By Robert Weisman As the financial crisis deepens, venture capital firms that bankroll high-tech and life sciences start-ups are experiencing the slowest ...
By Erin Ailworth High energy prices, concerns about global warming, and an influx of venture capital are helping to insulate the state's growing green ...
Massively multiplayer online gamer MindFuse has secured $1 million in convertible debt from the Keiretsu Forum angel investor group, Venturebeat reports. The Berkeley, CA.-based company expects to raise an undisclosed amount of venture capital by within the next month. In the meantime, MindFuse...
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y.----Seaway Valley Capital Corporation , a diversified holding company, announced that it has co-founded and is a partner in North Country Farms, LLC, a company formed to pursue value-added agricultural production, processing and marketing ventures with an initial focus on flour...
Venture capital investment in clean tech has been soaring in recent years because of high energy prices along with the growing concern and growing action on ...
Toronto The CVCA - Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association - issued a call to all federal political parties to support programs that will ...
There were zero venture capital-backed IPOs in the second quarter of 2008, the first time that’s happened in 30 years, according to a report titled “The ...
21Ventures, a US based venture capital firm, announced today a seed investment in CogniSafe Ltd. – an Israeli company providing real-time anti-cheat ...
Detroit Renaissance has launched a venture capital fund and hired Chris Rizik (co-founder of Ardesta) to serve as the CEO of the new fund, setting a goal of ...
Chicken Little cried, “The sky is falling”; but it was just an acorn. Is the sky financial falling or is it only a short term liquidity shock? The current credit derivative swap debacle takes us back to the implosion of LTCM. Only this time the entire financial market is intertwined together in the credit swap insurance scam. The troubles on Wall Street are rippling through all other financial instruments and impacting global markets. The impact to Silicon Valley is…..bad. Venture...
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Many people turn to debt consolidation as a way of finding relief from debt problems. Nevertheless, experiences show that not all debt consolidation efforts end up successfully. Some even find that their debt problems have gone worse after they consolidated. What could have gone wrong? In this article, let’s talk about the possible errors that one can commit when taking debt consolidation. Watch out for rip-offs. Some debt consolidation companies take advantage of their...
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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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Starting your own business takes cash. Sometimes, it takes lots and lots of cash. For many would be business owners this need for startup money feels like an insurmountable hurdle. The good news is that there’s no reason to let the need for cash derail your business before it gets started. These 7 tips and resources are here to get you started.
1. Start locally. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) www.sba.gov – offers many loan opportunities for start up businesses. Among your...
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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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