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| Venture capital firms struggle to raise money in the first quarter, report finds Washington Post Fewer venture capital firms raised money from their financial backers during the first quarter of the year than during any quarter in nearly a decade, according to a recent report, a sign that the industry continues to shrink years after the economic ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Solar venture capital funding on the fall Economic Times "Downstream companies received the most VC funding of all categories this quarter," commented Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group. "After being burned by solar technology investments, especially thin film, we are finally seeing VC investments shift ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Venture capital deals Fortune (blog) Optimizely, a San Francisco-based provider of website testing solutions, has raised $28 million in Series A funding. Benchmark led the round, and was joined by Bain Capital Ventures and seed backers Battery Ventures, Google Ventures and InterWest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trio of influential venture capital firms work together to finance services ... Minneapolis Star Tribune SAN FRANCISCO - Three influential venture-capital firms are teaming up to find and finance entrepreneurs who want to create applications and other accessories for Google Glass, an Internet-connected device that is setting out to turn wearable computing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How One Woman Entrepreneur Raised Venture Capital Lickety-Split Forbes When it comes to raising money from venture capitalists, the gender of an entrepreneur matters, According to new research from Stanford's Clayman Institute for Gender Research, VCs have confidence in a man with a business background leading a tech ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three Rivers Venture Fair opens in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post Gazette Angel and venture capitalists converging on PNC Park for the Three Rivers Venture Fair are following a five-year trend that shows Pittsburgh has been a solid bet in an unstable economy. A report released Wednesday by New York-based accounting firm ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Foundation Capital creates new $282 million fund; earmarks some for IT ZDNet Foundation Capital creates new $282 million fund; earmarks some for IT. Summary: It's the seventh fund for the venture capital firm, which has backed Envestnet, Financial Engines, Netflix, NetZero, Responsys and Silver Spring Networks. Andrew Nusca ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Daily Startup: A Slow Start to 2013 for Venture Fundraising Wall Street Journal After two years when U.S. venture capital fundraising was essentially flat, 2013 started off much slower than either of them, with no huge funds to boost the numbers. Venture fund commitments totaled $4.24 billion in the first quarter, down from $6.33 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Google Ventures launches major seed capital fund for entrepreneurs working on ... The Sociable (blog) Three of America's top venture capital funds have come together to provide seed funding for entrepreneurs who are developing on Google Glass. The 'Glass Collective', as the group is calling itself, will be offering "seed funding to startups working on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Google Launches Glass Collective With Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins ... Forbes Google Ventures is launching a new initiative to fuel the development of Google Glass called Glass Collective, in partnership with venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The three firms hope to fund a community ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Kleiner, Andreessen, Google Ventures: We'll Fund Google Glass App Makers Wall Street Journal (blog) As Google prepares to ship its high-profile Google Glass wearable-computing device to programmers so they can develop apps that would run on the device, the company's venture-capital arm on Wednesday said it would team up with two big tech investors ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Private Equity's Public Image Issues Forbes Until the formation of the Private Equity Growth Capital Association in 2007, the US private equity industry had not engaged in coordinated lobbying efforts in Washington DC. By contrast, the British Venture Capital association (BVCA), which represents ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mendeley proved to be a goldmine for Estonian venture capitalist Baltic Business News ASI has not specified the size of its holding in Mendeley, but it was one of the first to invest in the start-up together with venture capital investors Stefan Glänzer and Alex Zubilla. The three are believed to have invested USDm in the company back ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Cintrifuse says it has raised another $10 million for fund Cincinnati.com COLUMBUS – Cintrifuse's fund of funds, designed to increase the amount of early stage venture capital in the region, is expected to close on at least another $10 million in the next few weeks, CEO Jeff Weedman said Wednesday. Cintrifuse closed its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture capital heavyweights see big future in Google Glass Business Spectator Venture capital heavyweights see big future in Google Glass. Reuters 2 hours ago. Technology · Emerging Tech · Mobility. Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers teaming up to provide funding for start-ups working with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Online Tool Connects African Entrepreneurs With Business Experts Across ... Ventures Africa VC4Africa (Venture Capital for Africa), Africa's largest entrepreneur and investor community, is launching VC4Africa's 'Mentorship Marketplace': a vibrant and transparent peer-to-peer marketplace where entrepreneurs can add 'mentor requests' that are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Africa's Most Innovative Companies: Corculture Ventures Africa The company is making waves in both the venture capital and private equity space by offering a unique, innovative and effective digital means of exposing investment opportunities to a group of high net worth individuals who are actively seeking ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| VC group reiterates opposition to Obama tax change, rebuts WSJ article WRAL Tech Wire On Wednesday, the National Venture Capital Association issued a statement reiterating its opposition to proposed changes in how gains from VC deals are taxed. The statement reaffirms NVCA's adamant opposition to the idea, which dates back to 2010. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Miramar, Okapi Back Healthcare Software Developer socalTech.com Two, Orange County venture capital investors are behind a developer of socially-driven, healthcare software aimed at helping health plans encourage healthy activity by their members. Welltok said today that it has raised $18.7M in a Series B funding ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| AutoRef nabs $850K led by T-Venture Pittsburgh Business Times (blog) This week the company secured an $850,000 round of funding led by T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. The investor group also includes some well-known local names: Eric Cooper, the 'E' in FORE Systems; Michael Green, a former ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| London's New VC Fund For Tech Startups InformationWeek London has taken another step in its plan to become a serious contender in the global tech investment rankings with the launch of a £22 million ($34 million) venture capital fund for British tech startups. The MMC London Fund, to be managed by the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Max Niederhofer Joins Copenhagen's Sunstone Capital ArcticStartup "At Sunstone, we are building Europe's premier, early-stage, West Coast-style venture capital firm. We want to be faster, more accessible and better to deal with than anyone else in the market." Sunstone invests in early-stage technology and life ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Treehouse Secures Series B Financing Led by Kaplan Ventures Private Equity Hub (press release) Treehouse Island, Inc., the online coding education platform, today announced they closed their Series B Preferred financing round for a total of $7 million dollars, led by Kaplan Ventures, with The Social+Capital Partnership also participating in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California Ranks Third in Milken Technology Index Los Angeles Business Journal In fact, California has never topped the list, which takes into account research and development funding, venture capital, and presence of tech hubs, among other criteria. "It's always worth remembering that despite the presence of Silicon Valley and a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| TSX-V looking for input on reviving venture capital market | FP Street ... By Barry Critchley TSX Venture Exchange is holding two industry dialogues, the first in Vancouver and the second in Calgary later this month. Financial Post - Top Stories |
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| Venture Capital's Big Boys Getting Bigger | Entrepreneur.com Fewer private U.S. venture-capital funds are raising money to invest in startups, the National Venture Capital Association says. The biggest players are at... www.entrepreneur.com/article/226316 | ||
| New England Venture Capital Association announces finalists for its ... Winners will be announced at the awards party on May 1st in Cambridge. www.boston.com/.../new_england_venture_capital_as.html | ||
| Google Glass App Fund: Venture-Capital Firms Team Up To Invest SAN FRANCISCO -- Three influential venture-capital firms are teaming up to find and finance entrepreneurs who want to create applications and other ... www.huffingtonpost.com/.../google-glass-venture-capital-firm... | ||
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| Trio of influential venture-capital firms work together to finance ... Three influential venture-capital firms are teaming up to find and finance entrepreneurs who want to create applications and other accessories for Google Glass, ... www.newser.com/.../trio-of-influential-venture-capital-firms-w... |
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