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Seed Money
TechCrunch:
As a blogger, sometimes the most difficult part of writing a post is contacting the company it is about. First, you either have to search your contact list, or the web, to figure out who to reach out to. And then you might no (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image via Cleantech OpenCleantech Open is thee competition for Claifornia (and nationwide) start-ups looking to gain seed money for their ideas. The hottest new concepts for clean technology in six categories - from renewable (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The bank recently redeemed its investment with Claren Road Asset Management after helping launch the hedge-fund firm in 2005, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Barack Obama's trip to Beijing expected to yield cooperation on 'clean coal' and smart grids and rejuvenate stalling climate talksBarack Obama said the US and China will break new ground in their partnership on clean energy t (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Hunch cofounder Chris Dixon, Gerson Lehrman Group founder Mark Gerson, Vimeo cofounder Zach Klein and others are launching a new venture firm called Founder Collective.Besides Chris, Mark and Zach, partners include Eric Pale (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
| Posted by donAdeoWhere you acquire funding from may not just be as simple as how much money you are looking to raise. Your initial round of funding sets the precedent for all future rounds. Who you take money from and under (Read More)
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New York Times:
Despite reports of a surge in hedge fund start-ups in 2009, those seeking to hang up their own shingle may be disappointed by a report saying that institutional investors plan to pony up 44 percent less in seed capital for th (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following. A VC firm signs a term sheet with an early stage company. Let’s say it’s a $2M round. The VC and entrepreneurs decide to set aside $500K for s (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Given just $5 of seed money and 2 hours of time, how much money can you make?That's the challenge Tina Seelig presents her students in a design program at Stanford University.Read the rest of this story »See Also:Tech's Bigge (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling entrepreneurs. The teams that are selected get a desk, a small stipend, and advice for a few months from experienced VCs. I could (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
By: Jay YarowJoin the conversation about this story »See Also:The Problem With Taking Seed Money From Big VCsWhy VC Performance Has Fallen Off A CliffVenture Capital Fund Raising Hits A Six Year Low
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Wall Street Journal:
Mutual funds don’t lack for reporting requirements. Ask anyone who has struggled to un-wedge a bulky prospectus from his mailbox. An army of math-checkers – fund company compliance officers, independent accountants and gove (Read More)
The Economist:
Some intriguing ways to improve the world’s healthCHALLENGES are all the rage in science this week. Besides the Centennial Challenges organised by NASA, America’s space agency (see adjacent story), the Bill & Melinda Gates Fo (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
One of the hardest things to do as a startup is to create a new category. Bloggers and press have a natural tendency to “pigeonhole” – to group startups into cleanly delineated categories, and then do side-by-side comparison (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
From Entrepreneur: In the past year, the venture capital funding pipeline has gone from a gusher to more of a trickle.In the first half of 2009, just over 1,200 venture investment deals were made nationwide, involving about $ (Read More)
TechCrunch:
The following is an excerpt from Adam L. Penenberg’s new book, Viral Loop: From Facebook To Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves.Simply by designing your product the right way, you can build an insanely fa (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Fred Wilson has a great blog post today entitled The 'We Need to Own' Baloney. In it he discussed the fact that many VC's apply arbitrary ownership thresholds to investments. I couldn't agree with Fred more - but I'd take i (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
In Rules of Thumb, Alan Weber quotes legendary venture capitalist John Doerr discussing the original business plans for companies he invested in such as Google, Intuit, and Amazon:In every case you can find the one sentence o (Read More)
ClusterStock:
After taking a beating, and watching investors flee in droves, hedge fund assets are back to nearly $2 trillion, according to HedgeFund.net.And with capital flowing, thanks to the Fed, it's time for you, yes you, to grab you (Read More)
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Silicon Alley Insider:
I recently met an entrepreneur who was raising money for his startup. Six months prior, he had raised seed money (. (Read More)
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