Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers News

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General Colin Powell became a venture capitalist after leaving public life and realizing one morning that his wife of 51 years, Alma, wasn't just going to let him stay at home and sit around with nothing to do.

EdgeSpring said on Thursday that it raised a total of $11 million in financing including a $9 million series A from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Lightspeed Ventures .

PernixData closes on $20 million round . Software-defined storage platform company PernixData announced the close of an over-subscribed $20 million Series B financing.

Watch Julie Uhrman, Founder and CEO of Ouya, talk about her startup which just raised $15 million in new Funding.

As we discussed yesterday, venture capital is one of the few asset classes or types of investment where we see persistence of outperformance .

Silicon Valley venture capitalists like to crow that it's now cheaper than ever to establish a startup company.

Fuel cell maker Bloom Energy has raised another $130 million, according to Fortune Magazine's Dan Primack , bringing the company's total fundraising to $1.1 billion.

Software companies are so last decade. Instead, venture capitalists are looking to hardware companies for investment opportunities and the next big wave of innovation.

The best angels and VCs offer more than just money. Here's what to look for as you shop around.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , which has been taking heat in the press of late, could get a lift if Facebook acquires mobile navigation app maker Waze , as is being reported today.

John Doerr is a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the best-known venture capitalist in the world.

Ouya is just a kind on the block alongside the game consoles from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony.

Early backer units of the OUYA had a small problem. It seems the buttons on the controller would sometimes get stuck under the faceplate.

Ouya made the games industry sit up when it raised $8.6m on Kickstarter in 2012 to make and launch an Android -based games console.

"We can confirm that Osama Bedier has decided to leave Google this year to pursue other opportunities," said spokesman Nate Tyler.

For decades, the air of secrecy that surrounded one of Silicon Valley's most successful venture capital firms was simply called 'the Kleiner mystique.' But times have changed - thanks to the influence of newbie VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has marketed itself to extraordinary success.

It's a treadmill, but a glorious one. And, of course, he's also gotten very, very rich, another CEO credential.

Last week at Disrupt NY, I took the stage with Gentry Underwood , Founder and CEO of Mailbox, to talk about the challenges of being a first time founder.

This year, three women made the Midas List-Jenny Lee at GGV Capital , Mary Meeker at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , and Theresia Gouw at Accel Partners .