Venture capital is one of the pulses of the industry, and so a headline that VC investments are dropping by double digits is enough to catch the eye of anyone involved in the high tech ecosphere. But when you look at more data, things don't look bleak. by Erik Sherman
Q&A about about industry fads and the need for greater patience with Justin Perreault, a general partner with Commonwealth Capital Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on early and growth stage companies. by Erik Sherman
Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the...
At least a few venture capitalists seem to be crying in their cognac about the collapse of the IPO market for venture-backed firms. According to a study by the National Venture Capital Association, leaked first to the New York Times, not a single venture-backed company went public in the...
The rise of venture leasing and lending has created an opportunity for sophisticated entrepreneurs to gain a competitive advantage. Savvy entrepreneurs are using venture leases and loans to generate millions of dollars for shareholders by leveraging existing venture capital. They have discovered ways to use this flexible financing as a...
Some advisers believe that the marketing model best explains raising venture capital. This model simply applies the marketing principles of the 4 Ps (Product, Promotion, Place, and Price) to the sale of equity. The marketing model, however, is really most useful in explaining the venture capital process and its dynamic...
In both the US and the UK, the development of the venture capital industry has been accelerated by top-down initiatives from national governments. Within the European Union, the Commission has also made strenuous efforts to enable local private equity markets to grow. In Poland, however, the government's efforts on behalf...
Huntington National Bank, the primary subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a $30 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, was seeking to replace its homegrown originations system with a best-in-class solution that would allow greater flexibility, functionality, and scalability. After evaluating systems from several providers, Huntington turned to...
Over the past year, there has been an upsurge in venture capital investments in the information technology sector in Hungary and in Europe .There has been a recent explosion of venture capital investments in the IT sector in Hungary and Europe. This article discusses the main challenges facing high-tech companies...
This presentation introduces you to some of British Columbia's competitive advantages: low costs, a welcoming business climate, a gateway location, a skilled talent pool and an enviable quality of life. The slides include overviews of British Columbia's competitive tax rates (personal & business), R&D tax credits, immigration programs, venture...
A leading venture capital firm, New York City-based Insight Venture Partners manages approximately U.S. Insight Venture Partners needed to upgrade a 10-year-old messaging system whose decreasing reliability and availability were having a negative impact on employee productivity. Rather than deploying a new messaging infrastructure in-house, the firm chose partner Intermedia.NET...
The demise of venture capital funding has been greatly exaggerated. Far from being dead or even sickly, the market for venture capital is merely back to normal after seeing unprecedented levels of investment during the technology bubble. A business owner looking for money to expand as the economy picks up...
When technology pioneers, George Teixeira and Ziya Aral invented a technology that would meet market demand, they knew they needed to move quickly. Businesses need a lot of computer storage capacity. While technology manufacturers were concentrating on producing expensive hardware to do the job, Ziya and George, executives at a...
The term venture leasing describes equipment financing provided by equipment leasing firms to pre-profit, early stage companies funded by venture capital investors. To compensate venture capitalists for the risk they take, they generally receive sizeable equity stakes in the companies they finance. They typically seek investment returns of at least...
Akian had no experience in the education market. And despite what was then a booming market for technology services, any missteps could cost him more than just his dream of entrepreneurship. SCORE's counselor, Joe DeSalvo wanted him to focus on hisarketing agenda, which was different from other approaches to business...
Employment is on the rise and with it, the return to attractive compensation packages and salary levels. After several down years in the employment market that was the result of the normalization of an inflated stock market and the beginning of the War on Terror, employers are constructing compensation packages...
Venture capital is money provided by professionals who invest alongside management in young, rapidly growing companies that have the potential to develop into significant economic contributors. Venture capital is an important source of equity for start-up companies. Professionally managed venture capital firms generally are private partnerships or closely-held corporations funded...
The venture capital market in the Czech Republic has expanded in recent years but there are still obstacles thwarting its development. This article discusses venture capital financing issues for entrepreneurs, but it also raises some salient points about attitudes, deal-flow and the stock market, that institutions investing in the Czech...
This article briefs about a new theory which could provide investors with an extra edge from investments that prove to be profitable and perhaps take the edge off some of the losing ones. Case law and literature indicate that the strategy is legally sound if the investors who adopt it...
Morgan Stanley has acquired a minority share in the venture capital firm NGEN Partners, which focuses its investment on companies producing clean technologies. The stake and the amount paid for it were not disclosed. ...
