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Venture capital investment in New Mexico remains strong, but investors say the national financial crisis soon could trickle down to local startups.
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By Robert Weisman As the financial crisis deepens, venture capital firms that bankroll high-tech and life sciences start-ups are experiencing the slowest ...
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The following is from Ask The VC , where Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson of Foundry Group answer questions related to venture capital investment and startups: Tom Crotty, managing general partner of Battery ...
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... Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. In terms of number of deals, there have been 199 M&A deals so far in 2008 and only 6 VC-backed IPOs. ...
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Filed under: Deals, Google (GOOG), Cisco Systems (CSCO)Venture capitalists (VCs) are supposed to take the long view of things. Even fast-growing companies like Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) can take awhile to get traction. Of course, it's worth the wait as the returns can be...
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Although the credit crunch affects venture capitalists only indirectly, "the real frustration for VCs is the lack of exits," blogs Stuart Ellman , co-founder of RRE Ventures, a New York VC firm that has ...
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Other than the availability of bigger boxes (or clear, plastic ones) it’s hard to point to big changes in the way we store our stuff. Shifts in data storage are similarly mundane. But like the physical storage industry, which has seen slight innovations in recent years, business-class data...
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Fincancial crisis or not, VC investments did not entirely disappear, it's just getting increasingly difficult to get funded.
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What is the impact the Carlyle Fund collapse will have on other venture capital or private equity firms? 2. What are the reasons that you believe led this ...
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Judy Kjelstrom, director of the Biotechnology Program at University of California Davis, circulated around the Sacramento Region Clean Energy Showcase Venture Expo on Sept. 26 wearing a name tag that said “Velocity Venture Capital.”
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If Google was keen on finding a source of renewable energy, Greenbang would humbly suggest building a bonfire out of the wads and wads of large denomination notes that doubtless make up the company’s founders’ pocket change. Just throwing the spare wads of twenties that have slipped down the back of the sofa on the fire should be enough to keep the Google campus warm for a day or two.
But that wouldn’t be that environmentally friendly - Greenbang would imagine that burning notes would kick up...
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Two consultants short-listed Staff Reporter To prepare master plan for Smart City project in Kochi KOCHI: Giving impetus to the proposed Smart City project, a director board meeting of the company here on Wednesday short-listed two consultants for drawing up a master plan for the project. The names of the consultants would be announced as soon as the formalities in this regard are over. “The short-listing of master planners for SmartCity Kochi is a defining step towards our...
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Editor's note: While we have promoted the effectiveness of using venture capital firms and VC funding as a way of finding jobs in startups, the tools to do that have not been as focused or specific as we would have liked. We recently came across the VentureLoop website, which is focused on jobs through and with VC firms. The distinction is important. If you are a sharp financial wizard, you will appeal to the VC's, who research startup opportunities to fund. If you are a mid-career, fast...
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For a class I was recently asked to put together a list of opportunities for technology startups seeking financing around the Washington DC area. The following list contains light details of some of DC’s premier VC firms/funds specializing in technology. Also please see the link to the more comprehensive list at the bottom of this entry. Please email me any corrections, additions or comments. PS: I know Microsoft is not DC based, but I liked the photo.
Here we go in no particular...
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Businesses in the US are giving the Government a run for its money according to the National Venture Capital Association.
Tech Journal South reports that companies, including Google, are staking huge sums of cash into alternative energy research.
CleanTech investments by US venture capital firms reached a record-breaking $2.6 billion from 168 deals in the first three quarters of 2007, according to data from Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association.
NVCA president, Mark...
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