Kleiner Perkins forced to reach out to new investors: “Unheard of”

venturebeat.com - 1/15/2009

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Kleiner Perkins , one of the valley’s biggest name venture capital firms, is raising a so-called “annex fund,” or reserve fund it can tap to support companies it has already backed to help ensure they get through the downturn. Kleiner has also reopened fundraising for ...

pehub.com - 1/14/2009

Kleiner Perkins Re-Raising Multiple Funds

— pehub.com — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is very concerned about the lack of liquidity options for current portfolio companies, and peHUB has learned that it is taking steps to ensure an abundance of dry powder. The landmark VC firm is currently raising ... (more) Kleiner Perkins Re-Raising Multiple Funds

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GigaOM Network — ... in a time of financial turmoil, (c) university endowments and automakers, which rank among Kleiner Perkins biggest investors, are increasingly strapped for cash, or most likely (d) some combination of the above. ...