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| Why Limited Partners See Venture Business as an 'I Love Lucy' Skit Wall Street Journal (blog) Limited partners had a chance to praise and lambaste the venture industry during a no-holds-barred panel at the National Venture Capital Association's VentureScape annual meeting last week. They delivered more rants than raves. A sample: "The truth is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture Firms Build Own Software to Gain an Edge Wall Street Journal That is if the entrepreneur is backed by Sequoia Capital, the well-known venture-capital firm, which built the service for the companies it has invested in. The 41-year-old Sequoia is one of a growing number of Silicon Valley venture-capital firms now ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Who Gets Rich in the Tumblr-Yahoo Deal Businessweek Some of the biggest winners, of course, are the venture capitalists who got in the earliest. Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital, for instance, are each pocketing a 1,423 percent return on their investments. But a few millionaires are definitely ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sneak Preview: AngelPad May 2013 Graduates Wall Street Journal (blog) San Francisco startup accelerator AngelPad gave Venture Capital Dispatch a sneak preview of its latest graduates on Tuesday at an "Internal Demo Day." Lora Kolodny/VentureWire: At AngelPad in San Francisco, startup teams rehearse their pitches before a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Debunking Myths About Biotech Venture Capital Forbes There are lots of myths about venture capital and biotech in particular, as noted previously on this blog. Many of these myths are deeply held beliefs about returns, what works and what doesn't, and the state of the industry. Told often enough, these ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Microsoft Creates 'Yammer North' in Redmond to Learn New Software Tricks Wall Street Journal (blog) Microsoft has been quietly operating a group inside its Redmond, Wash., headquarters called Yammer North in an effort to integrate Yammer into its vast software business, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned. Microsoft: Yammer North's team flag. Last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture capital investment outstrips share market: Report StartupSmart The index, by the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and investment advisors Cambridge Associates, shows private equity provided returns of 6.88% and 2.83% over three and five years, while the S&P/ASX 300 share market index ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The venture capital programme, being developed by the Government, will ... Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service The venture capital programme, being developed by the Government, will provide the opportunity for local technology experts to access funding to develop their innovative ideas into sustainable business ventures. State Minister in the Ministry of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Texas Venture Capital Market 'Weak,' But Still Shows Promise Xconomy Today, he is a managing director at Mercury Fund, a venture capital firm founded in 2005. Garrou, unsurprisingly, now considers the city home. "Houston has been incredibly open about allowing me take on different roles and really create my career here ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Levin: Venture Capitalists Showing Lots of Faith in Michigan Deadline Detroit The latest report from the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) provides startling numbers that show the state is beginning to attract investors. And not just any investors, but those risking capital on start-ups – the type of ventures that gave ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| IP Group unveils new venture capital fund ShareCast IP Group unveils new venture capital fund LONDON (SHARECAST) - IP Group, the developer of intellectual property-based businesses, has established a 30m-pound venture capital fund, IP Venture Fund II, in partnership with the European Investment Fund ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| M&A And Venture Capital Deals Target Hot Spots In Tech Security AVG Investor's Business Daily "Interest in security and new innovative solutions around security has never been stronger," said Asheem Chandna, a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners, which has invested in a number of security firms. "And it appears ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UM Venture Capital Event Features More Good News CBS Local The opening panel on Day Two of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium focused on Michigan's changing entrepreneurial climate — or perhaps more bluntly, the fact that now there actually is an entrepreneurial climate in Michigan. Robert Buderi, founder ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Capital 18 to divest stake in Webchutney Hindu Business Line Network18 Media & Investments Ltd (Network18) has announced that its venture capital arm Capital18 has entered into an agreement with Dentsu India Group to divest its stake in Webchutney, one of India's leading digital agencies. This is in line with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Compare Metrics Lands $4.2 Million in Venture Capital Silicon Hills News Other investors included Mike Maples with Floodgate, Bob Greene with Contour Venture Partners, Julie Allegro with Allegro Venture Partners and Ralph Mack with Mack Capital as well as investors Tom Meredith and Adam Ross. The Austin-based company ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Life Science Industry Veteran Stephane Bancel Joins Flagship Ventures Sacramento Bee CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Ventures, a leading venture capital and venture creation firm focused on healthcare and sustainability, today announced the appointment of Stephane Bancel as a Senior Partner. In this role, Mr. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Talking Crowdfunding at the Canadian Venture Conference Crowdsourcing.org "The CVCA is the voice of Canada's growing Venture Capital& Private Equity Industry, and the annual conference provides our industry with a unique networking platform to share opinions and learn from each other's experiences," said Lorne Jacobson, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chinese Firm Invests In RevenueShares IndexUniverse.com Suzhou Industrial Park Kaida Venture Capital—a Chinese private equity firm specializing in funding high-tech and financial companies across China—is paying $7 million for a 22 percent stake in VTL Associates, RevenueShares' parent company, VTL's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Credit Suisse Director Kelly Williams dishes on Michigan VC Metromode Media Related Tags. Investment, Venture Capital· Ann Arbor, Detroit. Kelly Williams is one of the most influential people in Michigan's emerging venture capital industry. She is the global head of Credit Suisse's Customized Fund Investment Group, which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| James Caan launches estate agency venture Ivy Gate Growingbusiness.co.uk James Caan's property-focused venture capital vehicle, Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate (HBRE), has invested in Surrey-based estate agency start-up Ivy Gate. Founded by former regional managing director of Your Move's London operation Jason Tebb, Ivy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oremex Silver Announces Strategic Plan, Appoints New Directors and CFO, and ... Junior Mining Network TORONTO, May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Oremex Silver Inc. ("Oremex" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: OAG) (OTCQX: ORAGF) (Frankfurt: OSI) Oremex Silver is pleased to provide a comprehensive update of its activities and corporate plan for the coming twelve ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cloud Gaming Startup Happy Cloud Raises $4.25 Million Series A Round All Things Digital The Happy Cloud, one of a slew of "cloud gaming" startups trying to bring videogames to new and different platforms, announced Wednesday it had raised a $4.25 million Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Avalon Ventures and joined by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Moderna CEO Bancel joins Flagship Ventures as senior partner Boston Business Journal (blog) Cambridge-based Flagship Ventures on Wednesday announced that Stephane Bancel, president and CEO of Flagship-founded Moderna Therapeutics, has joined the venture capital firm as a senior partner. Bancel will provide strategic counsel and support ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rocket Internet-incubated Southeast Asian lifestyle e-com venture Zalora ... VC Circle FoodPanda recently raised $20 million from a group of investors, including Investment AB Kinnevik, a Sweden-based investment company and Phenomen Ventures, a Russia-based venture capital firm. Another such cross-geography venture of Rocket ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| LOVEFiLM and Betfair investor leads big Series A investment into Urturn GrowthBusiness.co.uk Article: News. Venture capital firm Balderton Capital has contributed $10.7 million (£7.1 million) to a $13.4 million investment round into Urturn. London, Lausanne and Silicon Valley-based Urturn allows users to look through ready-made templates to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Bull And Bear Take On E-Commerce: Two Top-Tier Investors Weigh In Forbes Last year $500 million in venture capital poured into the sector according to the National Venture Capital Association, more than any time since 2000. Amazon and eBay enjoy market caps larger than General Motors General Motors, while newer entrants ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| German optical shop Fielmann eyes up startups with incubator Fielmann Ventures VentureVillage Fielmann Ventures promises to support projects with expertise, scaling competencies and venture capital. The incubator has short cycles, in which teams develop minimum viable products and test them with customers and opticians. The website promises ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Huggity to create 16 jobs and fast track international strategy with €600000 ... Businessandleadership.com Dublin-based digital start-up Huggity has secured a €600,000 investment from Enterprise Ireland and the AIB Seed Capital Fund, co-managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital. The investment will fast track Huggity's international scaling strategy and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Troy startup ThermoAura secures investment The Business Review (Albany) (blog) "If all goes according to plan, and I admit that doesn't happen often with startups, we shouldn't need to raise another dollar of venture capital," Mehta told me in a phone interview. "Our plan is to get to revenue as quickly as possible, and at that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Borderless Investments: The Top US Venture Capitalists Investing in Canadian ... Techvibes (blog) This article is the 3rd in a series that highlights how to properly go about funding and growing your startup. In evaluating US VCs, it's important to identify whether they hold any Canadian investments, as many firms have criteria about the geographic ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Distech Controls Continues Its Development by Welcoming New Investors ... DigitalJournal.com (press release) Samsung Ventures with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Export Development Canada (EDC), EnerTech Capital, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, W2 Investments, announced a total investment of $38-million (CAD) in Distech Controls. They join ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Prioritizing Tech Literacy Makes Sweden an Ideal State Wall Street Journal For a country of 9.5 million people, Sweden attracts more than its fair share of venture money. According to data from the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Swedish hi-tech firms attracted €108 million ($139 million) in venture ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NY Venture Capital Firm Sues Over $44M Asset Misstatement Law360 (subscription) Law360, Los Angeles (May 22, 2013, 4:42 PM ET) -- A venture capital firm filed a securities fraud lawsuit Monday in New York federal court against The Cash Store Financial Services Inc. claiming that CSFS overstated its assets by $44 million and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A western apparel retailer corrals its orders with new software InternetRetailer.com Dang Chicks is preparing to address that need by connecting its BigCommerce platform to software from United Kingdom-based Brightpearl, a company that recently opened an office in San Francisco and attracted $8 million in venture capital. Launched in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why New Brunswick is Canada's next tech startup hub Toronto Star Radian6, which monitors a brand's presence on social media, now enjoys a customer base that includes a full half of the world's Fortune 500 companies, and it's sale was named the "Venture Capital Deal of the Year" by Canada's Venture Capital& Private ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Go to There: Must-Attend Pitching Events for Chicagoland Entrepreneurs (Part ... NBC Chicago (blog) A smaller, selective event, BNC Venture Capital meets the first Tuesday of each month to introduce three early-stage companies seeking capital from accredited investors (angels, VCs and private equity firms). Companies make a 10-minute pitch to a mixed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Axiom EPM shows software startups can thrive without being flashy OregonLive.com There's a lot of flash and glamor in consumer technology, in venture capital, in cutting-edge software. But there's a lot of money in comparatively staid, straightforward business planning tools. Miles from the hustle and bustle of Portland's Pearl ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Digital Signal Corp. raises $50 million Washington Business Journal (blog) The company, more than a decade old, has now raised almost $100 million in total funding, including a $10 million raise last year from a group of investors that included Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital. That figure could climb if ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Does London Tech Scene Need More Money? InformationWeek London's chances of creating its own Silicon Valley-style high-growth business ecosystem, or a new East End-based Tech City might founder due to a lack of support by venture capitalists and local money managers. This week U.K. financial services firm ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cuomo announces tax-free zones near college campuses to attract start-ups The Central New York Business Journal Andrew Cuomo today unveiled Tax-Free NY, an initiative intended to "transform" university campuses statewide into tax-free zones that attract start-ups, venture capital, new business, and investments from around the world. Tax-Free NY offers new ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Interactions Corp. collects $40 million in new funding to make customer ... Boston.com And it's being led by Steve Murray, a venture capitalist based in the Newton office of Softbank Capital. Interactions Corp. helps about 22 big customers, including Hyatt and Humana, handle incoming phone calls more efficiently, without requiring ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| W 7 Acquisition Corp. has Entered Into an Amalgamation Agreement With ViXS ... Marketwire (press release) Windsor Private Capital and W 7 Acquisition Corp. ("W7") (TSX VENTURE:WSV.P) are pleased to announce that W7 has entered into an amalgamation agreement dated May 22, 2013 (the "Amalgamation Agreement") with ViXS Systems Inc. ("ViXS"), ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sleep tracking startup Zeo won't be down for breakfast Boston Business Journal (blog) Founded in 2003 by three Brown University students, Zeo got off to a promising start, raising more than $30 million from Johnson & Johnson Development Corp., Best Buy Capital, iRobot co-founder Colin Angle and a handful of venture capital firms. See all stories on this topic » |
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