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Posted: Wednesday 30 September 2009
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New data from VentureSource, a research unit of VentureWire publisher Dow Jones & Co., paint a grim picture of the exit markets.
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Posted: Tuesday 29 September 2009
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When it comes to hauling in venture capital, Twitter has vaulted into the ranks of some notorious losers - remember Webvan?
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Posted: Tuesday 29 September 2009
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What do domain names and Facebook applications have in common? According to entrepreneur Fred Hsu, the founder and chief executive of a new Facebook application company, both can make lots of cash.
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Posted: Tuesday 29 September 2009
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What do domain names and Facebook applications have in common? According to entrepreneur Fred Hsu, the founder and chief executive of a new Facebook application company, both can make lots of cash.
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Posted: Monday 28 September 2009
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A new federal push to make government more transparent is causing a noticeable spike in business some young start-ups in the data-sharing business.
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Posted: Friday 25 September 2009
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David Machemehl is hunting for limited partners for a larger second fund, Crispian VC Fund II, with which he aims to finance more start-ups with bigger funding rounds.
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Posted: Friday 25 September 2009
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The successful initial public offering by A123 Systems Inc. is raising corporate hopes that more money will flow to U.S. battery start-ups after the Obama administration poured $2.4 billion mostly into established companies.
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Posted: Thursday 24 September 2009
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The Advertising Week conference will exit from New York tomorrow, and if the events tonight are any indication, the industry has got its swagger back.
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Posted: Thursday 24 September 2009
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Operating largely under the radar, about 30 small, up-and-coming venture firms have been meeting annually for the last four years to discuss matters of mutual concern.
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Posted: Thursday 24 September 2009
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With the growing popularity of Twitter, a young start-up saw an opportunity to get a share of the hype and tweak its technology to plug into the Web messaging service.
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Posted: Tuesday 22 September 2009
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Start-up company Cortera has introduced a Web site that enables companies to share information about how well the small businesses they sell to pay their bills.
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Posted: Tuesday 22 September 2009
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A few months after ushering the first venture-backed company to the public markets this year, some venture investors in OpenTable Inc. are planning to sell a big chunk of stock the first chance they get.
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Posted: Monday 21 September 2009
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One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., venture capitalists still emphasize belt-tightening and throwing capital behind only the best companies.
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Posted: Thursday 17 September 2009
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While the National Venture Capital Association has encouraged the use of private-company exchanges, venture capital firms have mostly shrugged their shoulders or remained skeptical about them.
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Posted: Thursday 17 September 2009
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As the industry continues to suffer from a lack of liquidity, more and more venture investment syndicates are becoming fractured. This is creating headaches for some investors, and opportunities for others.
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Posted: Wednesday 16 September 2009
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In one of the first examples of a venture capital firm conceding to its limited partners on a key financial term, Opus Capital Ventures has lowered the carried interest fee for its sixth fund.
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Posted: Monday 14 September 2009
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DAG Ventures has carved out a niche by providing follow-on capital for portfolio companies of better-known VCs such as Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
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Posted: Monday 14 September 2009
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At a time of modest exit expectations, venture investors are increasingly likely to avoid syndicating first rounds, according to new data from VentureSource.
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Posted: Friday 11 September 2009
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An upcoming conference in Boston will showcase start-ups in the space sector, from virtual visionware to advanced space suits.
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Posted: Friday 11 September 2009
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Venture capitalists have traditionally sought to separate themselves from buyout firms, reasoning that their industry is about innovation and job creation, not wealth generation. But at some point, it may get hard for them to not to make nice with the buyout side.
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