Venture Capital News

Heather Tomkins, a Web Design and New Media graduate student at Academy of Art University, will be spending the summer working at Klout, the San Francisco tech company that measures the influence of social media users, thanks to the Kleiner Perkins Design Fellows Program.

The National Venture Capital Association on May 15 installed Josh Green as its new chairman for a one-year term that kicked off immediately.

Compared to most other areas of finance, venture capital is practiced as more of an art, as opposed to a science.

Contrary to the popular entrepreneurial storyline of meteoric rises and quick massive growth, the Michigan venture capital industry continued to grow at a reasonable and steady pace in 2012.

Rent the Runway is revolutionizing the fashion industry, making runway clothing a reality for mass consumers.

Retail and tech pioneer Avery More has joined Menlo Ventures as a venture partner, focusing on sourcing deals for the firm and advising its startup founders.

Sarah currently works as a writer for TechCrunch, after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb.

With a successful launch in Austin, TX since its debut at South by Southwest Festival, Localeur today announced plans to expand into Houston on May 31.

CEO Moses Lee with co-founders Jerry Wang and David Jsa at Seelio's office space in Menlo Innovations.

Marketing automation software provider, Marketo, leaped onto the Nasdaq today with shares jumping by as much as 57 percent after the company raised $79 million in its initial public offering .

From The Wall Street Journal , about the moderate Republican : "The former Secretary of State, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and decorated Vietnam veteran is now a limited partner with renowned Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers desperately trying to become digital all these years,' Powell said, adding that ... (more)

Jung Son joined the firm Thursday from Technology Crossover Ventures, where she was an associate general counsel.

Imagine if Nikola Tesla had to pitch venture capitalists to fund his idea. The reaction to his crazy ideas would be precisely what you see on this video.

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At a cocktail party earlier this year, my friend's daughter took the initiative to tell me about her new startup venture.

Imagine a company backed by Fred Wilson, one of the top venture capitalists on the Internet.

The two founders of online travel website Via.com, Vinay Gupta and Amit Aggarwal, have moved out of active roles at the VC-backed company and will soon launch a travel related venture out of Singapore.

Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography.

When tech investors from around the country convened in San Francisco last week for the annual convention of the National Venture Capital Association, spirits were high.

Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% on Friday, promising a massive return for its venture capital backers New Enterprise Associates and Meritech Capital Partners .