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Sorry man i thought you said Highfields Capital. Which is a ridiculously hard firm to break into. Not to familiar with highland capital mngmt
Its a good firm. They launched a consumer-focused firm in 2007. Last launch I heard about.
One of the best VC firms out there. One way to tell if a VC fund is good is by $AUM and last fund raised. Highland has $2.9 billion AUM (huge for a VC firm) and they raised $300 mm in July 2007 so they have plenty of money to go make new investments.
Unlike stories about other VC firms hurting cause they can't make an exit, Highland most likely isn't feeling too much pain because their recently raised fund gives them enough capital to not have to solely depend on an exit.
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[quote=TeamLRAM]One of the best VC firms out there. One way to tell if a VC fund is good is by $AUM and last fund raised. Highland has $2.9 billion AUM (huge for a VC firm) and they raised $300 mm in July 2007 so they have plenty of money to go make new investments.
Unlike stories about other VC firms hurting cause they can't make an exit, Highland most likely isn't feeling too much pain because their recently raised fund gives them enough capital to not have to solely depend on an exit.
TeamLRAM http://teamlram.wordpress.com[/quote]
How does Highland Capital Partners compare with other Boston-based firms? Say, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Charles River, Matrix Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, etc.?
Highland Capital Partners Closes Eighth Fund (Originally Posted: 11/12/2009)
http://www.pehub.com/55486/highland-capital-partners-closes-eighth-fund/
So what's the consensus? Is the $400 mm fund size indeed evidence of LP disillusionment, or is Highland playing it smart by raising a smaller fund in this environment (with the ability to raise a ninth fund sooner if it actually invests at a faster rate than expected)?
A little of both?
Just to add some context, Highland's previous two funds were ~$800 mm. Also, Greylock Partners' newest fund closed at $575 million, which is greater than HCP's $400 but still significantly less than $800.
Thoughts?
Both...fund sizes will contract over the next 2 years...and bubble funds will get crowded out...for VC, if you're not focused on bio or supply side cleantech, best to be capital efficient these days...lots of opptys in mobile gaming, cloud, demand side cleantech...which don't require more than 40 million or so to scale...
Didn't they raise their Consumer fund in late 2007 ?
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