end totals for 2007. In 2008, health care companies publicly announced 396 venture capital investments totaling $7.0 billion.
Medical devices led the health care sectors during 2008, raising 32% of the funding and announcing 30% of the deals, including the largest deal of the year,a $250 million investment by GTCR in Devicor Medical Products, which was started up specifically to acquire medical device companies. The bio sectors followed, with biotechnology companies capturing 22% of both deals and dollars, and biopharmaceutical companies securing 19% of the capital in 17% of the deals. The second largest-deal of the year, a $100 million Series E led by Deerfield Management, was announced by a biotech, Pacific Biosciences, while the third-largest, a $93 million Series B led by Nomura Phase4 Ventures, was announced by a biopharma, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals.
“Venture capital investors continue to focus on identifying quality investments in the health care sectors, including companies that are intent on improving the efficiency, effectiveness or safety of health care processes or products,” commented Gretchen S. Swanson, Editor of Healthcare Corporate Finance News.
“Conserving cash and staying lean may be paramount for entrepreneurs right now, but venture capitalists are generally expected to continue investing equity in both new and existing portfolio companies.”

Stephen M. Monroe, Partner and Managing Editor of Irving Levin Associates, Inc., stated, “The recession in the overall economy is reflected somewhat in a slowdown in the health care venture capital market, but the health care markets, including M&A, have not been hit as hard as some other industry sectors.
Private, equity-backed companies with solid management and sound strategies are faring better right now than most companies that rely on credit or the public markets for operating capital.”

Healthcare Corporate Finance News reports weekly on financial events in the fast-paced venture capital, private and public equity, and merger and acquisition markets for health care companies, and provides subscribers with access to a searchable online database of health care venture capital deals.
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