Venture Capital

The Chamber of Eco Commerce is sponsoring Atlanta Venture Capital and Angel Event, a panel discussion hosted by Funding Post that will feature local Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists (VCs) and Corporate Venture Capitalists. Over the past 11 years ...  

Gus Sentementes' recent article noted that Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, one of our region's technology companies, had received $5 million in venture capital from sources on both coasts ("To find investors: Go west, young startup — but come ...  

Venture capitalists apparently believe there is more room for innovation in the online payments space beyond services like PayPal and Google Wallet, with reports of new funding rounds going to startups Stripe and Dwolla. Sequoia Capital and other investors ...  

On March 1, 2012, FundingPost (http://www.FundingPost.com) will host a panel discussion with local Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists and Corporate VCs at its "Atlanta VC and Angel Conference," sponsored by The Chamber of Eco Commerce. FundingPost has ...  

TORONTO — Canada’s venture capital firms posted strong growth in small business financing in 2011, with 34% more money going to 24% more firms than the year before, the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association said Tuesday.  

DoubleRecall, the YCombinator-backed startup that looks to replace paywalls, bagged $1.6 million in funding from Silicon Valley investors. It launched fundraising at the YCombinator Demo Day in August 2011, and since then, has added other investors Start Fund, SV Angel, Digital Garage, Itochu Ventures, Mentor Equity and TEEC Angel. PRESS RELEASE: NEW YORK, NY (February [...]  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and his partners have raised another $1.5 billion to invest in technology startups as they prepare to profit from a previous bet on Internet social ...  

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 ...  

Global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has appointed Silicon Valley veteran Heidi Roizen as a venture partner. Roizen will work closely with DFJ’s portfolio companies providing strategic advice and will help identify new investment opportunities. PRESS RELEASE Global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) announced today that Silicon Valley veteran Heidi Roizen has joined the [...]  

More than ever before, venture capitalists are digging in. To stay competitive and top-of-mind, VC’s are no longer loaning their advice and their capital, but actual “core” services that portfolio companies need. This shift isn’t necessarily new. For example, top VC firms like Kleiner Perkins and Greylock play a hands-on role in helping recruit talent. Recently, we’ve seen firms roll up their sleeves for another core competency: public...  

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)  

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 ...  

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 ...  

Among the 150-plus major donors disclosed by Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney: Marc Andreessen, the Netscape co-founder who's become one of the biggest venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. His firm, Andreessen Horowitz ...  

Even Silicon Valley has its own version of the red carpet. They're called the Crunchies — hosted every year by tech news blogs VentureBeat, TechCrunch and GigaOm. It's an award show like the Academy Awards, but for startups. This year's top startup was ...