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- YouTube deal or no deal.(Editorial)
- The pension funds of Verizon Communications Inc. and Alcoa Inc. might share the riches in YouTube Inc.'s acquisition by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion. The funds are investors with Sequoia Capital Partners, a venture capital firm that could reap $4 The pension funds...
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- Demand by VC firms dips, leaving money to sit.(Venture capital companies)(Case Western Reserve University invesments)(Ohio Public Employees Retirement System investments)
- Byline: SHANNON PETTYPIECE So much money, so few takers. That's an unusual scenario in Ohio, but it's the situation facing some endowments and state pension funds that are trying to invest money in venture capital. More money managers have...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Complex Venture Capital Deals Require More Than A Little Knowledge
- When it comes to structuring a venture capital deal, "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." This article emphasizes upon raising venture capital, selecting a venture capital firm and then structuring a deal. The terms of a venture capital deal are more complex than the terms for most other forms...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Added Value - What Do Start-Ups Really Want From Their VCs Today?
- In the years since the bubble burst, the venture capital landscape has changed dramatically. According to this report, the portfolio companies are demanding much broader skill sets and service offerings from venture capital firms and capital is no longer enough. Leading venture capital firms now avoid the practice of transaction...
- White papers 2004-08-26
- Organizing Venture Capital: The Rise and Demise of American Research & Development Corporation, 1946-1973
- This paper analyzes the evolution of the early and influential VC firm, American Research & Development Corporation ARD, in the period that it was independent from 1946-1973. The paper places the creation and subsequent evolution of ARD within its historical context and shows how it was an innovation by Boston-area...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- A New Empirical Study of Grandstanding in the Venture Capital Industry
- Grandstanding is the act by a venture capitalist of taking a firm public prematurely in order to obtain a reputation. This paper examines the grandstanding hypothesis with data from a more current period, 1992-2001, and for another industry, the communications industry. The firm age at the time of its IPO...
- White papers 2003-01-30
- Human Capital and the Internationalization of Venture Capital Firms
- This paper examines the neglected area of internationalisation by VCs venture capital. Using a representative sample of 195 VCs, one shows that the decision of a European VC firm to invest internationally is driven by its human resources. Having more VC executives in general and more VC executives with previous...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Rustic Canyon Sells Part of Its Portfolio To Give Liquidity To Chandler Family, Its LP
- A crazy but true story, along with a strange co-incidence: Rustic Canyon RC, one of the largest VC firms in Southern California and invested in a bunch of digital media companies, has sold off a part of its portfolio to Saints Capital, a San Francisco-based VC firm which specializes...
- External links 2008-12-09
- IBM to push for innovation in Vietnam
- IBM is targeting Vietnam as a key market for investments and partnerships with venture capital firms. The IT giant plans to open an innovation centre in Ho Chi Minh City, which will focus on development and marketing of new technologies across the banking, telecoms, energy and...
- Articles 2009-05-21
- 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
- Hobbled by Recession, Cleantech Still Takes the Investment Crown
- Venture investors love cleantech, to the point of investing more there than they do any other industry, including biotech and the internet. That's the latest word from the Cleantech Group and Deloitte, which track investments in the sector on a quarterly basis. Granted, the word "cleantech" has...
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
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- Language Weaver Announces Second Strategic Investment and Contract from In-Q-Tel; Seven Figure Funding to Underwrite Additional R&D in Language Translation Techniques
- LOS ANGELES -- Just one year after Language Weaver, Inc., announced an initial investment and contract from In-Q-Tel, Inc., the company announces a follow-on contract and equity investment from this private venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency. Language Weaver is a software company developing statistical machine translation software...
- Research articles 2004-10-26
- Prudential Real Estate Investors, Icatu Lead Institutional Investment in Brazilian Homebuilder Company
- Business Editors RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil--BUSINESS WIRE--March 5, 2002 Prudential Real Estate Investors PREI and Icatu, a Rio-based holding company, announced today the closing of an investment by a consortium of international institutional investors in Atlantica Residencial S.A. Atlantica, a Brazilian homebuilder of low- and middle-income housing throughout...
- Research articles 2002-03-05
- Sionex Corporation Announces Strategic Investment and Development Agreement With In-Q-Tel
- Sionex Corporation, a company focused on commercializing breakthrough chemical and biological sensors and systems, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement with In-Q-Tel, a private venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency CIA and the U.S. Intelligence Community. "This agreement with In-Q-Tel is a tremendous validation of...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- Aberdeen Announces Net Asset Value of $0.94 Per Share and Third Quarter Financial Results; - Aberdeen to host conference call on Monday, December 17th at 10:00am ET.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Dec 12, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL INC. ("Aberdeen" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AAB) is pleased to announce that it has released its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended October 31, 2007. During the quarter, Aberdeen...
- Research articles 2007-12-12
- Matsushita Intensifies Venture Effort - Company Business and Marketing
- Japanese firms have had their share of challenges in recent years with an ailing Japan economy and the semiconductor market in a slump. Now, with the industry upswing in full bloom and periodic signs of improvement in Japan's overall economy, such companies as Matsushita Electric Industrial MEI, Tokyo, are taking...
- Research articles 2000-01-24
- Aberdeen Announces Transition to Mining Investment Company, Management Additions and Private Placement.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 15, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL INC. ("Aberdeen" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AAB) is pleased to announce its intention to become a publicly traded global resource investment and TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 15, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL INC....
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- VantagePoint Venture Partners to Invest in DSL.net; Investment Expected to Fund Company through Cash Flow Positive
- Business Editors NEW HAVEN, CT--BUSINESS WIRE--October 16, 2001 DSL.net, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSLN), a leading, nationwide, direct provider of high-speed Internet access solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses, has announced that VantagePoint Venture Partners, a private investment firm with more than $2.5 billion under management, has agreed to invest...
- Research articles 2001-10-16
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