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Venture capital funding down in 2012
Boston Globe
Venture capital funding for start-ups dropped nationwide and in Massachusetts last year as investors shied away from backing biotechnology companies, traditionally a bright spot for investment in New England. Overall spending for New England fell to $3 ...
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Atari founder on venture capital documentary, Steve Jobs
Los Angeles Times
The first is a documentary that's going to be airing on various PBS stations over the next few weeks called, "Something Ventured: Risk, Reward And The Original Venture Capitalists." The film is a tribute to the pioneers of venture capital. Bushnell ...
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Venture capitalists tightened purse strings last quarter, year
Reuters
... Jan 18 (Reuters) - U.S. venture capitalists invested $6.4 billion in start-up companies in the fourth quarter, continuing a slowdown in spending, according to a report from the National Venture Capital Association and consultancy ...
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Venture capital deals
Fortune (blog)
New shareholders will include Google Inc., ICONIQ Capital, Social+Capital Partnership and Laurel Crown Partners. Some existing equity backers also participated, but the company didn't get into specifics. Prior investors have included Bain Capital...
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Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital
blogs.hbr.org (blog)
Compare that to the world of venture capital. If a business entrepreneur came to us with a plan for growing a new business without spending a penny on overhead, we would show him or her the door. Why should it be any different for a social entrepreneur?
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blogs.hbr.org (blog)
What Problem Is Harper's Venture Capital Plan Trying to Solve?
Huffington Post Canada
On January 14, 2012 the Government of Canada finally made some details available about its venture capital measures first announced in the 2012 Budget Plan. These measures form a package of both indirect and direct investment in the venture capital...
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Power of ideas: How startups growing sans venture capital money
Economic Times
When all indications point to a restricted supply of venture capital—in 2012 funds invested about $700 million (about Rs 3,820 crore), a little over half of the previous year—startups will need to make the rupee stretch. Take a look at some of the ...
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Economic Times
VCs Invested $26.5B In 3698 Companies In 2012, Total Dollars And Deal ...
TechCrunch
"General economic uncertainty continues to hinder capital investments, and venture capitalists are no different," noted Tracy T. Lefteroff, global managing partner of the venture capital practice at PwC U.S., in the report. MoneyTree2. "As some ...
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TechCrunch
HCA, Ascension Pump Venture Capital Into Quality, Efficiency Innovations
Becker's Hospital Review
St. Louis-based Ascension Health recently set aside a $225 million venture capital fund earmarked for projects involving health IT, devices and diagnostic screenings. The for-profit Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tenn., aims to ...
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Name changer: Sen. Darling ventures to improve popularity of Wisconsin capital...
Kansas Watchdog
State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, thinks it's time venture capital had a new handle. How about "investment capital?" Yeah, that's the ticket. "Well, I think we changed the issue of venture capital to investment capital," Darling said. The ...
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Feds announce $400M in venture capital
St. Albert Leader
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a plan on Monday to provide $400 million in venture capital to stem the loss of young entrepreneurs to the United States and to rekindle investor interest in providing start-up funds for new ventures.
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St. Albert Leader
Tango Health Lands $1 Million in Venture Capital
Silicon Hills News
Tango Health Lands $1 Million in Venture Capital. January 17, 2013 by lalorek Leave a Comment. imgres-6 Tango Health, a provider of Health Savings Account management software, announced it has closed on a $1 million follow-on round to its Series B ...
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Silicon Hills News
Canada launches C$400m venture capital initiative
NewNet
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has launched a new Venture Capital Action Plan to improve access to venture capital financing, including a C$400m commitment to help increase private sector investments in early stage risk capital. The aim is to ...
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NewNet
Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming
Forbes
In another report more specifically on Venture Capital Activity for 2012, CB Insights noted relatively flat but still healthy funding levels, compared to the previous year (down in total dollars by 7.5%, but up in total deals by 7%). Thus the venture...
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Plans Unveiled for 2013 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
PR Newswire (press release)
The sessions will provide insight on venture capital and investment trends, with input from seasoned industry executives representing firms of all sizes and across myriad industry specialties. "The Symposium represents the many people and organizations ...
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Telligent Raises $5m from NXT Capital
Private Equity Hub (press release)
NXT Capital's Venture Finance Group today announced the closing of a $5.0 million venture loan to Telligent, a leading provider of social community software for the enterprise. Telligent will use proceeds from this facility to capitalize on strategic ...
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For Bessemer Venture Partners 2012 Proved a Banner Year: Highlights Include ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MENLO PARK, CA and LARCHMONT, NY, Jan 17, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Bessemer Venture Partners, a top venture capital firm backing great entrepreneurs who lead transformative startups and other high growth companies, ended 2012 on a ...
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Risk and Reward
China Daily
Once the darlings of the Chinese economic miracle, private equity and venture capital funds are gasping for breath as the global economic slowdown is fast changing the industry landscape and queering the pitch for long-term prospects. Though most of ...
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China Daily
Firms with private capital backing are overachievers, study shows
Dallas Business Journal (blog)
LaBranche is the president and CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth, a Chicago-based trade organization centered primarily on middle-market private equity and venture capital firms. (They define that as doing deals in the $500 million to $1 ...
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StartWire Closes Series B Financing
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Lebanon, NH (PRWEB) January 17, 2013. StartWire, America's #1 job search organizer, today announced the close of a Series B financing round of $1.5MM, led by Baird Venture Partners (BVP), the U.S. venture capital fund of Baird Private Equity. StartWire ...
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Blogs2 new results for Venture Capital
 
"Indecent Proposal" For Startup Founders | Venture Capital Cafe
By Eze Vidra
Venture Capital Cafe · About VC Cafe · Contact · Startup Resources (Updated Dec 2012) · Home > HackFwd > "Indecent Proposal" For Startup Founders. VC & Startup Resources. VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting ...
VC Cafe
Canada Launches $400M Venture Capital Action Plan | FinSMEs
By FinSMEs
Canada's PM Stephen Harper has launched a $400m venture capital initiative to improve access to venture capital financing by high-growth companies. The Venture Capital Action Plan aims to help increase private sector investments in ...
FinSMEs

Web3 new results for Venture Capital
 
Venture capital funding in Dallas area at lowest level in at least 17 ...
The venture capital industry faced economic uncertainty in 2012, keeping investors on the sidelines.
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Stanford's Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Course | The Dish ...
The study of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital thrive at Stanford and the course Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Venture Capital exemplifies student ...
thedishdaily.com/.../stanfords-entrepreneurship-and-venture-c...
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS RAISED $20.6 BILLION DURING 2012 ...
From Yahoo! Finance: VC Industry Continues to Bifurcate Into Large and Small Funds New York, January 7, 2013 - U.S. venture capital firms raised $20.6 billion ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../venture-capital-funds-raised-20-130201...


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