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1 hr ago | CNET News.com

Marc Andreessen launches new venture fund

Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape and co-founder of Opsware, and Ben Horowitz, also co-founder of Opsware, are launching on Monday a new venture fund, cleverly named Andreessen Horowitz .

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Related Topix: Web 2.0 Conference, Emerging Technology, Startups, Opsware, Software, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Palo Alto, CA

7 hrs ago | Tech Confidential Blog

SEC register 'would kill a 3-partner VC firm'

Registering venture capital firms -- along with hedge funds and private equity firms -- with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as President Obama's administration plans to do, would be "very burdensome" for small VC firms, said Michael Stark, co-founder and general partner at Crosslink Capital.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Personal Finance, Retirement

17 hrs ago | StarNewsOnline.com

We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks?

SUCCESS in Silicon Valley often emerges through trial and error. Willingness to buck popular trends can help, too.

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Related Topix: Startups, Chegg, Emerging Technology, New York University, Internet, Science / Technology

Sat Jul 04, 2009

StartupJournal

Unlike US, UK Venture Firms Welcome Gov't Rescue Funds

While the U.S. venture capital industry struck down the notion of the federalA government handing over money to venture capital firms to bail out start-ups,A the mood is quiteA different overseas.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

VC Adventure

Venture capital is dead! Long live venture capital

Dan Primack sited a study on PE Hub today that found that over 50% of VC professionals believe that the VC industry is "broken". My response: WHO CARES? Seriously.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Venture Capital Access Online

SpineGuard Raises $4 Million from Delta Partners, and Elects Two New...

SpineGuard Raises $4 Million from Delta Partners, and Elects Two New Directors: Maurice Bourlion and Dr.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Medicine, Surgery

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Apple's Borchers makes the leap to venture capital

On June 19, I sat down with Bob Borchers, senior director of worldwide product marketing for the iPhone, to talk about the launch of the iPhone 3GS.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Marketing, iPhone

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Star Tribune

Wisconsin kicks our butt

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 10:51 AM By Thomas Lee Yee gads!A We already know that Wisconsin has superior angel tax credits than Minnesota but this is getting ridiculous.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Emerging Technology, Jim Doyle, US Governors

MyFoxDC

Deeds Talks Business

Democrat Creigh Deeds got support from some corporate captains and venture capitalists in his run for governor and said he supports Virginia's right-to-work legacy.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Emerging Technology

StartupJournal

Majority Of VCs In Survey Call Industry 'Broken'

Venture capitalists are inherently an overly optimistic bunch, betting millions of dollars on high-risk business ventures that are always running out of cash.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Personal Finance, Retirement

Wed Jul 01, 2009

All Things Digital

LogMeIn: IPO Drought? Feh [Digital Daily]

Earlier this week, John Fitzgibbon, founder of IPOScoop.com, said that LogMeIn was an IPO "candidate that should blow the socks off people." Looks like he was right.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Seeking Alpha

LogMeIn: Can You Make Money from the IPO?

LogMeIn , which offers on demand remote access software, goes public Wednesday at $16 a share and is getting a nice round of applause from the folks following the venture capital world.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Bizjournals

U.S. venture-backed liquidity market hits 6-year low

Even with the end of a nine-month drought in initial public offerings, the second quarter was one of the worst for venture capital-backed liquidity since the doldrums of early 2003, according to a report Dow Jones VentureSource released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Telecom, Computers, Cisco Systems, San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Camcorders

TechCrunch

Venture-Backed Liquidity Going Down, Down, Down

Fifty-seven percent. That's how much overall venture-backed liquidity decreased in the second quarter of 2009 compared to that of last year: from $6.48 billion to $2.8 billion, if you want the hard numbers.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Bank Systems & Technology

Venture Investment in Green Tech Jumps 43%

Venture capital investment in green technology worldwide jumped 43 percent in three months to $1.2 billion in the second quarter, Greentech reported Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Tue Jun 30, 2009

East Bay Business Times

Hyperion Therapeutics raises $60M

Hyperion Therapeutics raised $60 million in its third round of venture funding. Bay City Capital and Panorama Capital - both new investors - led this round and put Daniel Perez, M.D. and Gaurav Aggarwal, M.D., respectively, on Hyperion's board of directors.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Startups, Bay City Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, South San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro

SocalTECH.com

MojoPages Gets $5M

San Diego-based MojoPages , which operates a white-label, online directory of local businesses, said today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Customer Interaction Solutions

Christian Fadel Joins Century Payments as Chief Financial Officer

Century Payments, Inc. , a payment processing solutions provider, announced today that Christian Fadel, former Sage Payment Solutions Chief Financial Officer, has joined Century as Chief Financial Officer.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

HighGearMedia

High Gear Media Secures $5.5 Million Series B Funding

High Gear Media , a publisher of automotive digital media, announced today it has completed a $5.5 million Series B funding round that brings the company's total capital raised to $12 million.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Venture Capital Access Online

Stentys Closes $22+ Million Series 'B' Total Financing Led...

Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that it has secured the second tranche of its Series B financing from Sofinnova Partners and SEP-closing an additional $4.2 million investment from new investor Credit Agricole Private Equity-bringing the total B round financing to more than $22m. Stentys was founded in 2006 to develop a new-generation ...

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

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