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Accept Venture Capital Realities

Startup Professionals Blog | November 12th 2009 by Martin Zwilling

Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. You need to accept the fact that today’s down economy has changed the way in which venture capitalists see the world, so you should adjust your strategy and expectations in dealing with them.First of read more

VCs, the End?

Babak's Wireless World | November 8th 2009 by Babak Jafarian

During last couple of weeks, I received emails from my VC friends if I am aware of any job opportunity for them!!! Initially I thought it is joke or something; but no, they were serious. Venture capitalists are a breed in decline! Just 17 venture cap read more

Drought in VC funding Threatening Startup Innovation?

e27 | October 25th 2009

Editor’s Note: Hooi Yen is a corporate lawyer who advises on investments, mergers, acquisitions and general commercial agreements.  She experienced the tumultuous world of start-ups with Zuji and one of the hats she now wears is that of an ad read more

Clean Tech Sector Drives Venture Capital Investment Increases in…

The Green Economy Post | October 23rd 2009 by Tracey de Morsella

Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 637 deals in the third quarter of 2009, according to the MoneyTree™ Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reu read more

Demo ‘10 begins in Boston — calling all awesome startups

Carbon Free Economy | October 20th 2009

It’s been a few weeks since Demo took San Diego by storm, and I posted a few days ago about a few of the cool things that happened to some of the demonstrating companies. More on that in a sec. But here’s a reminder that we’re geari read more

Demo ‘10 Begins in Boston — calling all awesome startups

VentureBeat | October 20th 2009

It’s been a few weeks since Demo took San Diego by storm, and I posted a few days ago about a few the cool things that happened to some of the demonstrating companies. More on that in a sec. But here’s a reminder that we’re gearing read more

Demo ‘10 Begins in Boston — calling all awesome startups

Carbon Free Economy | October 16th 2009

It’s been a few weeks since Demo took San Diego by storm, and I posted a few days ago about a few the cool things that happened to some of the demonstrating companies. More on that in a sec. But here’s a reminder that we’re gearing read more

Venture Capital Fund Raising Hits A Six Year Low

Blog if Intellectual Capital | October 13th 2009 by Patric carlsson

Here is some not-so-exciting news from Businessinsider. “The third quarter was rough for VCs, with 17 firms raising just $1.6 billion. That’s the fewest firms to raise money since 1994, and it’s the smallest amount of money raised s read more

Regional VC organizations in the United States

Venture Capitals | September 24th 2009 by Steven Pin

Apart from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) there are many regional Venture Capital organizations in the United States which are mentioned below:The Atlanta Venture ForumDallas/Ft. Worth Private Equity ForumThe CollaborativeConnecticut read more

NVCA report starts VC/entrepreneur slapfight

Blogtech | September 22nd 2009 by Joubin HAtamzadeh

Source: Mass High Tech The National Venture Capital Association has released its report on VCs' impact on the U.S. economy. The report says in 2008, VC-backed companies generated about $3 trillion in revenue and employed about 12 million people in th read more

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