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The last time I went to talk with venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, I spent more time ogling his museum of NASA Apollo gear than I did talking about his startup investments. So I made an ...  
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The year didn’t end as high for the software industry, as investments fell in the fourth quarter, with $1.8 billion going into 238 deals.  But despite a dip in investment in the fourth quarter, the software industry retained its hold as the ...  
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Battery Ventures led the round, which also saw participation from Qualcomm. Outside the Valley, New York’s Greycroft Ventures also joined in the financing. Viddy, which lets users share 15-second video clips, will use the funding to bring its ...  
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And yet, somehow, Jordan appears to be thriving as a home to young entrepreneurs. There are at least two venture-capital firms -- Oasis 500 and Endeavor Jordan-- that are incubating promising young businessmen. People in the business estimate ...  
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Summary Box: Japan startups take on Silicon Valley Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 08:32 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 Some venture capitalists believe last year's earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear disaster that followed compelled many Japanese to take an increasingly uncertain future...  
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VC firm Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B to invest SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A venture capital firm started by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen has raised an additional $1.5 billion to invest in promising technology startups. Andreessen helped trigger the dot-com boom when he co-founded Web browser pioneer Netscape Communications in the mid-1990s.  
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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Eddy Shalev, managing partner at Genesis Partners, talks about the Israeli venture-capital culture and investment strategy in startups. Shalev speaks with Courtney Donohoe on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves." (Source: Bloomberg)  
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The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the fourth quarter of 2011, based on a December 2011 survey of 30 San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists, registered 3.27 on a 5 point scale (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence). This quarter's index fell from the previous quarter's reading of 3.41 and marks the third consecutive quarterly decline in the eight-year running research report. Click on...  
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Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said Thursday that life sciences venture capital funding rose 21 percent during 2011, with $7.5 billion invested in 785 deals. The sector includes biotechnology and medical device companies, for the purposes of a new PwC U.S. report called "Zigzagging Upward." It includes data from the PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report, based on Thomson Reuters data. However, life sciences...  
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Early-stage investing is chugging along at a nice pace. But Silicon Valley venture capitalists are less confident about the months ahead than they were during the financial tumult of the fall. This is according to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index prepared each quarter by Mark Cannice, a professor at the University of San Francisco. [...]  
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VC turns office into Apollo museum

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The last time I went to talk with venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , I spent more time ogling his museum of NASA Apollo gear than I did talking about his startup investments.Read Full Story

‘Why Venture Capitalists Won’t Back Your Business’ with Brian Hirsch — Entrepreneur Addiction #22

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Click below to Play Click here to download the mp3 Click here to download the whitepaper Click here to subscribe on iTunes. Click here for the RSS feed (non iTunes) Click here for the show archive Brian Hirsch, a longtime venture capitalist and the Managing Partner at Tribeca Venture Partners , opens up about the mind of a VC, what investors are thinking and how to approach them. During the process, he reveals some surprising information about what VCs are really looking for...Read Full Story

Video: Venture Capitalist Shalev on Israeli Startups

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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Eddy Shalev, managing partner at Genesis Partners, talks about the Israeli venture-capital culture and investment strategy in startups. Shalev speaks with Courtney Donohoe on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

VC turns office into Apollo museum

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Another venture capitalist with a penchant for collecting old technology: Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His focus? Gear from NASA's Apollo era.Read Full Story

VC turns office into Apollo museum

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Another venture capitalist with a penchant for collecting old technology: Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His focus? Gear from NASA's Apollo era.Read Full Story

Venture Capitalists At Work: How Vcs Identify And Build Billion-Dollar Successes

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E-Book Details Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes offers unparalleled insights into the funding and management of companies like YouTube, Zappos, Twitter, Starent, Facebook, and Groupon. The venture capitalists profiled—among the best in the business— also reveal how they identify promising markets, products, and entrepreneurs. Author Tarang Shah, a venture capital professional himself, interviews rising VC stars, Internet and software...Read Full Story

Thinking Differently: Stanford Design School's Inaugural Hackathon

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 History was made and a precedent was set this past weekend at Stanford University in Silicon Valley. The  Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University , or the d.school presented their inaugural  hackathon  called HACK.d. It was the first time that an educational institution completely opened up its website code to be re-imagined by its constituents. The objective was to use the existing d.school website and core content as both a platform and an inspirational tool to build new...Read Full Story
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