Summary of Israeli Private Equity Deals - Q1 2011. Private equity deal value at $216 million in Q1 2011. GKH) , a leading Israeli corporate law firm specializing in M&A, joint ventures, venture capital and equity and debt financing. Israeli Private Equity Deal Types. Tel Aviv, Israel, May 4, 2011. Figure 1). billion. MORE >>

At the same time, equity funding has become disproportionately expensive at the lower end of the market, as investment committees remain cautious and due diligence requirements increase. The private equity dilemma. The private equity industry that emerges is likely to be smaller. Sound off on this buzz in the Comments Section. MORE >>

Dharmesh Shah had a great post up last week about the lessons learned from raising a mezzanine round of financing. Terms precedent is one solid reason (among others like founder-investor alignment) that entrepreneurs should have bias towards priced equity round vs. convertible notes in seed financings. Yes, early terms endure. MORE >>

The program is an offshoot of its Small Business Investment Company capital investment program, which licenses private equity firms to invest mezzanine capital in more established small companies. The Small Business Administration is expanding its mandate to support the nation's small businesses by helping to fund start-ups. MORE >>

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. And of course hedge funds and growth-equity funds can’t resist trying to get earlier-stage exposure again. As Funny, that. That’s wise. MORE >>