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Posted: Friday 29 January 2010
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Barely a week since finalizing the terms for a $465 million low cost federal government loan, Tesla Motors Inc. has filed for an initial public offering, disclosing among other financial information that the electric-car maker is deep in the red.
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Posted: Friday 29 January 2010
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In hopes of attracting acquirers, some venture-backed companies are employing a dual-track strategy, but some buyers are a bit skittish about pulling the trigger.
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Posted: Friday 29 January 2010
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A roundup of venture capital news and analysis across the Web.
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Posted: Friday 29 January 2010
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First Round Capital is joining the trend of helping entrepreneurs stressed out by "all-eggs-in-one-basket" syndrome - it has announced a pooled fund for entrepreneurs in its portfolio companies.
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Posted: Thursday 28 January 2010
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A new partnership between video-syndication platform company 5minutes and health magazine Prevention is betting that consumers will increasingly integrate health and lifestyle content into their daily Web use.
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Posted: Tuesday 26 January 2010
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Angel groups say that membership is thriving as high-net-worth individuals seek safety in numbers and access to quality deal flow.
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Posted: Monday 25 January 2010
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Biotech veterans from MPM Capital, OrbiMed Advisors, Pfizer Inc. and Morgan Stanley are out to transcend what they see as the limits of traditional life-sciences venture capital.
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Posted: Monday 25 January 2010
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Despite a significant drop in venture capital investment last year, VCs still spent a lot more money than they raised. That spells trouble for start-ups this year.
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Posted: Friday 22 January 2010
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It started with 284 unreasonable ideas. Those were whittled down to 42 unreasonable ideas. In the end, 25 such ideas may become a reality thanks to the Unreasonable Institute - a 10-week incubator for entrepreneurs who aim to make a difference in society.
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Posted: Friday 22 January 2010
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The venture firms that made the most deals in 2009 mostly include well-established firms with sizable funds. But one firm that ranks fourth stands out for several reasons.
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Posted: Friday 22 January 2010
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The venture firms that made the most deals in 2009 mostly include well-established firms with sizable funds. But one firm that ranks fourth stands out for several reasons.
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Posted: Friday 22 January 2010
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Venture capital investment in health care surpassed information technology last year for the first time on record, as medical companies tackled costly projects and IT start-ups ran more efficiently, industry data show.
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Posted: Wednesday 20 January 2010
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In a new series, we take a look at one of dozens of venture-backed technology companies that have at least $100 million in revenue, am oft-mentioned threshold used by investment bankers to determine whether a company is IPO ready.
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Posted: Tuesday 19 January 2010
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Travel through the past decade with this interactive timeline depicting the major events shaping venture capital and start-up companies.
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Posted: Tuesday 19 January 2010
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With interest in mobile technology booming, we ask an industry investor from Highland Capital to give us his views on the latest trends likely to shape up in 2010.
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Posted: Tuesday 19 January 2010
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Ten years after dot-commers like Pets.com spoiled their cash on Super Bowl commercials, HomeAway.com prepares to make itself known to the world with a commercial of its own.
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Posted: Friday 15 January 2010
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If you run a later-stage company that has lost some buzz, how do you drum up some press? Have an executive blab to news organizations that the company aims to go public in a year or two.
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Posted: Friday 15 January 2010
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Biotech venture capitalists expect a busy year of deal-making with pharmaceutical companies following a productive round of meetings at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this week
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Posted: Wednesday 13 January 2010
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Almost a decade after funding the launch of CoreValve Inc., which sold to Medtronic last year for $700 million, a group of angels have led a $6.5 million investment in CardiAQ Valve, believing the start-up could be the next big heart-valve maker.
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Posted: Wednesday 13 January 2010
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A new study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation attempts to debunk the common notion that recessions lead to fewer new start-ups while economic booms encourage them. In fact, according to the study, the number of newly created start-ups remains steady throughout an economic cycle.
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