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		<title><![CDATA[What Do VC Firms Have in Common With High School Cliques?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/mba/?p=1467]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New research from the Kellogg School of Management finds that in the world of VC firms, there are established cliques (the cool kids, if you will) and new kids, or new firms, trying to find their way into the cliques. by Stacy Blackman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DailyBooth Raises $1 Million For Photo Social Network]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DailyBooth, a nine-month-old social network that lets users share photos in real-time, has raised $1 million in a round of funding from a group of big name investors and VC firms, according to the WSJ. Investors include VC firm Sequoia Capital, tech investor and incubator Betaworks, Digg co-founder Kevin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:50:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hobbled by Recession, Cleantech Still Takes the Investment Crown]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:05:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LoveFilm considers takeover offers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ LoveFilm, the online DVD rental firm that is part-owned by Amazon, is reportedly considering takeover offers from a number of private equity firms including KKR and Silver Lake Partners. The company is reportedly being valued at GBP200m (USD325m) and is considering options that include selling a majority share of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:51:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Angels Go Where VCs Fear To Tread]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:28:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM to push for innovation in Vietnam]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:16:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Happens When Venture Funds Dry Up?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:26:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VC Industry In Trouble But PIPEs May Save the Day --- For Some]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:14:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rustic Canyon Sells Part of Its Portfolio To Give Liquidity To Chandler Family, Its LP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:52:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oops. Kleiner Perkins Accidentially Publishes iFund Submissions Online]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you or your company submitted your information to Kleiner Perkins to be considered for an investment from the VC firm's $100 million iFund, you might want to see if your information has been leaked. Names, phone numbers, email addresses, business plans and bios from 588 applicants were accidentally...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Open A Business Using Venture Capital Funds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=373832]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More tech firms get share of major venture funding; $2 billion given to 249 companies; online advertising fuels recovery.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5254/is_200702/ai_n20239269]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Amanda Fung    Venture capital investors are opening their wallets to increasing  numbers of New York area technology entrepreneurs.    Last year, venture firms put close to $2 billion into 249  companies, according to a survey by Pricewaterhous  Byline: Amanda Fung ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hair extension manufacturer Racoon International has been bought by its management team with the backing of venture capital company Matrix Private Equity and Barclays Bank.(Brief article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6502/is_200701/ai_n26092569]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HAIR EXTENSION manufacturer Racoon International has been bought by  its management team with the backing of venture capital company Matrix  Private Equity and Barclays ...  HAIR EXTENSION manufacturer Racoon International has been bought by  its management team with the backing of venture capital company Matrix ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[YouTube deal or no deal.(Editorial)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200610/ai_n20449978]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A conversation with; Timothy Bates, Wayne State University.(Focus)(Interview)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5251/is_200608/ai_n20119857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Tom Henderson    Timothy Bates, an economics professor at Wayne State University,  and William Bradford of the University of Washington published a study  in 2003 funded by the Missouri-based Kauffman Foundation on  venture-capital firms that in  Byline: Tom Henderson    Timothy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fund-of-funds investors get shut out by Sequoia; Access to proprietary information eliminated by move.(News)(Sequoia Capital)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200606/ai_n20436424]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Arleen Jacobius    MENLO PARK, Calif. - Sequoia Capital Partners is shutting the door  on funds of funds that want to invest in its new $450 million fund.    Sequoia and some other top-tier venture capital firms barred public  pension funds two ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VC company to target minority-owned firms.(venture-capital and Oracle Capital Partners L.L.C.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5251/is_200603/ai_n20138672]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Tom Henderson    The first venture-capital company in the state to target  minority-owned companies, Oracle Capital Partners L.L.C., officially  opens its offices Wednesday in the Guardian Building in Detroit.    Managing director David Morris s  Byline: Tom Henderson    The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pride International, Inc., has acquired from Sonangol, the national oil company of Angola, an additional 40% interest in the joint venture companies that own the two ultra-deepwater drill-ships Pride Africa and Pride Angola, the jackup Pride Cabinda, and ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3159/is_2_227/ai_n26778307]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pride International, Inc., has acquired from Sonangol, the national oil company of Angola, an additional 40% interest in the joint venture companies that own the two ultra-deepwater drill-ships Pride Africa and Pride Angola, the jackup Pride Cabinda, and hold management agreements for the deepwater platform rigs Kizomba A and Kizomba...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Human Capital and the Internationalization of Venture Capital Firms]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=168169]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WITH USD5BN, INT'L VC FIRMS TO SEEK PARTNERS IN BEIJING]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200512/ai_n22725763]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    12-02-2005    with USD5bn, Int'l VC Firms to Seek Partners in Beijing    BEIJING, Dec 02, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- With nearly USD 5 billion, about 40 international venture capital institutions will seek partners in Beijing fro  AsiaInfo Services...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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