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| Renaissance Venture Capital Attracted Nearly $300 Million In 20 Michigan ... Forbes The Renaissance Venture Capital Fund (RVCF) is a Michigan based venture capital fund. The company has announced today that their initial investment of $16.7 million has led to a total of nearly $300 million in 20 new Michigan companies. This means that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture capital deals Fortune (blog) NumberFour, a Berlin-based developer of small business apps, has raised $38 million in Series A funding. Index Ventures led the round, and was joined by T-Venture, Allen & Co. and individual angels like Jerry Yang and Andy Bechtolsheim. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WhatsNexx receives additional venture capital financing led by BDC Venture ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com MONTREAL, June 27, 2013 — /CNW Telbec/ - WhatsNexx, a leading edge provider of cross-channel marketing automation software, today announced the completion of its second round venture capital financing in the amount of $2.33 million. The financing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Liverpool venture capital provider Osprey Capital takes 35% stake in London firm Liverpool Daily Post Mr Kearney, 42, originally worked with financial companies in London before establishing his own firm, Fresh Options, which worked with other venture capital companies for four years. In 2008 he set up Osprey Capital, in his home town of Warrington ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PokitDok Secures $4 Million in Venture Capital Funding From New Atlantic ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com SAN MATEO, Calif. — PokitDok, Inc. today announced it secured $4 million in venture capital funding in a Series A round led by New Atlantic Ventures and syndicated with Rogers Venture Partners. Seed investors including Subtraction Capital, Zac Zeitlin ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican startup community still lacking venture capital funds Business News Americas Despite government-run accelerator programs and the availability of seed capital, Mexico still lacks venture capital funds to help develop the startup community, Federico Antoni, co-founder... This news article is one of hundreds published daily by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| At Premoney Conference, Venture Investors Told To Be More Innovative Wall Street Journal (blog) Looking to innovate just like the entrepreneurs they back, more than 300 investors gathered at 500 Startups' Premoney Conference in San Francisco to debate how to unleash the buttoned-down industry. “The biggest change in venture capital has been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Exclusive: DARPA alums form VC firm Fortune FORTUNE -- A new breed of energy-focused private equity funds is beginning to emerge, focused on capital-efficient companies rather than the fortune-burning manufacturing plays of yesteryear. In other words, no more solar panel or biofuel investments ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Relay Ventures Names Ex-Woodbridge Chief Beattie Chairman (1) Businessweek (TRI), has been named chairman of Relay Ventures to scout new investment opportunities for the Canadian venture capital fund. Beattie was president of the Woodbridge Co., the investment holding company for the Thomson Family through which it controls ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Daily Startup: Kleiner Perkins Arbitration Bid Denied in Pao Case Wall Street Journal (blog) Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which for more than a year has been fighting a gender discrimination case filed by former Partner Ellen Pao, lost another bid on Wednesday to send the case to arbitration. San Francisco's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A2: Venture Capital The Ann Arbor Chronicle In a guest commentary for The Bridge, Chris Rizik – CEO of Renaissance Venture Capital Fund in Ann Arbor – describes the entrepreneurial and venture funding landscape in Michigan, giving an optimistic outlook. He writes: “Of course, Michigan hasn't ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Outgoing EVCA chairman calls for transparency Financial News Vincenzo Morelli, the outgoing chairman of The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, has praised the performance of the continent's private equity and venture capital firms since the crisis, but said the industry is to blame for many ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Insight Venture Partners in 2013 : $350 Million+ So Far Forbes In the past twelve months, growth stage venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners has made some confident investments from its multi-billion dollar fund. Managing director Jeff Horing took some time to speak with FORBES about the firm's overall ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Upfront Ventures Is the New GRP Capital, With $200M More to Invest All Things Digital GRP Capital is now Upfront Ventures, it announced today. (The long-time Los Angeles-based venture capital firm was originally “Global Retail Partners.”) Upfront — whose recent investments include Maker Studios, DataSift and ZestFinance — is also ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture Capitalism as a Passion and a Lifestyle Newsworks.org "VC," or venture capitalist, is part of the jargon of our technological times. We know they're among us ― they've been behind start-ups that have blossomed into major industries like Facebook and Pinterest. If you've ever wondered what a venture... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dave McClure Hits 500 Wall Street Journal (blog) Among other examples of his outspoken nature, Mr. McClure has insulted fellow panelists with foul language at tech conferences, and in April he published a blog post entitled “Scaling Venture Capital? We suck. We can do better.” Along those lines, Mr. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| London a bustling hub for digital startups, but later stage ventures face hurdles Globe and Mail In April, London Mayor Boris Johnson played host to a Google Hangout streamed live from the InnoTech Summit held at Level39, Canary Wharf, which included participation from venture capital firms in the United States. And last May, the Million Pound ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venture's Competition Crunch: Strategies for Success CNBC.com High-profile, billion-dollar sales of some venture-backed companies are making the venture capital industry increasingly competitive. The question of how to become a better investor is the topic of the "500 Startups" conference in San Francisco. There ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Guest commentary: Moving from defense to offense for Michigan's entrepreneurs Bridge Michigan An important change has been in the growth of venture capital. Name an important company that has emerged in that time period — from Google to Intel — and chances are that venture capitalists invested millions of dollars before that company could ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Havers joins Odgers Berndtson Financial News Simon Havers, the former chairman of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, has re-emerged at an executive search firm, where he will focus on helping private equity firms to recruit management teams for portfolio companies. Havers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures socalTech.com Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. However, one, longtime local fund--GRP Partners--appears to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GRP Partners Raises New $200M Fund, Becomes Upfront Ventures socalTech.com Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. The 17-year old firm, which also said it will open up a brand new home at the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lok Capital looks beyond MFI to healthcare & renewable energy mydigitalfc.com The cap on profitability is making Lok Capital, a social venture capital firm, look beyond micro-finance to sectors like healthcare and renewable energy. The Rockfeller Foundation-funded Lok Capital's $22 million first fund was completely invested in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Michigan VC Roundup: Good News Abounds Xconomy —The Detroit-based Renaissance Venture Capital Fund (RVCF) announced its initial investment of $16.7 million in 20 Michigan companies has led to a return of nearly $300 million. Xconomist Chris Rizik, who is the fund-of-funds' CEO, says it's great ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SanDisk Corporation (SNDK) Invests In Cloud Storage Company Panzura Pulse 2.0 SanDisk participated in Panzura's Series D funding round with Meritech Capital, Matrix Partners, Khosla Ventures, Opus Capital, and Chevron Technology Ventures. “Panzura's innovative global NAS cloud infrastructure solution offers numerous benefits ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Active Growth Capital Announces Private Placement, Proposed Consolidation ... Junior Mining Network VAL D'OR, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - June 27, 2013) - ACTIVE GROWTH CAPITAL INC. (TSX VENTURE:ACK) (the "Corporation") announces that it has mail the notice of meeting and information circular (collectively, the "Circular") for its annual and special ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Duke Energy Invests in Solar Firm Clean Power Finance Wall Street Journal Other investors include California utility company Edison International (EIX), venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Claremont Creek Ventures and Google Inc.'s (GOOG) venture-capital arm, and Hennessey Capital, a unit of Hitachi ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins Wall Street Journal Effective at the opening on Friday, June 28, 2013, the common shares of Algold Resources Ltd. will commence trading on TSX Venture Exchange and the common shares of Kanosak Capital Venture Corporation will be delisted. The Company is classified as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Digital Publishing Company Inkling Raises $16 Million Pulse 2.0 Based in San Francisco, Inkling Systems has raised $16 million in venture capital funding. Inkling has developed software for iPads that can turn textbooks into interactive e-books. The e-books support zooming in on 3D graphics and the ability to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Business Venture, and Friendship, Sour After Insider Conviction New York Times Mr. Saxena, a, longtime player in private equity and venture capital, started New Silk Route with Mr. Gupta in 2006 after stepping down from the helm of Invesco Private Capital, where he led a team that invested in a glittering array of start-ups and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| VCs To Congress: US Immigration Policies Are Hurting Startup Communities ... Forbes In a recent National Venture Capital Association survey 74% of respondents said that current laws hurt U.S. competitiveness. Nearly four in five believe it's too hard for the newly arrived to start a business in the U.S. Here's the argument for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Former Partner Sues Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers IVCPOST ... discrimination lawsuit was filed in Silicon Valley that moved closer to trial after rulings set by a panel of justices. The said ruling was for venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers could not take arbitrary measures for its former ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 5th Avenue Acquisitions & Venture Capitalists Now Offers Affordable Financing ... PR Web (press release) Dentists and other medical professionals looking to invest in their own practice can benefit from the brokers at 5th Avenue Acquisitions & Venture Capitalists by purchasing an established dental, veterinary, plastic surgeon, or ophthalmological ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Banff Venture Forum 2013 Arrives This September Techvibes (blog) Banff Venture Forum assists emerging technology companies by providing them with visibility and quality chances to present to leading private equity and venture capital investors. Peter S. Crombie, Corporate Director and Past Chairman of RuggedCom Inc. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Capco, Great Portland Estates joint venture sells last asset BDlive LONDON and JSE-listed Capital& Counties Properties (Capco) said on Wednesday its joint-venture entity with London-listed Great Portland Estates had sold its last remaining asset. The joint venture, known as The Great Capital Partnership, sold its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Winner of Boomer Business Plan Competition aims to help patients with tremors SiliconBeat The Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit on Wednesday brought together big names in venture capital and health care for an event that captured more innovative ideas, cutting-edge technology and overall excitement than any event with the name ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Duke Board of Trustees to add six new members in July Durham Herald Sun They are Stephen Pagliuca, a managing director at the global investment firm Bain Capital and co-owner and managing general partner of the Boston Celtics; Carmichael Roberts Jr., a general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners; and Edward A. Gilhuly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Difference Capital Financial Inc. Files Final Prospectus for $50 Million ... Marketwire (press release) Difference Capital Financial Inc. ("DCF") (TSX VENTURE:DCF) announced today that it has filed a final short form prospectus with the security regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada, other than Quebec, in connection with a previously ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Picking on the private sector Stuff.co.nz While the New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (NZVCA) concedes the well-known roll call of highly leveraged Aussie private equity investments in Kiwi businesses gone sour - read Yellow Pages, Whitcoulls, Independent Liquor - it ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Upfront Ventures Is the New GRP Capital, With $200M More to ... By Liz Gannes GRP Capital is now Upfront Ventures, it announced today. (The longtime Los Angeles-based venture capital firm was originally "Global Retail Partners.") Upfront -- whose recent investments include Maker Studios, DataSift and ZestFinance ... AllThingsD | ||
| A Venture SLA | Startup Boy By naval Recent brands in Venture Capital arose from transparency and founder-friendliness. YCombinator gives new, young, technical talent an entry into Silicon Valley. 500 Startups does it globally. Fred Wilson blogs the business. Marc Andreessen ... Startup Boy | ||
| GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures By Mark Suster Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we've changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. What's up with that? Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and ... Both Sides of the Table |
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| AUTM | Venture Capital 101 With the heightened attention of senior academic administrators to economic development and fostering innovation ecosystems, academic technology transfer ... www.autm.net/Venture_Capital_101/11176.htm | ||
| Venture Capital Bill Should Be Delayed Until Evidence of Job ... Under the guise of job creation, the State Senate is poised to pass VentureCapital Legislation (SB 169) on Tuesday. The companion bill (AB 181) has already ... urbanmilwaukee.com/.../venture-capital-bill-should-be-delaye... | ||
| Perceptual Computing: Venture Capital Financing Trends - CB Insights Companies that provide technologies including voice control, facial recognition, emotion tracking and biometrics garnered $182M in venture capital financing in ... www.cbinsights.com/.../perceptual-computing-venture-capital |
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