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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Nanotechnologies are not some future development. The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies estimates that nearly 1,000 products that rely on nanotech are on the market now. Currently, most applications simply integrate superior nanotech materials into existing products. Carbon allotropes are used to produce gecko tape. Antibacterial nano-silver is used in clothing, food packaging, disinfectants and...
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A VC (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
This week we saw the release of Chris Anderson's book Free and reviews from the New Yorker (Malcolm Gladwell) and the Financial Times. I'd like to talk a bit about the firestorm that freeconomics (fed by Chris' book) has unleashed...
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A VC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our newest portfolio company, HeyZap, is looking for the fourth member of their team. HeyZap is a platform for game developers to get wide viral distribution for their flash games and monetize them. They are looking for: a talented engineer...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The private equity industry's publication of rules of conduct for middlemen who help venture capital groups raise money highlights its growing fears over the corruption scandal at a US pension fund
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Filed under: Deals , Private equity , Technology The venture capital (VC) industry demonstrated its commitment to the clean technology space in the second quarter of 2009, pumping $1.2 billion into the sector , according to a report by GTM Research . VC investments in cleantech are up 43.5% from the first quarter of the year, when $836 was put into play in the cleantech space. The number of transactions...
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A VC (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
I love Hacker News (aka news.ycombinator.com). I read it at least once a day and it sends this blog more traffic than anything other than Google and Twitter. This is the refer log for AVC for the past month. But...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Venture-capital investment in clean technology reversed a six-month slide in the second quarter as activity for the transportation sector led the way.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Venture-capital-backed merger deals and initial public offerings generated 57% less value in the second quarter than they did a year earlier, Dow Jones VentureSource reported Wednesday.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Leading global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced Husk Power Systems as the winner of their first co-sponsored Global Business Plan Competition for university and business school students. Husk Power Systems designs and operates miniature power plants that convert rice husks into electricity, serving off-grid rural...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided early stage and growth stage venture capital for very smart founders and executives who have turned great ideas into sustainable companies of enduring value. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs", Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with accomplished innovators and operators who built great franchises such as Apple Computer, Cisco Systems,...
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A VC (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
I just spent a half hour composing a longish thoughtful post on the art of saying no in the venture capital business. It was inspired by Brad Feld's post on the same topic a few days ago. However, when I...
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A VC (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
A survey of VCs by Polachi Inc. has been making the rounds of the internet the past couple days. I was asked to participate in this survey but did not (not for any reason in particular). I looked over the...
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South East VC (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
I have to put in a plug for CED and the timing is good because I just heard they are $3,500 away from reaching their 2009 membership goal! As extra incentive, if you join today or tomorrow (Tuesday), you will...
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Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
AdAge has a good article today about how AOL has been attacking web publishing where it notes: In the heady days of early 2000, the megamerger of AOL and Time Warner heralded the web-based future of publishing. It would create a digital platform for Time Inc., the biggest, most-prestigious magazine group in the world. Needless to say, [...]
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South East VC (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
As we go into a new week, some random comments: - Too good to be true. I am tired of seeing these charts from companies pitching us how they have the complete product offering, but their competitors have all these...
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deepblueinteractive | 03/09/2009
The challenge of entrepreneurs with a new business idea to raise enough money to start up can be daunting. Enter Angelsoft, a company who has just unveiled a search engine specifically engineered to locate investors. The company Angelsoft makes software for investors that enables them to manage their workflow, and runs a website for investors and entrepreneurs. Angelsoft took into consideration the...
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ramasasthri | 01/29/2009
Appnomic Systems, a leading infrastructure management services (IMS) company (formerly Vitage Technologies), announced today that it has secured Rs.20 Crores from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a leading global venture capital firm. Appnomic Systems, headquartered in Bangalore , India , with operations in India , Middle...
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dhall987 | 01/26/2009
The recession turned up late on Silicon Valley's doorstep but is likely to stay awhile, as technology companies slash thousands of jobs and rein in costs to make up for shrinking earnings and tight-fisted customers...(read more)
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