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- Venture Capitalists - An Interesting Lot
- The article talks on the various features of Venture Capitalists. Venture capitalists are people who raise money from other sources like banks, rich people with extra money, pension funds, mutual funds, etc., to create a venture capital fund. Once the venture capital fund is created, the venture capital fund managers...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
- Corporate-sponsored venture capital funds do not have to fail. But, hybrid organizations such as Xerox Technology Ventures face considerable challenges on the road to success. Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored...
- Case studies 2000-11-06
- Venture Capital Fund Cash Flows: The J-Curve
- Any attempt to analyze a venture fund must take into account the way in which, such a fund works and the resulting J-curve. This article explains that a traditional 'Net Asset Value' approach is inappropriate and is likely to give the mistaken impression during the early years of a fund's...
- White papers 2004-09-07
- Liabilities of General Partners of Venture Capital Funds: Old Legal Theories Create New Business Realities, Part 2
- Until 2002, general partners of venture capital funds have been virtually immune to legal actions by their limited partners, portfolio companies, and third parties. Previous significant liquidity events through initial public offerings or acquisitions based on exceptionally high multiples of earnings and associated returns made the liabilities theoretical only. This...
- White papers 2002-11-12
- Sources of Funds and Investment Strategies of Venture Capital Funds: Evidence From Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK
- Using a newly constructed data set, this paper compares sources of funds and investment strategies of venture capital VC funds in Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK. Sources of VC funds differ significantly across countries, e.g. banks are particularly important in Germany, corporations in Israel, insurance companies in Japan, and...
- White papers 2001-07-09
- Main Street VCs
- There are disadvantages that small-business owners need to consider before tapping a regional venture capital fund. Most of the funds are made up of less than $50 million, making it difficult for them to provide financing down the road, when entrepreneurs need bigger chunks of money. Instead, they focus on...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- How To Open A Business Using Venture Capital Funds
- There are a lot of companies who have smaller divisions underneath its umbrella. Sometimes, the only way for a company to expand is with the help of an entrepreneur. As a result, the investor becomes a capital venture firm who will be doing this not only to jumpstart something new...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Avista Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Paul Ridzon – Keybanc. Paul Ridzon – Keybanc Capital Markets I had a few questions. First, what's the embedded price of natural gas in your Washington electric rates? Mark Thies Currently the embedded...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-18
- New Blues VC Fund Aims to Improve Healthcare
- BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, a new venture-capital arm of several Blue Cross and Blue Shield managed-care organizations, has made its first investment, funneling $5 million into Initiate Systems, which provides a key application for health information exchange. Eleven Blues plans formed the VC fund with the help...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- VC Industry In Trouble But PIPEs May Save the Day --- For Some
- Battered by the slump in global markets, venture-capital firms and their private-equity counterparts are turning to investments in public companies, usually as PIPE -- private investments in public equity -- investors. It may be the only bright part for VCs these days, as the global recession has slowed new financings...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- What Happens When Venture Funds Dry Up?
- The recent announcement by cloud software vendor Workday that it has raised $74 million in venture capital notwithstanding, venture funding has slowed considerably over recent months and from the looks of things, VCs may be more likely to close up shop than fund new companies. While that means tech ventures...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Angels Go Where VCs Fear To Tread
- Paul Kedrosky got a lot of attention yesterday for a paper he wrote showing that venture funds are not providing investors with enough returns and suggesting that the venture capital industry should essentially right-size itself by half. The sector must shrink its way back to health if venture capital...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
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- Wellington Financial LP Announces Final Closing of Fund II With $83 Million in Equity Commitments.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Dec 17, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Wellington Financial LP ("Wellington"), a privately held specialty finance firm, today announced it has completed its final closing, bringing the aggregate amount raised to $83 million for Wellington Financial Fund II ("Fund II"). ...
- Research articles 2004-12-17
- Wellington Financial LP Announces Final Closing of Fund II With $83 Million in Equity Commitments
- TORONTO -- Wellington Financial LP ("Wellington"), a privately held specialty finance firm, today announced it has completed its final closing, bringing the aggregate amount raised to $83 million for Wellington Financial Fund II ("Fund II"). Wellington provides operating lines, bridge loans, term debt and venture...
- Research articles 2004-12-17
- Zurich Financial Services sells Indian fund management arm.
- Byline: Alistair Graham Zurich Financial Services, the Swiss insurer, has sold its asset management business in India to the Housing Development Finance Corporation HDFC Mutual Fund.Terms and conditions of the sale have not been disclosed. As of March 12, 2003, Zurich's asset management ...
- Research articles 2003-03-17
- Senator Entertainment and The Canton Co. Form International Joint Venture; Warner Bros. Pictures to Co-Finance and Distribute Selected Films
- Entertainment & Business Editors BURBANK, Calif.--ENTERTAINMENT WIRE--Aug. 7, 2000 In a far- reaching deal signaling the financial muscularity and confidence of foreign film producers and distributors in a handful of pre-eminent U.S. independent production organizations, Senator Entertainment AG, one of Germany's leading entertainment and exhibition companies, has entered...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- Photonics Fund, VantagePoint and Williams, Jones and Associates Invest in Tsunami Optics; Industry-savvy Finance Partners Back Tsunami's Entry into the Hot Photonic Components Business
- Business Editors & High Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 9, 2000 Tsunami Optics today announced the completion of its first round of venture funding. Tsunami Optics, a developer of bandwidth-enabling fiberoptic components that will route, separate and switch light within optical networks, received a substantial investment from...
- Research articles 2000-05-09
- mBlox Secures $7.5 Million in Funding from ORIX Venture Finance, LLC to Accelerate Expansion Plans
- SAN FRANCISCO -- mBlox Inc., the mobile messaging transmission and billing specialist, today announced it has raised additional funding from ORIX Venture Finance, LLC ("ORIX"). The loan, worth $7.5 million USD, will be used to accelerate the execution of mBlox's business strategy. Since 2003, mBlox Inc. has raised over $25.8...
- Research articles 2005-03-09
- mBlox Secures $7.5 Million in Funding from ORIX Venture Finance, LLC to Accelerate Expansion Plans.
- SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 9, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX mBlox Inc., the mobile messaging transmission and billing specialist, today announced it has raised additional funding from ORIX Venture Finance, LLC ("ORIX"). The loan, worth $7.5 million USD, will be used to accelerate the execution of...
- Research articles 2005-03-09
- FWA To Honor Citigroup's Marge Magner and Women's Venture Fund Founder Maria Otero; Annual Dinner Will Be May 11 In New York City
- NEW YORK -- The Financial Women's Association FWA, the finance industry's premier professional organization for high-achieving women, will honor Marge Magner, chairman and CEO, Citigroup Global Consumer Group, and Maria Otero, founder and president of the Women's Venture Fund, Inc., at its annual dinner Wednesday, May 11 at the Grand...
- Research articles 2005-03-24
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