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• Investor Outlook 2010: Funding Forecast for Startups

  
  Under the Radar — Authority: 420
  2009 put startup valuations on a diet, bootstrapping and revenue models were back in the spotlight; and Angel investors made a comeback. Despite the fears and outcries from some, startup funding didn’t quite freeze into the nuclear winter many thought it would… To many founders’ relief, startups were still ...
  3 days ago

• Cyntellect Raises $15.5M as it Expands Biotech Instrument Business

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  Life Sciences , Biomedical Instruments , Venture Capital Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: San Diego-based Cyntellect , which makes work stations used by biotechs for cell analysis, purification, and processing, has raised $15.5 million so far in a secondary round that aims to raise a total of $18.6 million, ...
  4 days ago

• Negotiating a Better Series A Deal

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  startups , deals , VC Sim Simeonov wrote: This post is about how to get a better deal from VCs investing in your first round of financing. It is also about how to make the deal into a win-win. The idea for the post came from an exchange with @bakespace about some of the resources for entrepreneurs on ...
  4 days ago

• Banker Invests 1 Million US$ VC Money into Prosper

  
  P2P-Banking.com — Authority: 120
  Nigel Morris, co-founder of Capital One, has invested 1 million US$ into Prosper.com via his venture capital company QED Investors. The investment comes in form of a convertible promissory note for the amount of 1 million US$, which is due in one year and carries an interest rate of 15%. QED Investors may elect to ...
  5 days ago

• New VC in Town... Eric Hansen of August Ventures

  
  TechBoise — Authority: 121
  Based in Boise, "August Ventures is focused on renewable energy and sustainable approaches to reducing energy consumption. The fund is also focused on companies in the western U.S." Read Glenn Michaels full post, 5 Minutes with Eric Hansen of August Ventures , on Highway 12s blog.
  6 days ago

• Wireless Chip Designer MaxLinear Files for IPO

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  IPO , funding , Semiconductors Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: MaxLinear, a fabless RF chipmaker based in Carlsbad, CA, filed a registration statement today for an initial public stock offering, marking only the second IPO in the San Diego area since Bridgepoint Education made its debut on the New York Stock ...
  1 week ago

• Social Entrepreneurship in “VC English”

  
  Ventures — Authority: 117
  Jim Fruchterman of Benetech Inc. presented a strikingly simple translation of the venture capital value equation for social entrepreneurs:
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• Husk Power gets more VC funding

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 445
  BETTIAH — Bihar’s Husk Power Systems (HPS), a award winning rural electrification company, has got second round of financial support from Shell Foundation to further scale up operations of their unique biomass gasification technology which converts rice husks into electricity. HPS, currently owns and operates ...
  2 weeks ago

• IT Services In Sweet Spot As M&A Gathers Steam

  
  Blog of Intellectual Capital — Authority: 124
  Here is some possitive news from VC Circle . “The ongoing recovery in the economy and credit markets has made tech companies look for ways to come out on top. The U.S. information technology services sector is likely to be a focus of merger and acquisition activity as its companies are among the most attractive ...
  2 weeks ago

• Book Review: Art of the Start

  
  Washington DC web designer — Authority: 121
  Don’t pitch a VC or angel before readingIf you are an entrepreneur starting up a business or in the market for venture capital (VC) or angel funding, you need to get your hands on “Art of the Start,” by Guy Kawasaki.  From a credentials perspective, he is a UCLA grad, an MBA and worked with [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Infy co-founder NR Narayana Murthy setting up a VC fund

  
  StartupDunia — Authority: 406
  VCCircle reports that Infy co-founder, NR Narayana Murthy, has sold $37 million worth of Infy shares to setup a VC fund. Proceeds from the sale will be used as seed capital for the fund. That is great news. He has amazing street cred and is definitely viewed as an entrepreneurial icon who grew Infy to a ...
  3 weeks ago

• This Year’s Top 10 Largest Venture Funding Deals

  
  Blog of Intellectual Capital — Authority: 124
  Here is a interesting article from WSJ Online . “Twitter Inc.’s $100 million funding round drew considerable attention for its massive size, but it’s not the largest venture deal so far this year. That round actually tied for the fourth largest, according to data compiled from Dow Jones VentureSource. ...
  3 weeks ago

• OVP Leads $12M Investment in RedSeal

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  deals , VC , Software Gregory T. Huang wrote: Kirkland, WA-based OVP Venture Partners has led a $12 million investment in San Mateo, CA-based RedSeal Systems, a security software firm. OVP managing director Mark Ashida has joined the company’s board. Existing investors Venrock, Jafco Ventures, Sutter ...
  3 weeks ago

• So Much For That Venture Capital Recovery

  
  TRENDBIRD (What's Next Big Thing ?) — Authority: 436
  Optimists hoping that venture capital investing might be bouncing back will be disappointed by the latest numbers from Dow Jones VentureSource . After venture investments saw an encouraging uptick during the second quarter of 2009 , they dipped again in the last three months. Specifically, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Series A Term Sheet: 5 Terms Founders Should Focus On

  
  Under the Radar — Authority: 420
  Guest blogger, Ivan Gaviria today walks us through 5 terms founders should focus on when navigating their first term sheet: 1) Option Pool 2) Dividends 3) Liquidation Preference 4) Board Composition 5) Founder Vesting Ivan is a partner at Gunderson Dettmer’s Silicon Valley office, practicing in the Corporate ...
  4 weeks ago

• CAOS Theory Podcast 2009.10.16

  
  451 CAOS Theory — Authority: 548
  Topics for this podcast: *Our take on Q3 and current funding for open source *OSI part of renewed definition discussion, status suspended *Our latest special report – Warehouse Optimization *Get ready for The 451 Group’s 4th Annual Client Conference iTunes or direct download (23:21, 5.3 MB)
  4 weeks ago

• Overtone Raises Almost $2.5M to Expand Online Monitoring Business

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  funding , Venture Capital , software analytics Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: Overtone , a company that provides Web-based analytics that enables companies to monitor online sentiment about their brand and products, has raised nearly $2.5 million in a venture round that could be worth as much as $5.3 million, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Venture Funding Up 17.5%, M&A Rebounds Even More

  
  Blog of Intellectual Capital — Authority: 124
  Here is some good news from TechCrunch . “Last quarter, based on funding and M&A data we collect in CrunchBase , we signaled that we were cautiously optimistic about the rebound of the tech sector. Q2 trends were no worse than Q1 09 : venture financings were up 20% and mergers & acquisitions held ...
  4 weeks ago

• Semtek Raises $6.7M in Series B Round

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  Venture Funding , innovation , Smart Card Security Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: San Diego’s Semtek Innovative Solutions has raised more than $6.7 million in a planned Series B round of $8 million, according to a recent regulatory filing. Semtek, which is commercializing technologies for preventing the theft ...
  4 weeks ago

• VC funding for open source: sometimes less is more

  
  451 CAOS Theory — Authority: 548
  Dana Blankenhorn has speculated that open source remains stuck in a niche based on the fact that GroundWork Open Source has raised only $5m in series D funding. I haven’t spoken to GroundWork in a while (although Jay has ) so I don’t have any particular insight into its financial performance, but I ...
  4 weeks ago

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