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Posted: Friday 30 October 2009
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A combination of factors caused BioVerdare Inc. to go from a promising start-up to being unable to secure Series B funding and selling its assets to two European companies.
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Posted: Thursday 29 October 2009
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Two of the more successful Internet start-ups, Facebook Inc. and Zappos Inc., have very different methods of retaining employees, each with different goals.
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Posted: Thursday 29 October 2009
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A roundup of venture capital-related news from around the Web.
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Posted: Wednesday 28 October 2009
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Able Planet Inc. has hired former hockey great Alexei Gusarov as chief athletics officer.
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Posted: Tuesday 27 October 2009
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Venture-backed Betfair has led a $5.5 million Series B round for Watercooler Inc., a developer of games on Facebook and other social networks.
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Posted: Tuesday 27 October 2009
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Venture capital investment in the international markets rebounded in the third quarter from the dismal previous quarter but still fell far short of the same period last year, according to new global data from industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource.
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Posted: Monday 26 October 2009
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It all started with a "stupid" idea and a message about pinot noir. Now Twitter is talking IPO.
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Posted: Sunday 25 October 2009
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While many venture firms have dialed back their investments amid a punishing economy, Sequoia Capital has made about 20 seed or Series A investments in the past 12 months, more than in the prior two years.
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Posted: Tuesday 20 October 2009
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Serial entrepreneur Michael Wolfe is back at Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence. We talked with Wolfe about his new role.
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Posted: Monday 19 October 2009
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While venture capital funding has fallen drastically this year, these investors are still dishing out cash, as this list shows.
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Posted: Friday 16 October 2009
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The most recent target for online parodies is handicraft marketplace Etsy Inc.
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Posted: Thursday 15 October 2009
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Proteolix Inc., which is merging with Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a deal that could total $851 million, is an example of good fortune combining with good execution.
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Posted: Monday 12 October 2009
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Claritas Capital hopes to benefit in good times as portfolio-company valuations rise. Now the health care and technology investor - it manages $43 million across three venture funds - is raising a $100 million mezzanine fund so that it can bankroll companies caught in the economic undertow.
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Posted: Monday 12 October 2009
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A Silicon Valley group, FilmAngels, is focusing on movies as an investment area.
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Posted: Friday 9 October 2009
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Foreign exchange trading has grown rapidly in popularity among individual investors in this last decade, and that opportunity has not been lost on venture capitalists who have put their money behind the trend.
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Posted: Wednesday 7 October 2009
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A company started by Galen Partners to roll up medical-imaging service providers could become a new source of investment returns for venture capitalists.
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Posted: Tuesday 6 October 2009
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Chief executives of venture-backed companies expect their compensation to stagnate this year. But they see more cash flowing into their wallets in 2010 - especially from bonuses, after about half went without them last year, according to a new poll.
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Posted: Tuesday 6 October 2009
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National Venture Capital Association Chairman Terry McGuire looked a little lonely Tuesday as testified before a House committee along with leaders of the private equity industry.
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Posted: Tuesday 6 October 2009
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National Venture Capital Association Chairman Terry McGuire looked a little lonely Tuesday as testified before a House committee along with leaders of the private equity industry.
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Posted: Monday 5 October 2009
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A company with some major connections, DeepDyve Inc., is developing its own twist on search to address the market for complex data queries.
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