David York interviews Stephen Pagliuca of Bain Capital at SuperInvestor U.S. 2013 in San Francisco. Stephen Pagliuca (Managing Director, Bain Capital) interviewed by David A. York (CEO and Managing Director, Top Tier Capital Partners) at SuperInvestor U.S. 2013 in San Francisco. The U.S. is just coming out of a recession and but bright spots are…
Introduction You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to know that investing in healthcare startups has been tough lately. Returns in healthcare investing have not been stellar for the past several years, particularly compared to returns for high-tech companies, some of which (Facebook, Splunk, LinkedIn) are finally going public and generating sizeable profits for…
Top Tier Capital Partners is a proud sponsor of Something Ventured, a documentary film investigating the emergence of the venture capital industry. Something Ventured is a documentary film about the original venture capitalists and the companies they helped to start and grow–like Apple, Intel, Genentech, Cisco, Tandem and Atari.
This article first featured in Preqin’s Private Equity Spotlight – March 2012 The days of the dot-com boom are now a distant memory to venture capitalists and the industry has been forced to evolve in the face of reduced performance. David York, CEO and Managing Director of Top Tier Capital Partners, looks at the current…
Introduction The headlines today are full of stories about small investors—variously called angels, super angels, or micro-cap VCs—participating in sought-after deals, particularly in the consumer internet space. These small, seed stage investors have backed heavyweights ranging from Facebook to Zynga to Dropbox, often at more attractive prices than traditional VCs paid when they invested in…