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- January 23, 2012 IA Watch's article "Hundreds of keywords suggested to aid your surveillance of staff e-mails," interviews Spring Mountain Capital's Aaron De Angelis on four techniques employed for email surveillance.
- January 17, 2012 Spring Mountain Capital participates in a Series B round of funding for WhipTail, maker of the world’s first and most widely deployed all-flash enterprise class storage array.
- January 12, 2012 Hedge Fund Alert's article "Smaller Firms Stand to Benefit From Malaise," highlights the 2010 study by Spring Mountain Capital's Jason Orchard and Haim Mozes that states smaller funds generate higher alpha than larger funds.
- August 30, 2011 Institutional Investor’s article “Spring Mountain Capital Argues for Prudent Market Timing,” features Haim Mozes and his views on how market timing can be an effective way to preserve and grow capital.
- August 10, 2011 Hedge Funds Review’s article titled "Market timing key to hedge fund performance, says Spring Mountain Capital,” focuses on Haim Mozes’s white paper findings on active beta management and market timing as a source of hedge fund alpha.
- June 24, 2011 Launny Steffens was featured in an Opalesque Exclusive, "Short term market timing can help hedge fund investors capture alpha through market beta," and discussed the firm's active beta strategy and SMC philosophies.
- May 2, 2011 Raymond Wong was quoted in a Pensions & Investments article titled “VC bubble in social media funds,” discussing SMC’s recent investment in NXTM, a digital media company and sharing his views on social media investing.
Press Releases
- January 18, 2012 Spring Mountain Capital Says Doomsday Scenario for Europe Is Unlikely, But Highlights Risk of Deflationary Spiral; Warns Against Underestimating Fundamental Strength of U.S. Economy; and Is Positive on Emerging Markets
- November 4, 2011 Spring Mountain Capital Announces Hire of Legal Fellow from Columbia Law School
- September 26, 2011 Steffens named to Dartmouth Medical School Board of Overseers
- August 4, 2011 Spring Mountain Capital’s Proprietary White Paper Advocates Using Shorter-Term Market Timing or “Active Beta” to Generate Alpha
- July 5, 2011 Spring Mountain Capital Becomes Lead Investor in WhipTail Technologies, Inc.
- June 6, 2011 Spring Mountain Capital becomes majority investor in WhipTail Technologies, Inc.
- May 16, 2011 Two private equity managing directors join Spring Mountain Capital
- April 8, 2011 Spring Mountain Capital becomes lead investor in NXTM, a digital media company
- January 31, 2011 Whiptail Technologies announces new CEO - Spring Mountain Capital provides convertible bridge financing to WhipTail
- October 25, 2010 SMC becomes lead co-investor in Coolerado