Alloy Ventures Ammar Hanafi’s view on a turnaround and mobile predictions At the Dow Jones Wireless event, I was fortunate to meet up with Ammar Hanafi, General Partner at Alloy Ventures, who spoke on the morning panel.  Hanafi, formerly of Cisco Systems mergers and acquisitions team and involved in 100 M&A deals, focuses on infrastructure, as well as internet-enabled consumer and enterprise applications and services. He currently sits on the board of GigaOm and YouSendIt, to name a few.   (Below is the edited version of my interview with Hanafi)MS: How is the climate for investing right now?AH: I think it’s tough out there and all over. I think the venture industry is reacting rationally. I think what we are doing as an industry is supporting our existing companies and trying ...   [ Read more ]