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Same Sex Marriage and Venture Capital
Small Business Trends | 17 hours ago by small biz
I heard on the radio the other day that California became only the second state (after Massachusetts) to permit same sex marriage. And that got me thinking about bad entrepreneurship research. While it might be strange that my mind goes from same s read more
A new kind of (Mini) Venture Capital
SEO and Tech Daily | July 7th 2008 by Charlie Anzman
A couple of days ago, Jeremiah Owyang visited this blog and commented, "Friendfeed Integration - Brilliant". The fact is, I had nothing (or very little) to do with it. About a month or so ago, Louis Gray posted a note to Friendfeed. "How much do I read more
Mobile VoIP Startup Nimbuzz Raises $15 Million in Second Round Fu…
Social Networking Blog - SociableBlog.com | July 6th 2008 by Social B
Nimbuzz, the comprehensive mobile VoIP and IM provider that also brings IM and voice to social networks, has raised $15 million Second Round funding. The new round of funding was led by Naspers/MIH with Nimbuzz’s other major existing investor M read more
Interview with Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium, on a life in te…
VentureBeat | July 3rd 2008
Vinod Dham has lived the quintessential Silicon Valley rags to riches immigrant story. Born in Pune, India, he came to the U.S. in 1975 as an engineering student with just $8 in his pocket. He became a chip engineer and helped invent Intel’s first read more
2007 CleanTech investment jumped 60% globally
Cleantech experiments & success stories | July 3rd 2008
A recent report of the UNEP highlights a 60% surge in 2007 global investment on clean technologies. Once again, Europe attracted most of the new investment. Wind energy comes first but solar power grew most rapidly. Here are some of the conclusions o read more
More Funding.. 5 Million $ By Sequoia For Cybercafe Ad Network -…
Online Shopping in India | July 2nd 2008 by Joshan
For those of you who are still scratching their heads thinking how that desktops in cybercafe's be monetized think again! CLINCK is an Active Desktop Application which provides the user with shortcuts to Internet Browsers, Messengers, System Shortc read more
More bad news for Startups and Venture Capitalists
Joe Duck | July 1st 2008 by Joseph Hunkins
More bad news for Startups and Venture Capitalists from the New York Times “bits” section about technology trends. Not only is the number of IPOs falling (zero in Q2 of 2008), but it also the number of mergers or aquisitions of star read more
National Venture Capital Association Issues Bleak Report; State o…
Square Feet Blog ...a Commercial Real Estate Blog | July 1st 2008 by J Alili
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Wall Street to Sand Hill Road: we won't be fooled again
e-consultancy blog | July 1st 2008
For the first time since 1978, a full calendar quarter went by with not a single VC-backed company going public. read more
Five Quid and a Crate of Beer - Starting the New New Business
WOWNDADI @ redcatco | June 30th 2008 by Benjamin
I’ve been ‘doing’ startup technology businesses for over 20 years now. During that time lots of things have changed, and lots of things have stayed the same. It can get confusing as to which is which, so l took myself along to the read more
The Financial Summary
SOPHISTICATED FINANCE | June 30th 2008 by Robert Hacker
Daniel Cohen, an Israeli-based VC has a good post up on how to present summary financial information in a first meeting to a VC. I always find it comforting that good practices are the same all over the world when it comes to finance, investing, valu read more
Clean Tech: UC Davis Hosts 2nd Annual Green Technology Entreprene…
The Green Skeptic | June 30th 2008 by Scott Edward Anderson
The University of California at Davis (UC Davis) Center for Entrepreneurship announced today that 50 students from around the world have been selected to attend the second annual Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy in Incline Village, Nevada. T read more
Funding WindFall 2.0 - Canaan To Invest More & Walder Returns Wit…
WATblog | June 30th 2008
Well this is surely funding windfall 2.0 and if the earlier windfall was cut short by the dotcom bust this windfall will take some stopping if at all it can stop. The money seems to be pouring in from all directions in India. Those who have invested read more
The Plot Against Solar Energy Killed U.S. Wind Power Decade Ago
CleanBeta | June 28th 2008 by William Pentland
Map of Promising Sites for Wind Power The Bureau of Land Management eclipsed the promise of solar energy in the United States yesterday. The tragic fate of the U.S. wind power industry in the 1980s... The Search for Sustainable Technologies read more
No VC for you! Zero IPOs in Q2 2008
Joe Duck | June 28th 2008 by Joseph Hunkins
The New York Times is noting that there have been no VC funded IPOs in this second quarter of 2008, which appears to be the first time that has happened since 1978. I haven’t done enough research to suggest this is a huge anomaly but I thin read more
Social broadcast radio network:BlogTalkRadio raises $4.6 mil
Technology, Business and Finance news from around the globe | June 27th 2008
BlogTalkRadio, the online social talk radio broadcasting network, has raised $4.6 million in Series A financing. The Kraft Group, which is headed by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, was the lead investor, along with former hedge-fund manager read more
FAS 157 - Another Annoying Accounting Provision
Feld Thoughts | June 27th 2008
I feel like bitching about FAS 157 today. I was at the annual meeting for one of our LPs yesterday and there was a long discussion about the impact of FAS 157 on both the buyout and the venture capital business. Once again everyone was in read more
The Web Week in Review
e-consultancy blog | June 27th 2008
From more Yahoo drama to a big money investment and rumoured acquisition to the news that the mobile phone may be great for brain tumours, the tech news that interested me this week was diverse. read more
One More VC Joins The Bandwagon - Inventus with 125 M $.. Some Po…
Online Shopping in India | June 27th 2008 by Joshan
India is possibly the only market in the world where there might be more Venture capitalists doing the round than entrepreneurs and there and very few platforms as well which help showcase entrepreneurs and give them access to VC’s. One such platfo read more
Mobile instant messaging company Miyowa gets $8 million to expand…
VentureBeat | June 26th 2008
French mobile instant messaging company Miyowa announced a second round of funding today, to the tune of of $8 million, bringing its total financing to date up to $12.7 million. The company has flown largely under the radar in America, but it plans t read more
Lehman’s Chief Folds on His 2008 BonusLehman’s Chief Folds on…
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | June 26th 2008 by Dinesh
From Louise Story, a DealBook colleague: Last week, Lehman Brothers‘ embattled chief executive Richard S. Fuld Jr. made a peace offering to the investment bank’s managing directors. He and the firm’s new president, Bart McDade, said they would read more
SodaHead, Leading Opinion Community, Secures $8.4 Million in Seri…
Social Networking Blog - SociableBlog.com | June 26th 2008 by Social B
SodaHead, a leading opinion community focused on discussing today’s hottest topics, announced an $8.4 million Series B round of funding. Mission Ventures led the round with prior investor Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) co-investing. Funds will be allo read more
Is Web 2.0 changing the entrepreneur-VC dynamic?
e-consultancy blog | June 26th 2008
In Web 1.0, a considerable amount of startup activity was centered on the notion that the internet was a "commercial" medium. It wasn't uncommon to see an e-commerce startup raise an eight figure round of funding early on in its lifecycle. read more
Venture Capitalists: Not Gangsters, but Gamblers
Joe Duck | June 25th 2008 by Joseph Hunkins
Thanks to a very thoughtful comment by Fools Gold in an earlier post, I’m again really wondering about the math of the VC biz. Venture Capital for startups appears to be a game that is generally misunderstood by most as a sort of inside read more
Latest VC Deals
HYPOGENE | June 25th 2008 by Khari Parson
PE Week WireAspen Aerogels, a Northborough, Mass.-based nanotech company focused on insulation materials, has raised $37 million in fourth-round funding, according to VentureWire. Arcapita Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers Lehm read more
Unregistered Securities Volume up 140%
HYPOGENE | June 25th 2008 by Khari Parson
Business WireSecondary private transaction volume for unregistered securities in U.S. private companies increased approximately 140% to $3 billion as compared to $1.25 billion in 2006, according to a recently released research report from NYPPEX Priv read more
Yoono - Socialize Your Browser by Bringing Social Networks, Bookm…
Social Networking Blog - SociableBlog.com | June 25th 2008 by Social B
Yoono, a leader in developing solutions to simplify your Internet life and save you time, announced the private beta launch of its newly expanded service for FireFox users. Yoono truly socializes your browser, getting you to interact more with friend read more
Jaxtr raises $10 mil. in series B
Technology, Business and Finance news from around the globe | June 24th 2008
Voice over Internet protocol company Jaxtr has raised a $10 million Series B round and announced a paid service that the fast-growing company said would allow it to reach break-even next year. Valuation for the new round, which was led by Lehman Brot read more
OwnerIQ raises $6mil in series B funding
Technology, Business and Finance news from around the globe | June 24th 2008
Have a product and don’t have the know how to use it or want to learn more about it, go to Boston based, OwnerIQ. The owner targeted advertising company has just raised $6mil in series B funding. The investment is led by Egan-Managed Capital, w read more
Tips & Tricks to Impress the Potential Investor of Your StartUp
Online Shopping in India | June 24th 2008 by Joshan
Its very important to look at your investor as a member of your own team who is working late nights to achieve your dream, than only will you be able to run faster towards your goal. Do a complete research on the Venture Capital fund you approaching read more
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