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Posted: Thursday 30 September 2010
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Osuke Honda, who spearheads Japanese investments for Silicon Valley firm DCM, sheds light on the burgeoning field of augmented reality, and describes the fast-moving technology scene in Japan.
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Posted: Thursday 30 September 2010
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The market for technology IPOs has improved this year, but it is mainly open to elite companies that can boast of strong growth potential, while others will face a tougher hurdle.
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Posted: Wednesday 29 September 2010
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Big IT companies buy their smaller peers to ward off competition. Paradoxically, the strategy can give innovative young companies a foothold in the market.
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Posted: Tuesday 28 September 2010
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The chief operating officers for social media darlings Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. appeared Tuesday before roomfuls of marketers in New York with the following message: Seriously, folks, you should really start giving us your money.
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Posted: Monday 27 September 2010
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Peter Thiel is not as hot on consumer Internet investing these days, despite how bullish he is on one of his own portfolio companies, Facebook Inc.
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Posted: Monday 27 September 2010
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Taking advantage of the burgeoning flash-sales sector, location-based media company Where Inc. has acquired LocalGinger Inc., a player in the local group-buying category in several small U.S. markets.
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Posted: Friday 24 September 2010
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A string of acquisitions by well-funded consumer Internet companies are helping these companies fill out their product offerings, achieve scale, expand their territories or simply acquire top-notch talent.
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Posted: Friday 24 September 2010
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Classes have started for the newest wave of students at Harvard Business School and this year they may spot a few folks from the private equity and venture capital community hanging around campus.
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Posted: Wednesday 22 September 2010
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Electric-car upstart Coda Automotive tries to keep pace with high-flying competitors such as Tesla Motors Inc. and large automakers like General Motors and Nissan, as it talks to investors about raising a mammoth $125 million venture round.
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Posted: Wednesday 22 September 2010
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Domain Associates, one of the most active U.S. health-care venture firms over the past 25 years, is now scouting out opportunities in China.
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Posted: Tuesday 21 September 2010
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Get ready for the newest college rivalry, pitting two giants of student-run venture capital funds against each other for bragging rights as the undisputed leader in social-impact investing!
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Posted: Tuesday 21 September 2010
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Get ready for the newest college rivalry, pitting two giants of student-run venture capital funds against each other for bragging rights as the undisputed leader in social-impact investing!
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Posted: Tuesday 21 September 2010
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At the opening ceremony of Climate Week NYC, government leaders and private equity bigwigs called for more public-private partnerships to tackle curb emissions and tackle climate change.
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Posted: Monday 20 September 2010
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Federal funding for embryonic stem cells may be in doubt, but venture firms see several other ways to invest in regenerative medicine.
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Posted: Friday 17 September 2010
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As many firms struggle with how to resolve conflicts of interest between local currency and dollar-denominated funds in China, DT Capital Partners has set in place policies to make the process transparent for its investors.
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Posted: Thursday 16 September 2010
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A small crop of venture firms have popped up since the start of 2009 in the face of a shrinking industry. In part two of our list, we profile six more firms looking to make a mark.
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Posted: Wednesday 15 September 2010
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While investors in mobile applications are getting pickier when it comes to backing companies in crowded sectors, some of the top firms in Silicon Valley are still willing to take a chance and invest in a potential game-changer even if it has no traction and no users.
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Posted: Tuesday 14 September 2010
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At the AppNation conference in San Francisco, investors from several venture firms talked about the apps that could be poised to ride the next wave of popularity.
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Posted: Monday 13 September 2010
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PepsiCo has announced the 10 start-up winners for an incubator program that matches technology, media and communications entrepreneurs with PepsiCo brands for pilot programs set to launch in the coming months.
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Posted: Friday 10 September 2010
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Founded in 1969, Venrock has roots stretching back to the 1930s, when Laurance Rockefeller began investing in a hot sector - aviation. That history makes it one of the oldest venture firms in the business and is a telling example of how the industry is adapting to trying times.
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