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Isreal, a business and innovation leader under fire
Irish Mortgage Brokers Blog —
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I thought this was a fascinating clip, Israel is a country surrounded on all sides by people who want to remove them and despite the odds being stacked against the nation they have found ways to attract venture capital, to capitalise business ideas and grow businesses in this environment, even in during the worlds ...1 hour ago -
HP acquires 3Com
Blog of Intellectual Capital —
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Oracle, Dell, Xerox and now HP – the high tech world as we knew it is changing fast. Companies that previously stood their ground and was seen as pillars of innovation are know swallowed into mega-companies that will challenge the marketplace with new services, products and offerings. Here is some selected tidbits ...5 hours ago -
BioVex Secures Additional $30M to Complete Cancer Treatment Study
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BioVex Inc, a company developing new generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, has concluded $70M (€46M) in private financing, raising $30M (€20M) in addition to the $40M (€26M) announced in March. This second round of funding was led by Morningside Venture , ...15 hours ago -
Accel Reiterates Growth Investing in India
alarm:clock euro —
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With Neeraj Bharadwaj as Managing Director, Accel Partners, a leading global venture capital and growth equity firm operating in Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel, China and India, has reiterated its focus to build its growth equity investing initiative in India. This will complement Accels existing venture capital ...16 hours ago -
Does Silicon Valleys Spending Spree Signal a Recovery?
NYT > Theater —
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Big technology companies are spending $1.5 billion to buy three high-profile startups, after a long drought in acquisitions and initial public offerings.18 hours ago -
Former VC to Lead DOE Loan Guarantee & Green Car Loan Programs
Earth2Tech —
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The idea of modeling government funds after venture capital has swirled, in various forms, around the Obama administration since back in the campaign days. Now comes the latest twist: The Obama administration has named a former VC, Jonathan Silver , to head up the Department of Energy’s highly competitive loan ...18 hours ago -
LeadPoint Launches Ordering System
socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News —
Authority: 561
Los Angeles-based LeadPoint , a venture-backed firm which operates an online lead exchange, said today that it has launched a new, digital order system for the lead generation industry. The firm said its order system allows buyers to submit and receive insertion orders online, instead of using FAX or phone calls. The ...18 hours ago -
The Definitive Brazilian Private Equity Guide: Part I
FiNETIK - Financial Industry Networked Thinking - Asia and Latin America —
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With all of the media surrounding the opportunities found in Brazil, TriCap Partners have created the a condensed guide, “Everything You Need to Know About Brazilian Private Equity” Part I.Register here to download the special report for free Challenges for Successful Private Equity Investments in Brazil ...18 hours ago -
JDA & i2 Part Deux or The ‘New Normal’ for Tech M&A Deals
DevelopmentCorporate —
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Last week JDA announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire i2 for $18.00/share. When coupled with the retirement of i2’s preferred equity the total value of the deal is $556 million. What is interesting about the deal is its creative structure in comparison to the practically all debt deal JDA ...19 hours ago -
Spectrum Signs Deal With Nippon to Develop the Cancer Drug
DataGrant Venture Capital News —
Authority: 130
On Tuesday, Irvine-based drug maker, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc., has announced a deal with Nippon Kayaku Co. The deal with the Japanese company includes the production and commercialization of a cancer drug. The drug named apaziquone would be used for curing patients affected with bladder cancer that is limited up ...22 hours ago -
FMR LLC Will Aid Grubb in Refinancing Its Credit Lines
DataGrant Venture Capital News —
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On Tuesday, FMR LLC, which is a Boston-based fund manager, announced that it has an ownership stake of 13% in Grubb & Ellis Co., which is a Santa Ana-based company. FMR Fidelity’s investments amount to more than $1.4 trillion in terms of assets under management. It is the first investor firm that has disclosed ...22 hours ago -
Conferences (continued)
A VC —
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I dont like to go to conferences. I explained why in this post . But every once in a while I do attend one. Ideally its a smallish gathering on a specific topic that I am interested in. Im doing that over the next couple days in Denver at Defrag . Defrag is a conference about mining data for insight, with a focus ...1 day ago -
Sanofi Taps Biotech Firm to Bolster Its Pipeline
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Increasing its bet on biotechnology, Sanofi-Aventis said it would pay an additional $1 billion over eight years to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for the discovery of new drugs.1 day ago -
A Cheap Nest for Fledgling Firms
DealBook —
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The recession has given New York City the perfect opportunity to initiate an incubation program for fledgling companies, providing cheap office space and other services in the hope of creating opportunities for local businesses.1 day ago -
Launching the new USV.com
Marketing.fm —
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I was very happy earlier this week to launch an updated version of the Union Square Ventures website. The site was designed by Phoebe Espiritu who did a great job working with our team and iterating on our design direction and brainstorms. We ended up with a very clean design with a few dynamic features I have ...1 day ago -
Nice Exit For Lifesize Communications: Sold to Logitech for $405mm
BlindReason —
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Is the communications market going to be leading a rebound in venture returns? I think the sector previously written off for dead will surprise people as bandwidth demands escalate against infrastructure. When I talk to institutional investors almost exclusively they are negative on comm as a money sink. Id argue ...1 day ago -
A Glimmer of Light in Venture-Capital Land
WSJ.com: Digits —
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A new survey shows some optimism is returning as venture capitalists mark up the valuations of their start-up investments.1 day ago -
Clearwire Closes $1.5B, Alder Scores $1B Partnership, Software Financings Are Down, & More Seattle-Area Deals News
Xconomy —
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Roundup , deals , VC Gregory T. Huang wrote: Healthcare deals are going one way, tech deals another. That’s my read from the past week in the Northwest, where we’ve seen some of the biggest biotech deals around, even as a prominent Seattle tech venture firm (and software financings in general) head ...1 day ago -
How To Deal with Your Elephant in the Room
The SiliconANGLE —
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This is part of my series on Raising Venture Capital . There’s an old saying that if I’m talking with you and I start the conversation by saying, “whatever you do, DO NOT think about Elephants ” then you can’t help but thinking about elephants while we’re speaking. It’s called “The ...1 day ago -
D’Arcy Replaces Hunt As the CEO of Grubb
DataGrant Venture Capital News —
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The Santa Ana-based company Grubb & Ellis Co. has announced Thomas P. D’Arcy as the new president and chief executive on Monday. D’Arcy will be joining the commercial real estate brokerage and investor firm by next week. D’Arcy is heading the Inland Real Estate Corp. as the chairman of the corporation. ...1 day ago
