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Raising Millions Interview with Eric Hjerpe
The Funding Guru: Today I was lucky enough to interview a partner of a young and fast moving Venture Capital firm called Kepha Partners – as promised, I focused on very specific questions that you’ll need the answers too if you are looking for to secure a $2 or $3 or $5 million dollar investment in your company... more
Of Venture Socialism and the Future of VCs - The Story of Jo Tango and Kepha Partners
Xconomy: This is a story of a different breed of venture capital firm—one so different it practices venture socialism. At least that’s how the founder of Waltham, MA-based Kepha Partners, Josaphat “Jo” Tango, describes it. (Before all you entrepreneurs beat a path to his door thinking he shares more of the wealth back with you, let’s just say it’s not quite what you think... more
Kepha Partners Expands - Eric Hjerpe Joins as a Partner
Press Release: Early Stage and Value-Add “Venture Building” Firm Grows to Address Market Demand... more
Hjerpe Leaves Atlas Venture for Kepha Partners
Mass High Tech: Starting Monday former Atlas Ventures general partner Eric Hjerpe will join Kepha Partners as the Waltham venture capital firm's second investing partner... more
Parallel Entrepreneurs Launch Simultaneous Startups
Mass High Tech: Kepha Partners general partner Jo Tango has invested in three of Palmer and Stonebraker's companies... more
VCs Ending Social Networking Startup Investments
Mass High Tech: As more Americans than ever flock to social networking sites, one group is running in the other direction: investors. In 2006 and 2007, New England web startups saw double-digit growth in venture capital funding. Now investors are turning a cold shoulder to customer-facing Internet companies, fearing that startups of 2005 and 2006 may turn out to be the frothy by-product of a mini-bubble marked by the buzzword “Web 2.0.”... more
Kepha Partners Doubles First Fund to $100MM
Dow Jones VentureWire: The inaugural fund from Kepha Partners, an early-stage tech investment firm, has doubled in size to $100 million. Kepha Partners 1 LP initially closed with $50 million in April 2007, but after being approached by limited partners to expand the fund, the firm added $50 million. The final close was last summer, according to Jo Tango, the firm's general partner... more
Kepha Partners Expands Venture Capital Fund to $100MM
Press Release: Waltham, Mass - January 13, 2009 - Kepha Partners today announced an expansion of its venture capital fund, Kepha Partners I. Initially closed at over $50 million, the fund was expanded to $100 million in order to meet high demand from start-ups and institutional investors.... more