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A small business looking to grow often needs money for expansion. Venture capital is designed to help such early stage businesses.

Venture capital firms are generally funded by institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, or high net worth individuals. These investors allocate some of their investment capital to venture firms in hopes of getting a piece of a young company that turns out to be highly profitable.

The goal of venture capital firms is to identify early stage companies with high growth potential. Ideally, they invest early for a significant ownership stake. While it is risky to invest in startups, venture capitalists don’t expect every company to make it. They use a portfolio-based approach where a lot of failed companies are more than redeemed by the success of a few profitable company sales or initial public offerings (IPOs).

Raising venture capital money is complicated. You should be sure to do your homework, hire good attorneys, and be truly certain you need outside investment before accepting venture capitalists as co-owners of your business.

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  • SFAC to provide capital for agri-business ventures in Kerala


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    Kochi, Jan 27 (IANS) Ready to pump in money to agri-business in Kerala, the Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) is inviting entrepreneurs to propose ventures for funding.“So far we have assisted 26 projects in Kerala by providing venture capital assistance to the tune of Rs.4.25 crore. We invite more ...
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  • 2012 Venture Outlook: Some Bright Spots and Some Gloom


    Xconomy — Authority Authority: 624
    Bruce V. Bigelow It’s that outlook time of year, and Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), was in San Diego earlier this week, talking about the 2012 outlook for venture capital. Today he’ll make a similar presentation to the New Jersey Technology Council. Next week,  John ...
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  • Indian Angel Network to invest Rs.3.25 crore in Peel-Works


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    New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Venture capital firm Indian Angel Network (IAN) Friday said it will invest up to Rs.3.25 crore in Peel-Works, a sales manpower transformation and business process outsourcing (BPO) firm.IAN said in a statement that Peel-Works would use the funds to expand product offering, creating technology ...
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  • Online video marketer Clipkit raises funding from T-Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft


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    Exclusive - Yet another funding round for a Berlin-based tech startup. T-Venture , Deutsche Telekom’s venture arm, and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft have co-invested in privately-held online video syndication and marketing company Clipkit . The size of the round was not disclosed, but we’re told that it ...
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  • Commercial Property Restructuring Evolves as Economic Conditions Continue to Unfold


    PR News Wire — Authority Authority: 834
    CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Guardian Solutions, one of the nations leading commercial property restructuring firms, has continued to grow and evolve in a dynamic economic landscape over the last four years. As part of this growth evolution, Guardian is...
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  • Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011


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    Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26 billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12 billion raised in ...
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  • SOPAs Jane Jacobs Moment


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    Fifty years ago this year, the New York City Board of Estimate voted down Robert Moses plan to build a ten-lane elevated highway across lower Manhattan--leveling fourteen blocks along Broome Street in Little Italy and what is now SoHo, as well as the West Village.  Jane Jacobs , a community activist, led the ...
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  • 10 Biggest VC Deals of 2011


    Forward Thinking — Authority Authority: 111
    Virginia-based Cvent is number 9 on the list closing on $136M in Q3. Qtr Company St Amount 3 Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TX   $300,000,000 4 Dropbox, Inc. CA   $250,000,200 1 BrightSource Energy, Inc. CA ...
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  • the game is changing


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    Im speaking on a panel next week as part of the MIT Enterprise forum here in Seattle. The topice of the talk is Venture Funding - Its a New Game. The game has for sure changed, and I think the success of Founders Co-op, TechStars and Lighter Capital shows some of the ways entrepreneurs and investors are adjusting.  ...
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  • OpenView Labs Aims to Prime Portfolio Companies for Big Growth


    Xconomy — Authority Authority: 624
    Erin Kutz “Money is money, anyone can do that,” says Brian Zimmerman, managing director of Boston-based OpenView Venture Partners. Go on. “We have this idea of providing real value to our portfolio companies. If we’re going to call ourselves partners, we really need to be partners.” he says. Plenty of ...
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  • What are “regulatory assets under management” and why does a private fund manager need to determine them?


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    With the new registration requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act and the enhanced reporting required of some private fund managers under Form PF, private fund managers must now make a yearly (or sometimes more frequent) calculation of their “regulatory assets under management.”  Essentially this is a total tally ...
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  • Mercia Fund Management Launches Mercia Growth EIS Fund


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    Mercia Fund Management Launches Mercia Growth EIS Fund Mercia Fund Management logo Birmingham and Oxford, UK (PRWEB UK) 27 October 2011 Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has launched the Mercia Growth EIS Fund for tax efficient ...
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  • The Entrepreneur’s Index


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  • Cloud IAM Platform Firm Symplified Closes $20M Venture Capital Round


    Virtualization and Cloud Computing — Authority Authority: 125
    Symplified®, the Cloud Identity Company, today announced that it has raised $20M in a Series C round of venture capital financing led by Ignition Partners. The company, which tripled revenues and...
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  • Khosla Ventures Leads $7.7 M Series A Round for Varentec


    PR News Wire — Authority Authority: 834
    SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varentec, an emerging green technology company, closed a $7.7M Series A funding round in late 2011 led by Khosla Ventures, a leading clean tech venture capital firm located in Menlo Park, CA. Varentec also announced that Dr. Deepak Divan...
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  • Strong Entrepreneurs vs. Weak Entrepreneurs


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    By guest author Irina Patterson Which kind of entrepreneur do you want to be? Great entrepreneurs always find the time to study even when they are very busy. They find the time to fill the gaps in... ___
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  • Inventus Capital Invests $2 Million in eTechies


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    Gurgaon-based technical support startup eTechies has raised $2 million in Series A funding from Inventus Capital Partners , the Kanwal Rekhi-backed venture capital firm, said a press release. The company, which provides repair services for desktop and laptop computers, printers and other digital devices, had ...
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  • Five Questions on Tech in NYC for North Bridge VC Dayna Grayson


    Xconomy — Authority Authority: 624
    Arlene Weintraub Dayna Grayson, principal at North Bridge Venture Partners in Waltham, MA, has been spending a lot of time in New York City of late. North Bridge wants to participate in the Big Apple’s technology renaissance, so Grayson has been spending one to two days a week scouting for investment ...
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  • Boston venture capitalists on... The IPO market, deals they regret not doing, sectors theyre interested in, and the health of the Boston ecosystem (with audio and photos)


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    By Scott Kirsner, Globe ColumnistI moderated a panel of venture capitalists last night at the historic Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill, talking about what mattered most in tech and VC last year, and what they expect to see in 2012....
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  • Mutual Funds Invest in Brazilian Online Deals Company


    DealBook — Authority Authority: 132
    Peixe Urbano, Brazils first online daily deal company, has closed a round of financing with mutual funds and accounts managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management and T. Rowe Price Associates. General Atlantic and Tiger Global Management also participated.
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