VentureBeat:
Thanks to everyone who made it out to GreenBeat 2009 yesterday and Wednesday!We were thrilled with the turnout, and couldn’t be more grateful for all the support we received from attendees, speakers, sponsors and the press. I (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Working for a start-up is hard enough. Trying to wittily describe ”the unique entrepreneurial culture that sets their company apart and inspires them to go to work each day” - in 140 characters or less - is equally challengin (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Scott Austin, Reporter, The Wall Street JournalWorking for a start-up is hard enough. Trying to wittily describe ”the unique entrepreneurial culture that sets their company apart and inspires them to go to work each day” – (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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It is Friday, so I am inclined to take the liberty of posting something outside my usual tag-line areas of interest (see tag-line above). While I was out in San Francisco I met a lot of people interested in applying network (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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At yesterday’s Buyouts West conference, Deborah Gage interviewed Mark L. Attanasio, managing director at TCW. As Dan noted in this morning’s peHUB Wire, the Milwaukee Brewers owner said he wouldn’t trade Prince Fielder.More c (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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All week, Startuphire.com and the National Venture Capital Association have been sending out press releases highlighting the U.S. jobs created this year by venture-backed companies — more than 35,000 to date.They also asked e (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
At a time when venture investors are cautious, picoChip today announced that it has completed a $20M (€13M) round of funding. The round points not only to the confidence of investors but also to the leadership, strength and g (Read More)
PE Hub News: All News:
Todd Jaquez-Fissori has joined venture debt lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital as a managing director in the firm’s Palo Alto office, peHUB has learned. He had spent some time last year with TriplePoint Capital, and be (Read More)
Venture Capital and Angel Investor Profiles:
Scott Nissenbaum, Managing Director, Novitas Capital Mr. Nissenbaum joined Novitas Capital in 1998, and is focused on investments in Technology. Mr. Nissenbaum has served on the Boards of Directors of Traffic.com (NASDAQ:TRFC (Read More)
alarm:clock:
At a time when venture investors are cautious, picoChip today announced that it has completed a $20M (€13M) round of funding. The round points not only to the confidence of investors but also to the leadership, strength and (Read More)
Christine.net:
Just a quick post to take care of two VCTips housekeeping items: 1. A big thank-you to Amish Jani from FIRSTMARK Capital, Oren Netzer from DoubleVerify, and Avner Ronen from Boxee for joining me and Bryce Roberts at this week (Read More)
paidContent.org:
The morning-after paperwork from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offers a look at the post-split financials for both companies—and the kind of detail on S (Read More)
Xconomy:
deals, startups, Investments Gregory T. Huang wrote: We hope to make this a regular feature in our Xconomy cities. It’s a look at small financings of private companies in tech, life sciences, and cleantech. These are dea (Read More)
VC Circle:
Edelweiss Capital is forming a life insurance joint venture with Tokio Marine Holdings (Japan) to tap the domestic insurance business. The JV firm Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance will soon approach the sector regulator Insuran (Read More)
New York Times:
Fidelity Investments has launched a service to help retail brokers determine how profitable it would be for them to leave their brokerage house and hang out their own shingle. (Read More)
Submitted by stewbagz
from blog:
News Profiles And Commentary On Seattle Technology Startups Microsoft Amazon.Com Gadgets Pcs Software Venture Capital And Internet Services.
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alarm:clock:
Online textbook rental company Chegg.com it raised $57M in a fourth round of funding. Santa Clara-based Chegg.com said the round was led by Insight Venture Partners. In addition, Chegg got a $25M credit facility, adding to th (Read More)
VC Circle:
Zee Seeks More Time For Ten Sports Buyout - Zee Entertainment has asked Dubai-based Taj TV for a one-month extension of a deadline to acquire a higher stake in Ten Sports till November end. Zee had the option of increasing it (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Online textbook rental company Chegg.com it raised $57M in a fourth round of funding. Santa Clara-based Chegg.com said the round was led by Insight Venture Partners. In addition, Chegg got a $25M credit facility, adding to th (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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“This is the transaction everybody is watching,” said Philip Yau, managing director of UBS Private Funds Group, at Buyouts West here in Beverly Hills, “and this trade is driven completely by the upcoming next couple of years (Read More)