Posts about Investors in Startups as of December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008 | John Lessnau | Comments 1
12/19/2008
If you take your car less than an hour outside of any major city in America you will very quickly start seeing a different world. Typically, in the best neighborhoods and areas the lawns are well maintained and there is not much to see beyond trees, flowers and shrubs
12/19/2008
[ The Technology Machine : How Manufacturing Will Work in the Year 2020: Patricia E. Moody, Richard E. Morley] … the Programmable Logic Controller back in 1968 and now works for a techno-guru venture-capital firm
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Venture capital investment in cleantech companies reached a record US$4.6 billion in the first three quarters of 2008, according to Ernst & Young’s analysis of activity in the United… The Search
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Venture capitalists continue to stay bullish on green tech but more people in the field say start-ups need to reconsider how best to successfully fund their businesses. More…
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Venture capitalists continue to stay bullish on green tech but more people in the field say start-ups need to reconsider how best to successfully fund their businesses.
12/19/2008
Never Settle-What can be learned from Colorado entrepreneurs December 19th, 2008 by Gail Dundas, Intel Global Communications Group I wrote about a group of entrepreneurs from Boulder, CO last week. And there’s more where that came from. Three more tech startups and venture capitalists posted
12/19/2008
BusinessWeek gets it wrong, rapidly escalating valuations complicate hiring when looking at stock options alone … can infuriate venture capitalists backing the company. From A Wrench in Silicon Valley’s Wealth Machine
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Venture capital is supposed to have dried up. So how did microbloggi…
12/19/2008
Who the hell is First Round Capital? Their web site says: First Round Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping talented entrepreneurs build remarkable companies. What did they do? Using existing technology and pop culture, they pulled off
12/19/2008
Speaking at a press conference in Dublin Castle, Taoiseach Brian Cowen, … , to support early stage R&D-intensive SMEs. The capital will be divided into five venture funds of between … of the carried interest of venture capital is being introduced at a rate of 15% for partnerships and 12.5
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A year gone, cash rained on tech startups like Digg. Now their valuations are slipping, and venture capital is drying up By Spencer E … like a relic from a bygone series. On Sept. 24, Highland Capital Partners and three other venture capital
12/19/2008
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. You can bookmark Deal Journal for easy visiting throughout the day at http://blogs.wsj.com/deals
12/19/2008
I assume that you are reading this post because you are hoping to start your own web service. Great! The Blogosphere needs more services and yours could be fundamental. Your service could change the future of the ’sphere! I assume, once more, that you noticed the word ‘could’. ‘Could’ is a strong word
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The title of this blog was the title of an article in the business section of yesterday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer … of small entrepreneurial ventures. Incubators, early stage funding, and venture capital groups focus
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Less than two years after Dan Nye joined LinkedIn as CEO, he’s leaving in mid-January. He will be replaced by Reid Hoffman, angel investor extraordinaire and cofounder, chairman, and president of products for the online business networking company. Also joining…
12/19/2008
My latest column just ran at Colorado Biz magazine. It investigates alt … : Angel-level investing If you are a bona-fide angel investor, looking to cash in on clean-tech … by the Kauffman Foundation, angel capital investments returned 2.6 times the initial investment over 3.5
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Over the past few years we’ve seen the rise of cute ideas, ones we love using on a daily basis, but are hard to turn into real, … up with a way to make money. That hasn’t stopped venture capitalists from pumping more cash
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picture-121 European firm Oxynade recently raised 1 Million Euros of first round venture funding from venture capital firm Arkafund and Flanders-based seed investor Vinnof. Oxynade, co-founded by Belgium based engineers Hans Nissens … to Robin Wauters, an initial investor as well as Techcrunch writer and ex-TheNextWeb editor, Happenr
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[ Kimba the White Lion] Kimba Image: © Tezuka Productions In early November, Tezuka Productions, the studio created by Osamu Tezuka (”The God of Manga”), announced that it will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of its late founder’s birth by posting all his works produced prior to 2000
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[ paper]Expiring January crude oil futures nosedived Friday while February futures contracts hovered around $42, Bloomberg reports, noting that oil markets are paying a lot more attention to grim demand-side news than OPEC production cuts. Then there’s market psychology, notes the L.A. Times Money & Co
12/19/2008
John M. Mason writes on current monetary and financial events … of venture capital funds and other private equity funds. He has worked with young entrepreneurs, especially
12/19/2008
First and foremost — I canceled my personal Myspace profile today. Yup, you guessed it, I’ve gone crazy. While Myspace was an interesting experience, using it didn’t manifest the film opportunities I anticipated. In fact, although I am fairly adept at networking, in three years of using Myspace I have no substantial network opportunity to mention
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[ fuel-movie.jpg]Al Gore told us The Inconvenient Truth about global warming. But many of us asked, “What can I do about it? … to do more to promote clean technology and renewable energy than all of the venture capital money … Venture Capitalist Vinod Khosla talks about next generation biofuels. Solazyme co-founders show
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Al Gore told us The Inconvenient Truth about global warming. But many of us asked, “What can I do about it? … to do more to promote clean technology and renewable energy than all of the venture capital money
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I received the following email a few days ago. From my experience working with an investment bank, … at 1:09 PM subject: Project Financing!!! Dear Sir, We are a small independent venture capital company with headquarters here in Germany. We are looking for individuals or companies seeking venture
12/19/2008
Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward has announced that they are to make £9.7 million available to support business growth in Yorkshire and Humber through venture capital funds Partnership Investment Finance (PIF) and South Yorkshire Investment Fund (SYIF). The funds
12/19/2008
Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July,
12/19/2008
This just in: European Xing has bought American Socialmedian! I’m so proud. It doesn’t happen very often that a European company buys an American. This will definitely help the European social network, Xing expand their business in Europe and the rest of the world. To Jason Goldberg: Welcome to Europe
12/19/2008
Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July,
12/19/2008
Inc.com Blogs: 22-Year-Old Tumblr Founder Raises $4.5 Million (Inc Magazine) December 19, 2008 Venture capital is supposed to have dried up. So how did microbloggi… Twitter, Facebook
12/19/2008
[ Entrepreneurship and Organization: The Role of the Entrepreneur in Organizational Innovation (Fuji Business History): Michael J ... scholars, including Michael Cusumano on Bill Gates and High-Tech Entrepreneurship; Martin Kenney on Venture Capital in Silicon Valley; and Mary Rose on issues of succession in entrepreneurial firms. See
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“I see good things for this news radio noticias startup company”, cried Cantara Cusson of www.symantec ... is also a concern for the news radio noticias venture capitalists, which was expressed by project co ... is the limit!”. “We need a few venture capitalists with guts and cash,” stated Miltner Stieger, of the Age
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Kozub Laronda Corp, which is based down town, also released plans to expand its building into the old Emerita Pewo Mercantile Shop, ... more venture capitalists to invest and make some quick cash. “This is a huge opportunity for everyone,”
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Ron Shuttleworth submits: It seems like the Venture Capital VC ... Venture Capital Association NVCA , and reported on by the Associated Press, paints a bleak portrait for the next several quarters. During the period of 1998 to 2001, Venture Capital was investing in "new
12/19/2008
It seems like the Venture Capital VC sector has just emerged healthy again from the tech bubble, ... problems. A Survey done by the National Venture Capital Association NVCA , and reported ... to 2001, Venture Capital was investing in "new business models" associated with the emerging information
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Today I’ll continue with my series on the Entrepreneur’s Guide To Venture Capital. Investment By Stage Despite the common perception that venture capitalists are startup ... , venture capitalists invested $7.1 billion into 907 different deals. Of that $7.1 billion, only $1.7
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Today I’ll continue with my series on the Entrepreneur’s Guide To Venture Capital. Investment By Stage Despite the common perception that venture capitalists are startup friendly,
12/19/2008
The Venture Cafe : Secrets, Strategies, and Stories from America's High-Tech Entrepreneurs: Teresa Esser ... from the Future and coauthor of Blur “Demystifies the venture capital industry and the entrepreneurial mind.” — Howard Anderson, co-founder, Battery Venture Capital and founding partner and senior managing
12/19/2008
By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this week, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its third annual survey on venture investment ... slowdown in venture investment in 2009. The NVCA conducted its survey of 400 venture capitalists
12/19/2008
The National Venture Capital Association is reporting the results of a recent survey of Venture Capitalists in which 60% of VCs believe that a drop of venture capital investments of 10% or more will occur in 2009. Also, the President of NVCA feels that 2010 will be a better year for Venture Capital as investments in private companies
12/19/2008
Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions: Jack Levin Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions: Jack Levin ... of this title. order Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions
12/19/2008
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA YouTube has just launched a new portion of its site dedicated to HD content, allowing users to easily browse through what is now the largest archive of high definition content on the web. The move has been a long time coming - in the last few weeks the site has been gradually building up to a large scale HD
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Pitfalls to Avoid in Applying for a Venture Capital Most entrepreneurs know what they have to do when searching for venture capital ... pitfalls to avoid when applying for a venture capital. Do not wantDon’t be too technical. Investors pay ... . An applicant can be rejected for a number of things. Most venture capitalists are only required to
12/19/2008
When Are Grants Better For You Than Venture Capital? December 17th, 2008 VENTURE CAPITAL is available for a number of businesses that are developing ... should you take–venture capital (VC) or a grant? To decide, remember: Venture capital
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Venture Capitalists: Buying High, Selling Low Techdirt Thu, 12/18/2008 - 20:25 We were a bit confused following the last dot com boom when various venture capitalist went into hiding when it came to new investments. Suddenly they said that since the market was bad
12/19/2008
(DUBLIN) - Recession-hit Ireland is establishing venturecapital funds worth 500 million euros (730 million dollars) to helpcreate a "smart economy" as the country recovers, Prime Minister BrianCowen
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http://www.pharmalot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/vc-09-chart.jpg” ALT=”VC” hspace=”10? width=160 ALIGN=LEFT>Biotech/Pharma Entrepreneurs beware! 2009 is expected to be one of the crappiest years for VC funding. The National Venture Capital Association conducted a survery of 400 venture capitalists and the results were not good. 92 percent
12/19/2008
[A Little Boy's Blog - His Name is Evan] Second Trip to Cipanas … headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner archive Small Business Venture Capital
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Icelandic pop star BJORK has loaned her name to a venture capital fund focused on “incorporating feminine values into the world of finance”. The outspoken singer …
12/19/2008
We hear about Michigan’s disastrous car industry daily… Let’s not forget, though, that there are other windows on the mishigami, the great lake: phenomenal entrepreneurs determined to transform challenges into opportunities. One of the most prominent is Roger Newton. From success to back to goal one, i.e. improving the lives of peoples [
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Hi there John,
Very helpful list of blog posts here! Thanks for posting our Entrepreneurs Guide to Venture Capital, part 6: http://tinyurl.com/9unemu
Looking forward to following your blog and twitter page.
Adam T.