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Peter Delevett Peter Delevett (69 Posts)

Peter Delevett covers startups and venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News. He's been a journalist in Silicon Valley since the dot-com daze.


Wiretap: Why Silicon Valley could be key to this month’s elections … in France.

Its deep pockets make Silicon Valley a prime locale for political fundraising on both sides of the aisle. But last week, the Bay Area was squarely in the sights of a politician from the other side of the Pond. It seems Read More →

Wiretap: Faces in new places

There's been a whole lotta shakin' going on around Silicon Valley in the past week. For those who keep track of such things, here's a belated sip from the firehose:   • Bubba MurarkaBubba Read More →

Gone, daddy, gone: KKR veteran Scott Wagner ditching Sand Hill Road for GoDaddy

GoDaddy.com isn't based in Silicon Valley, but it's become one of the more high-profile consumer Internet brands thanks to its rather tawdry Super Bowl ads featuring NASCAR's Danica Patrick. But since Read More →

Wiretap: Tidbits from Scott McNealy, Khosla Ventures, Jive and the Lending Club stunner

When Google this week bought a big chunk of Lending Club for $125 million, it wasn't just good news for the San Francisco startup: Prior Lending Club investors like Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers Read More →

Mmmm, coffee: Philz is latest gourmet chain to snag private equity

It's a good time to be in the artisan coffee business. First, the Bay Area's beloved Peet's - founded by the guy who helped get Starbucks off the ground - was snapped up by a big German Read More →

Punter punts on Capital Dynamics job

Capital Dynamics — the Swiss firm that took over vast tech-investment funds raised by three former San Francisco 49ers, then lost a multimillion-dollar wrongful termination lawsuit in March — now has lost the partner Read More →

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