15 min ago | Wall Street Journal
Google Ventures Has Big Plans For Start-Up University
After seeing many of its portfolio companies come to life with newfound traction after participating in its Start-Up University program, Google Ventures has decided to expand the program, and will soon move it from the 12,000-square-foot building it occupies to a space nearly twice that size.
4 hrs ago | PE Hub
DuPont Unit Deal Could Fetch $4B
Chemical maker DuPont has started the auction of its car paint business, which could bring in more than $4 billion and has drawn early interest from a number of private equity firms, according to sources familiar with the matter.
8 hrs ago | GigaOM
Kleiner Perkins said to eye "cloud" fund
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers may kick off a fund dedicated to cloud computing companies, according to a Bloomberg news report.
Ruckus Wireless, a Sunnyvale-based wireless networking company, said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it has raised about $21.7 million of a $25 million round of funding.
How venture capital funds have fared over the long haul
We chose this period because investors need to hold these securities also known as labour-sponsored investment funds for eight years to get federal and provincial tax credits.
Angel Investors And Startups Mingle In Milwaukee
HarQen CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons delivers a presentation to Silicon Pastures, a Milwaukee-based angel investment group that has already put more than $1 million into her company.
A Social Media Startup Firm's Fleeting Moment in West Hartford
Would you invest tens of thousands of dollars in a company founded by 21-year-old former bartender and college dropout, and his partner, a recent business grad from College of Charleston, whose work experience was selling charter yacht rides, working as a valet, and tutoring classmates? If not, you don't understand the hot world of start-ups, where ... (more)
IBM Looks To Start-Ups For Help With Analytics Revolution
More than a decade ago, IBM spent the dot-com boom making sure it made money selling to start-ups. In the current tech boom, it says there's more to gain from partnering with the start-ups than just selling to them.
10 entrepreneurs that switched to the VC side
Nabeel Hyatt. Firm: Spark Capital. Previously: Founded Conduit Labs in Cambridge, which sold to Zynga in 2010 .
The Health of the Venture Capital Industry
How is the venture capital industry doing?A The short answer is not as well as it didA 15 to 20 ago.A A One measure of industry performance - exits as a share of investments made five years earlier - still have not returned to 1990s levels.
Inaugural Node Summit Concludes With Announcement of NodeJam Winners
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feb 09, 2012 -- Node Summit, the only conference to focus on how Node.js is transforming the future of computing, concluded last week, drawing a sold-out crowd of over 650 business leaders and technology experts.
Online Art Market Paddle8 Secures Series A Funding of c.$4MM Led by...
Online Art Market Paddle8 Secures Series A Funding of c.$4MM Led by Prominent Technology Investors Founder Collective with Luxury Investors Mousse Partners Founder Collective , one of the most reputed early-stage venture capital funds, with previous successful bets on the likes of Makerbot, Milo and Uber, now turns its attention to online art ... (more)
Trinity Ventures Partner Explains Why SF's Current Tech Boom is 'Here to Stay'
A few years ago, one of the general partners at Trinity Ventures , Dan Scholnick, started floating the idea to his colleagues that the VC firm should expand from its headquarters on Sand Hill Road by establishing a beachhead in San Francisco.
Mark Zuckerberg Used To Buy Shareholders' Voting Rights For $100
Early investors in Facebook signed away their voting rights to Mark Zuckerberg in exchange for $100 cash, reports The New York Times .
BioGenerator, Center for Emerging Technologies open third funding round
The first two rounds of funding for the i6 Project resulted in the launch of eight new bioscience companies in St.
Performance of venture capital funds tracked
The venture capital industry has commissioned work to chart the level and performance of venture capital and private equity in New Zealand.
The Daily Start-Up: TruTouch Nabs $3M, Points The Finger At Drunks
TruTouch Technologies secured $3 million for its biometric system that can measure intoxication via a finger .
Private equity, venture capital power growth of startups
DESPITE the uncertainty arising from the European debt crisis and the slow recovery of the US economy in America, the scale of fund raising by private equity and venture capital funds in China reached a record high in 2011, in terms of both the number of new funds established and the aggregate amount of funds raised.
Web Video Startup Blip Snags $12 Million In Financing
Internet video website operator Blip announced it has secured more than $12 million in venture capital from existing investors, including Bain Capital Ventures and Canaan Partners, and debt from Silicon Valley Bank.
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