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Russia to invest in venture capital firms
November 9, 2007
Kremlin plans to sink more than $1 billion into tech start-ups via top-tier VC firms. But are the firms really ready for "the last frontier"?
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Red light for green-tech start-ups?
January 29, 2008
A funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment.
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How VCs earn their keep
May 1, 2004
An upcoming research paper suggests some venture capital firms offer intangibles, such as experience and contacts, that are worth their weight in gold.
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Google VCs, execs take a hit
August 18, 2004
Venture capitalists John Doerr and Michael Moritz--and their clients--lose opportunity to make immediate gains from the IPO.
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Tech companies, investors clash over patent law
March 29, 2007
Larger companies have been lobbying for surgery on what they call a "broken" system; smaller venture capital firms aren't convinced.
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Tech vets making leap to green tech
May 29, 2007
Clean-tech companies are hiring IT veterans as they look to bring Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship to slow-moving industries.
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Clean tech has investors' attention
September 21, 2006
Investors, corporations are warming to the idea that there's money in being green.
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Mashups for fun--and profit?
April 19, 2006
Many are combining online maps and data. But can anyone make money off these things?
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Why less cash means more to tech start-ups
October 12, 2006
The key to building a successful company doesn't depend upon tapping into lots of cash, cautions venture capitalist Carl Showalter.
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Google's hard bargain
May 3, 2004
Wall Street's money machine gives the Web search mavericks rare power to cut their own deal, but business motives may win out in the end.
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Is Silicon Valley strangled by SOX?
January 18, 2007
Jim Clark's exit from the board at Shutterfly raises questions about running start-ups in the shadow of Sarbanes-Oxley.
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Biosciences: High risk, high reward
November 16, 2003
Knowledge@Wharton examines how researchers and venture capitalists are applying lessons learned from the history of earlier technologies to biotechnology.
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Business software companies mull IPOs
October 6, 2003
In a sign that companies delivering business software over the Web are on the comeback trail, two leading names in the fledgling market are considering making IPOs next year.
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Breaking the rules with open source
August 2, 2004
Start-ups, investors turn to open-source software to jump-start new companies.
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Court ruling could squeeze P2P pennies
June 27, 2005
Grokster ruling is likely to give investors pause when faced with the prospectus for a file-sharing start-up.
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Google to go for $85 per share
August 19, 2004
Search giant's IPO, reduced to sell, makes it to the finish line. Trading is set to begin Thursday.
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Nanotech will tap nature's potential, investor says
August 24, 2004
Venture capitalist says a revolution is at hand, despite a setback like Nanosys' canceled IPO.
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Investors snub Friendster in patent grab
November 12, 2003
Alarmed by Friendster's potential expansion on their turf, two competitors who are also investors in Friendster team to buy a patent they call key to the social networking market.
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