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| SAP Will More Than Double Investments in Venture-Capital Funds Bloomberg SAP AG (SAP)'s venture-capital group said it's more than doubling investments in early-stage funds as it seeks increased access to emerging business-software companies. The SAP Hana Real Time Fund, formed a year ago, is committing $405 million to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 23andMe Gene Analysis Shows Venture Conference Attendees More Likely to ... Wall Street Journal (blog) Participants at the National Venture Capital Association's VentureScape conference were pleased to learn on Wednesday that they have a higher-than-average natural resistance to malaria, but were less happy to learn they might have a higher-than-average ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture capital deals Fortune (blog) Janus Capital, The Hillman Co. and an undisclosed "institutional investor" co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Shasta Ventures and T. Rowe Price. The company has now ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NVCA: VCs Talk Accelerator Bubbles, Accelerator Success Wall Street Journal (blog) Gathering at the National Venture Capital Association's VentureScape conference this week, venture and corporate investors met with executives leading top startup accelerators in a crowded session to discuss the health of the "startup ecosystem." Two ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| From Analog Politics to Digital VC With General Colin Powell Wall Street Journal (blog) General Colin Powell became a venture capitalist after leaving public life and realizing one morning that his wife of 51 years, Alma, wasn't just going to let him stay at home and sit around with nothing to do. It wasn't "sustainable," he said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Daily Startup: SAP Ventures to Boost HANA Fund, Staff Wall Street Journal (blog) SAP will announce Thursday that it plans to increase the size of SAP Ventures' $155 million HANA fund to $405 million as part of a broad effort to "define what a next-generation corporate venture capital organization looks like," SAP Ventures Chief ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ottawa aims for $1.2-billion in venture capital funds Globe and Mail On top of the $400-million promised by the government, Ottawa is hoping to get two-to-one matching funding from private parties – bringing the total amount to $1.2-billion – according to Richard Rémillard, executive director of Canada's Venture Capital... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Now Fully Kickstartered, Pebble Raises $15M in Venture Capital From CRV All Things Digital A year ago, Pebble had been rejected by a host of venture capitalists for the smartwatch it wanted to build, so it posted the idea on Kickstarter. I don't have to tell you that worked really well. Pebblefactory $10.2 million and almost a year later ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As venture capital becomes a commodity, it's all about community PandoDaily (blog) That's a surprising trend that Peter Boyce noticed at Roughdraft.vc, the student-run venture capital program supported by General Catalyst Partners in Boston. Roughdraft has invested up to $25,000 in 10 Boston companies since its launch in December ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture capital investment in life science drops 14 percent in Q1 St. Louis Business Journal (blog) Venture capital funds invested $1.4 billion in 167 industry deals in first quarter, a drop of 14 percent in dollars and 16 percent in the number of deals when compared to the same quarter last year, according to a new PwC US report, "Capital Crunch ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Agree Realty Announces Joint Venture The Herald | HeraldOnline.com FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., May 16, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) today announced that it closed on a 4.2 acre parcel of land in conjunction with Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. as part of its Joint Venture Capital Solutions ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Late-stage venture investing for tech companies non-existent in India: Suvir Sujan VC Circle Unlike Silicon Valley, there is a dearth of late-stage venture investing for technology companies in India, believes Suvir Sujan, co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners, a home-grown early stage venture capital firm with $600 million in assets under ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Amgen and Novartis partner with biotech venture capital firm PMLiVE Biotech venture capital firm Atlas Venture has added Novartis and Amgen to its list of partners. Massachusetts-based Atlas Venture said the two pharma companies will bring a "deep knowledge in pharmaceutical R&D" to support its focus on creating new ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Amazon cloud partner Apptio raises $45 million Hindustan Times billionaire Henry Hillman; and existing venture capital backers including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and Madrona Venture Group, also invested. Apptio, led by Chief Executive Sunny Gupta, has raised a total of $136 million so far. The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why Raising Capital is a 4-Step Process Entrepreneur Trying to raise venture capital at this stage would unlikely produce any interest unless you can show that you have previously made a significant profit for investors. Even so, without establishing a clear business model, you are in a weak bargaining ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Judge denies arbitration in venture capital sexual harassment case Silicon Valley Business Journal Three former executive assistants sued the San Francisco-based venture capital firm in February, claiming they had been harassed at work by former partner John Haag. Their case describes in explicit detail 35 separate incidents where Haag allegedly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Merck KGaA ups commitment to MS Ventures to 100 million euros The Pharma Letter Germany's Merck KGaA says that it will increase its commitment to its strategic corporate venture capital fund MS Ventures to 100 million euros ($130 million). MS Ventures was originally established in March 2009 with a 40 million euros commitment to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Luvocracy raises $11.5M in venture capital to power social commerce VentureBeat Social e-commerce site, Luvocracy has raised $11.5 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, RPM Ventures, XG Ventures, CrunchFund, Marissa Mayer, Ali Pincus, Jim Lanzone, and Tony Robbins. Bing Gordon, partner at Kleiner Perkins will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Life Science Venture Funding Drops Across the Nation San Diego Business Journal Fewer venture capital dollars have been invested into life sciences companies in the first quarter of 2013, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report. San Diego received the third highest amount of funding, with 12 deals totaling $122 million. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Activity in the Québec venture capital market up sharply, with first-quarter ... Wall Street Journal (press release) MONTREAL, May 16, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - The year 2013 got off to a roaring start for the venture capital (VC) industry in Québec, with an excellent first quarter marked by investments totalling $227 million, more than four times the $54 million invested ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AirWatch Raises Another $25M for Global Expansion, R&D and Content ... MSPmentor Mobile Device Management vendor AirWatch has raised another $25 million in venture capital funding which the company plans to use for global expansion, scaling its research and development operation and investing in development and sales of its secure ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PE firms eye Future Ventures' stake in Biba, AND brands Livemint Venture Capital and PE firms have consistently shown interest in the apparel space on the back of domestic consumption. Investors pumped in $224.7 million in apparel firms in 2012, compared with $80.3 million across 12 deals in 2011, according to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CTS Forex Capital Investors Eligible for 30% Tax Credit MarketWatch (press release) Winsor Global Financial Inc. announced today that under the Investment Capital Branch of British Columbia's Eligible Business Corporation Small Business Venture Capital Act, investors in the company's CTS Forex could potentially receive a 30% tax ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bitcoin Merchant Processor Gets $2M from PayPal Vets, Others American Banker (subscription) The Atlanta-based startup said Thursday it has secured $2 million in seed capital from a group led by Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm started by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek, who co-founded PayPal. News of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Google Bets $10.7 Million On Drone Intelligence Popular Science Echoing a company belief in autonomous systems, clever algorithms, and replacing fallible humans with smart machines, Google's venture capital arm announced yesterday that it is investing $10.7 million in a company that makes drone brains. The company ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Silicon Valley investors ponder the "next big thing" in health care VentureBeat This will be a "record year" for investment in the health care, Rock Health recently predicted. The research shows an uptick in deals in the first quarter of the year and an increase in venture capital. But will the elite venture capital firms open ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Zoove Gets $15M From Rogers Ventures, Panorama, Other VCs Thomson Reuters' peHUB (press release) Rogers Ventures, the venture capital arm of Rogers Communications Inc., joined Panorama Capital in a US$15 million Series E financing of New York-based Zoove Corp., which operates StarStar and StarStarMe, a mobile phone number service. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| EdgeSpring springs out of stealth, with $11 million in venture capital in tow Silicon Valley Business Journal It also announced it had raised $11 million in two rounds of previously unpublished funding from backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Lightspeed Venture Partners. It's rare to see a company build a complete a product and raise funding in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Earlybird Venture et al. invest $2.8m in Versus IO unquote news (subscription) Earlybird Venture Capital, 500 Startups, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and two angel investors have backed product comparison platform Versus IO in a $2.8m series-A funding round. KEY FACTS. Versus IO. DEAL - Early-stage. VALUE - $2.8m ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Despite challenges, e-commerce still profitable: Canaan Partners Hindu Business Line California-based venture capital firm Canaan Partners said despite challenges such as logistics and scalability, e-commerce was a profitable investment and would get its due attention in the coming days. The firm said it would continue to invest in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gulf's Arqaam Capital Set To Begin South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya Operations Ventures Africa VENTURES AFRICA – Arqaam Capital, the Dubai-based investment bank, is set to enter the South African market in the last quarter of this year, it emerged late on Wednesday. This is part of the firm's strategy to set up shop in sub-Saharan Africa ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jelly, Biz Stone's Startup, Raises a Round (With a Little Help From Friends) All Things Digital Jelly, the stealthy startup founded by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, announced Thursday that the company just closed its Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Spark Capital; Bijan Sabet — an early Twitter investor — will join Jelly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| VERSUS IO Concludes Series A IVCPOST According to Dr. Christian Nagel, co-Founder and Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, "We're very excited to be investing in VERSUS IO and believe it has the potential to disrupt the product comparison scene. VERSUS IO's exponential growth over the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Canada's startup visa program in 'hyperdrive' but US is 'dysfunctional ... VentureBeat Kenney: We have really strong tech sectors in Kitchener/Waterloo, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and a few other places, an increasingly strong venture capital industry, and very well-run industry associations, angel associations. Plus, we have the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Indian hedge funds barred from investing in currency derivatives to check ... Risk.net Category I funds consist of venture capital, infrastructure and other funds that are deemed to have a "positive spillover" on the economy. These funds receive a large number of incentives from the regulator and the government. Category II funds include ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ashton, Demi's $10 Million Divorce Battle Just Got Serious Contactmusic.com Ashton Kutcher's venture capital company is proving a stumbling block in the ex-couple's divorce. Demi Moore. Picture: Demi Moore tweeted a photo of herself with the caption 'I see through you.... ' Worldwide - 26.09.11 This is a PR photo. WENN does. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Atypical Career Path Works for Yelp's GC - Law.com The National Law Journal Venture capital firms including Valley stalwarts Bessemer Venture Partners and Benchmark Capital Partners and relative newcomer Elevation Partners, which counts U2's Bono on its investment team, put money into Yelp at an average price of $1.12. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore divorce: The battle for $10 million Examiner.com Remember my Info. In what is turning out to be an ugly divorce battle over money, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are now fighting for $10 million over a venture capital fund as reported by Page Six of the New York Post, Wednesday, May 15. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A16Z's Chris Dixon on the Internet of Locks, Cars, New York, and Everything Else Forbes Chris Dixon is a New York guy with a degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He's also, as of last fall, a partner at hot Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (which shortens its name to A16Z—16 is the number of letters ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What CEOs could learn from comedians PandoDaily (blog) Costolo spoke yesterday at the National Venture Capital Association's VentureScape conference, where he talked about a number of things, including managing a company as large as Twitter. His comedic chops were on display, even during the fireside chat ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| After Kickstarter, Pebble Watch Gets $15M in Venture Capital From ... By Liz Gannes Charles River Ventures backs the Kickstarter darling. AllThingsD | ||
| Pebble Nabs $15M In Funding, Outs PebbleKit SDK And Pebble ... By Matt Burns ... River Ventures funded the majority of the Series A. This round of funding joins the $375k the company previously received from four angel investors, including Paul Buchheit, a partner at Y Combinator, and Tim Draper of venture capital firm ... TechCrunch |
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| Jennifer Epps-Addison and Robert Kraig: Make sure venture capital... The Legislature has a moral obligation to ensure that scarce resources for job creation are used to actually create jobs. The venture capital bill falls short of this ... host.madison.com/.../article_e3d78743-df72-5f14-a9c9-28d0... | ||
| SAP Ventures Expands HANA Fund, Sees a Second Venture... SAP Ventures has more than doubled the size of its HANA fund of fund and expects to shortly close a second venture capital fund larger than its first. The dual ... www.pehub.com/.../sap-ventures-expands-hana-fund-sees-a-se... | ||
| Venture Capital, Pitching, and Business Love | Inc.com At an annual meeting of venture capitalists, a Morgan Stanley managing director gave five tips on how to pitch him. They're helpful for anyone making a big ask. www.inc.com/.../jamey-sperans-and-business-love.html?... |
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