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Startup Software Spending Falls to 13-Year Low

Patric Carlsson wrote 1 month ago: Sure the economy is coming back from the slump, but this article from InternetNews brings some hard … more →

Tags: MoneyTree report, BOIC, Gerbsman Partners, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Date Certain M&A, mergers and aquisitions, VC spending, VC Investments, Clean Technology

What Startups Need to Know About the VC Upheaval3 comments

Stacey Higginbotham wrote 1 month ago: Two gloomy reports were released yesterday that may have some startups questioning their fundraising … more →

Tags: Stacey's Posts, startups, Venture Capital, VC, Venture Capital

Clouds Over the VC sky

sdickman00 wrote 1 month ago: Clouds Over the VC sky by Steven Dickman, CEO, CBT Advisors Last week I attended a one-on-one podium … more →

Tags: advent international, Domain Associates, General Partners, Harvard Capital Management, harvard endowment, Limited Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Polaris Venture Partners, Private Equity

Regulating Venture Capital: Off the Hook Now But "Very Far From the Finish Line"

Spencer Ante wrote 1 month ago: Earlier this year, Silicon Valley freaked out when U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Con … more →

Tags: Regulating Venture Capital: OK For Now But "Very F, Venture Capital, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Heesen, Barney Frank, Timothy Geithner, L. Gordon Crovitz

Venture backed exit activity very slow, with one exception

brettalan wrote 1 month ago: The A123 Systems IPO raised $380.1 million in the third quarter, the largest IPO since May 2007. The … more →

Tags: Alternative Energy, A123 Systems, IPO, Venture backed exits, M&A

Venture Capital Fund Raising Hits A Six Year Low

Patric Carlsson wrote 1 month ago: Here is some not-so-exciting news from Businessinsider. “The third quarter was rough for VCs, … more →

Tags: Investments, Board Of Intellectual Capital, Venture Capital, Economy, BOIC, Gerbsman Partners, Steven Gerbsman, NVCA, Thomson-Reuters

Biotech Sector Performance and Jobs Locally

Audrey Erbes wrote 2 months ago: Hi, The economy is slowly improving, funding for biotech firms and medical devices is up this quarte … more →

Tags: Biotech, BioDevice, positions in life science companies, Investment Meeting, Job openings, Economics, Biopharmaceuticals, drugs, Diagnostics

Venture-Backed Startups: A Growing and Increasingly Important Part of the U.S. Economy1 comment

Spencer Ante wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday, the National Venture Capital Association published its fifth overview of the impact of co … more →

Tags: ARD

Khosla Ventures announces $1.1 billion cleantech funds

matthewlim wrote 3 months ago: Finally, on 1 Sep 2009, Khosla Ventures has announced that it had raised more than $1 billion for 2 … more →

Tags: Clean Technology VC Funds, media research, Solyndra, Khosla Ventures, GE Capital, A123Systems, Danotek Motion Technologies, vinod khosla, CalPERS

Has a Thaw in Life Science Start Up Financing Freeze Started?1 comment

Audrey Erbes wrote 3 months ago: “According to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital … more →

Tags: Biotech, BioDevice, Financial advice to companies, UCSC Extension, Bioscience Business and marketing Essentials course, Tracy Lefteroff, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, thaw in life science startup investments, Thomson-Reuters

Trends Update -- Biosimilars: Sen. Kennedy, Gov. Dean and NVCA Study all Support 12+ Years of Exclusivity2 comments

Jeremy G wrote 4 months ago: The debate over the proper data exclusivity period for innovator biologics (as protection against bi … more →

Tags: Jeremy Grushcow, trends in 2009, obama, follow-on biologics, Subsequent Entry Biologics, biosimilars, patent reform, Patent Reform Act of 2009, Senator Kennedy

Lean times continue for startups, as sales, IPOs wither2 comments

Patric Carlsson wrote 5 months ago: Here is an excellent Bloomberg article by way of statesman.com. “SAN FRANCISCO — Acquisitions … more →

Tags: Investments, technology, Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Venture Capital, Business models, Strategy, Economy, Date Certain M&A

Quoted Entrepreneur Mag - Obama SBA pick

Scott Testa wrote 7 months ago: Image by Getty Images via Daylife Quoted Entrepreneur Mag – Obama SBA pick – http://www. … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, karen mills, Small Business, Small Business Administration, united states

“Thank You For Supporting Capitalism” and Other Investor Tales of Two Cities

James Geshwiler wrote 7 months ago: [The following is from my post today on Xconomy; follow the link to read the rest] Two weeks ago, I … more →

Tags: fundraising, Venture Capital, Angel Capital Association, John Huston, Kate Mitchell, Mark Heesen, NVCA

Venture Returns Plummet

Mark Boslet wrote 7 months ago: Venture-capital returns plummeted over the past year and more pain is likely ahead. One-year returns … more →

Tags: News, startups, Venture Capital, investment returns, Thomson-Reuters

VC deal down in the 1st quarter of 20091 comment

Patric Carlsson wrote 7 months ago: To no ones surprise, the VC community pulled in its spending spree and held back in the wake of the … more →

Tags: Investments, Board Of Intellectual Capital, Venture Capital, Economy, PWC, moneytree, PricewaterhouseCoopers, MoneyTree report, BOIC

Venture Investing Collapses In The First Quarter

Mark Boslet wrote 7 months ago: The plummeting economy put a hold on venture activity in the first quarter, a pair of studies show. … more →

Tags: Economy, News, startups, Venture Capital, Dow Jones VentureSource, Downturn, First quarter, Investments, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Venture Investments Fall 61 Percent In 1st Quarter

95%BIZ wrote 7 months ago: NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. venture capital investments sank 61 percent in the first quarter, droppin … more →

Tags: Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson-Reuters, S. venture capital investments sank

New Venture Capital Investment Nearly Comes to a Halt4 comments

Spencer Ante wrote 8 months ago: It’s official: Institutional investors have put the kibosh on investing in new venture capital … more →

Tags: New Venture Capital Investment Nearly Comes to a Halt, Venture Capital, Thomson-Reuters, TechBeat


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