Claremont Creek Ventures Randy Hawks on his outlook for exits in 2010 In the latest episode of "Cashing Out: Exits and Valuations with Reena Jadhav,"  Reena talks to Randy Hawks, a venture capitalist at Claremont Creek Ventures, a VC firm based in the East Bay with $3 million under management and focusing on clean tech, healthcare and security. (See previous interview with Claremont partner Nat Goldhaber.) In this segment, Randy says he’s less bullish on the IPO market than earlier reports had suggested. Many investment bankers/VCs had predicted that there would be 50 to 100 VC-backed IPOs this year. Randy says the number will likely be half that. Randy also touches on the milestones companies need to go public, with financial-driven companies needing four to five quarters of profitable growth and $100 ...   [ Read more ]