Articles about Investors in Startups as of April 8, 2009

Have you ever wished there was something in the States like the web site ‘Rave About It’? … can let this opportunity go by, where are all the venture capitalists and their Sand Hill Road money?

As a startup founder trying to raise venture capital you may be introduced to a venture firm’s “EIR … entrepreneur/manager/CEO/CTO working for a venture capital firm as an advisor to the VC on new investment … of the game of raising venture capital. An EIR provides expertise to the VC firm’s diligence

A new nonprofit organization aims to help Texas compete with other states in attracting technology companies … , investors, and industries from across the state to foster the transfer of new technologies to the marketplace. Innovate Texas also will facilitate partnerships among statewide angel investor networks

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San Francisco-based Diobex has folded . The not-so-well-known drug developer announced today that it has fired all of its employees and is looking … Venture Capital, Pequot Ventures and Sofinnova Venture … modifications. The investors financing DiObex has interpreted this to a reduced likelihood

The latest Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index shows a rise, after hitting a 5-year low the previous quarter.

The latest Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index shows a rise, after hitting a 5-year low the previous quarter.

I have posted an open letter to Jimmy Wales on his Wikipedia “user talk” page . (Here is a WebCite copy of the post made a few minutes after posting, and a copy of the revision history of the page .) I include the full text of the letter below the break. Jimmy, I don’t know a better place than this for an open letter to you

Statewatch: California Under the tarnish, still golden Its economy is dismal, its politicians worse. But nowhere can reinvent itself so capably as California PITY California. Not only must it endure an epidemic of foreclosure, a 10.5% unemployment rate and the lowest bond rating of any state. It is also suffering a critical assault

Indian market rebounded sharply from its initial losses to end the day with handsome gains on strong buying emerged during final trading hours … quarter and uncertainty about general elections kept investor sentiment unstable during early trading … , Pharma, Capital Goods and Pharma stocks contributed to most of the buying. Mid Cap and Small Cap stocks

What if you went to the doctor’s office with a sore wrist and she proposed bandaging your ankle? That’s how I feel about the government’s proposal that venture capital be regulated along … , Venture Capital Needs Transparency Not Regulation , for background. I’m no financial expert, but far

“We’re all Keynesians Now” The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a new trend in Silicon Valley: Former “Libertarian” CEOs, … from Libertarian to Keynesian The venture capital community is feeling some culture shock … tech firms, venture investors are urging their portfolio companies that make everything

Wall Street’s New Bull Market: 7 Signs the Bear is Dead… by Louis Basenese , Advisory Panelist Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club Believe it or not, but based on the classic Wall Street definitions, we’re in a new bull market. As of last Friday, all three major market indices recovered more than 20% from their March 9 lows

Finding and keeping the right team is one of the toughest andmost important tasks you take on as a business owner orentrepreneur. Yet it doesn’t always get all the attention itwarrants. Business owners focus on the work. In contrast, wheninvestors Venture Capital groups or Angels look at a businessthey are likely to focus

In order to tap the huge potential in healthcare and education sectors that are mostly unaffected by market meltdown, Religare Venture Capital on Wednesday announced a 50:50 joint venture with Milestone Capital to manage a Rs 600 crore fund. Religare would manage private equity player Milestone Capital’s current

I read blogs in my Google Reader most days to learn new things, get smarter and share interesting items with other people … finance guys or venture capitalists.  One of them, A VC by Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures

New Media Age today reports on the imminent launch of Twitter Partners – a new consultancy aiming to “help brands, media companies, and celebrities harness the power of the Twitter ecosystem”. Set up by angel investor … that Twitter is more than happy to pass brands on to his new venture, as the majority

This link is not related in any way to yesterday’s Joke or the day before yesterday’s Word. http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/news/article/data-center-to-be-an-energy-miser/199652/ To review: 1. In May 2008, PTS got $300,000 cash from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund and $76,800 from the Virginia Jobs Incentive Program. Cash. 2

Venture capitalists are becoming slightly more upbeat about the economy and market, according to the latest read from the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index. The ongoing survey of VCs in the Bay Area found that venture capitalist confidence registered a 3.03

From Claire Cain Miller and Miguel Helft at Bits: The flight of executives from Google continues. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Google’s top sales executive for Asia-Pacific and Latin America, is leaving the company to join Accel, the venture capital firm. Her departure follows the exit of Tim

From Claire Cain Miller at Bits: Venture capitalists, who have been uncharacteristically pessimistic for the past year, are seeing signs of hope, according to the latest quarterly Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index. “I wouldn’t say we are on a new upward trend yet, but I think we’ve at least broken the downward spiral,” said

Venture capitalists are becoming slightly more upbeat about the economy and market, according to the latest read from the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index. The ongoing survey of VCs in the Bay Area found that venture capitalist confidence registered a 3.03

New York Times reports oil companies have spent 50 times as much on oil & gas R&D as all renewable energies combined since 2004; … $5 billion on renewable energy development since 1994, compared to $50 billion by venture capitalists and other corporate investors in that time frame.The American Council on Renewable Energy told the Times

How the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital guided Jive Software through some hard decisions to keep the company viable. Full Story Via nytimes.com

moviepeak is a company providing satellite telecommunication services since 2003. Their track record includes bringing the Greek national channels via satellite TV to US and their current product is none other than video on demand via satellite. They did a soft launch in February 2009 and they aim to center the service around the user (

by Professional editor working for cheaponsale . SUN on the IBM acquisition of detailed facts, the two companies do not have to be confirmed or refused to disclose the progress of things. SUN on the IBM acquisition of detailed facts, the two companies do not have to be confirmed or refused to disclose the progress of things,

The project is not without critics. Englehart Dienhart of the Brenneis Jure LLC gaming website design firm in Boston believes that no matter how much … , an associate of www.nap.edu, the keynote address was given by investor Lesiak Hadiaris, who has purportedly … design investors are shying off until the company can get moving. “It’s just a matter of

AT&T;’s Award-winning Customer Portal Continues Its Industry-leading Innovations The year was 1999 and the new economy of the World Wide Web was roaring. Venture capitalists were chasing any company with a “dot com” in its name to claim a piece of the Web’s $15 billion in consumer online sales and $131 billion in online business-to-business

The flight of executives from Google continues. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Google’s top sales executive for Asia-Pacific and Latin America, is leaving the company to join Accel, the venture capital firm. Her departure follows the exit … about that.” Ms. Singh Cassidy will be a C.E.O.-in-residence at Accel, the venture firm behind Facebook

Here’s the entirety of a quick-hit post from Brad Feld at Technology Review on VC friends of his who’ve began blogging. I read VC blogs on occasion … it and it made it easy for me to add them to the brand spanking new Venture Capital Bloggers Network  powered … for my privately-held clients looking for angel funds. From the link: My friends

The geothermal sector has been quietly steaming for some time now … energy will quietly double in the next six years. That’s great news for investors. Even … of the industry. Any Green Chip investor worth his salt should own shares of this company. Here’s why

The geothermal sector has been quietly steaming for some time now … will quietly double in the next six years.That’s great news for investors. Even better … ).That company has been and will be the benchmark of the industry. Any Green Chip investor worth his salt

TiE Silicon Valley announced today that TiEcon 2009, the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs, will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center, May 15-16. TiEcon is two action-packed days of rich dialogue, networking and deal making with thousands of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists

Venture capitalists, who have been uncharacteristically pessimistic for the past year, are seeing signs of hope, … of venture-backed companies, investors’ confidence dove ahead of the I.P.O. drought. The Obama … weren’t implemented sooner.”Many venture investors told Mr. Cannice that this is an ideal time

Fisker Automotive, Inc., a leading producer of advanced green technology automobiles, … in venture capital funding for the development and manufacturing of its Karma plug-in hybrid … investor in Fisker, have together agreed to provide the capital.

Carnation, the brainchild of Jagdish Khattar, erstwhile Managing Director of Maruti, and Variety Group of Hyderabad founded and owned by K Sathya Reddy, entered into a joint venture … such JV agreements with other joint venture partners in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka

“This Car has Good Karma Fisker Automotive is getting closer to launching the Karma plug-in hybrid, … it raised an extra $85 million in venture capital from New York-based Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners … investor in Fisker.” TreeHugger ” Q-DRIVE: POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY Exclusive to Fisker Automotive

The flash storage drive vendor also announced that tech industry veteran David Bradford is replacing Don Basile as chief executive. Full Story Via InformationWeek

Venture capital and ‘angel‘ investment seems like an attractivealternative to personal loans – you’re asking people to investtheir money in your … a profit or not. Venture Capital.Venture capital is the ‘big’ option – you should only really … profit ifyou had access to better hardware. Venture capitalists mainlylook for businesses

Filed under: MMO Last weekend we reported on comments first posted on the Stargate fan site Gateworld … The statement adds that funding for the game from angel investors is still keeping the development team

Filed under: MMO Last weekend we reported on comments first posted on the Stargate fan site Gateworld … .” The statement adds that funding for the game from angel investors is still keeping the development team

NY Times: The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation. But the world’s oil giants are not convinced that it will work

————————————————————————————————————- ————————————————————————————————————— HyTrust is entering the virtualization arena today with HyTrust … environments. The company also announced it’s launching with venture capital backing to the tune of $5.5 million, a Series A funding round which was led by  Trident Capital and joined by Epic

I’ve been watching the three big regulators in the Financial Crisis (the Fed, the FDIC, and the SEC) start doing things unheard of only a year ago … investors to help them buy toxic assets from our nation’s banks, you’ll find some details of how

It’s always nice to know that the dream is still alive and companies are out doing their thing … Venture Capital, IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft and KfW. Ad Hoc News Image from aerovance … spray-drying process and a long-term toxicology study. Investors in this round included ProQuest

Bloomberg is reporting that New York based venture capital firm Psilos Group is planning on hitting the road to raise $450M for its new healthcare … s administration new legislation and increased funding. Psilos’s past investors have included Health

2009 World Stem Cell Summit September 21-23, 2009 Baltimore, Maryland USA Baltimore Convention Center WorldStemCellSummit … , Toucan Capital Corp. – Karen Rothenberg, Chair, Maryland Stem Cell Commission – Bernard Siegel

By Christine Groth Daycare is a solution for parents who do not have time to take care of the children all day long. Presence of an adult is a prerequisite for normal development of child in its formative years. At pre-school level, children need the nurturing care of an adult

Private Equity money dries up for India Inc CHENNAI/BANGALORE: Weak market sentiment continues to spook private equity funds … . The venture capital (VC) segment also saw a sharp drop with VC firms investing $44 million over … from Venture Intelligence, a research service focussed on private equity and M & A transaction

We are seeing industry after industry reporting absolutely horid monthly and first quarter figures for revenues, unit volumes, and investments … about the plummet in venture financing for clean tech, which dropped by 41% to $1 billion for the first quarter, according to the National Venture Capital Association. New Energy Finance says