MATRIX BETS ON WIRELESS

摘要

Since the great tech wreck of 2000, life for most venture capitalists has been rough. They're making fewer investments, marking down the value of those they have, and facing headaches raising new cash. Not Paul J. Ferri, however. In the past 12 months, the managing partner of Matrix Partners of Waltham, Mass., has invested $101 million in 13 companies, mostly wireless communications startups. And in May, he raised $1 billion for his latest fund—more than double what he raised in the 1990s.