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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"? TAGS: Russia, venture-capital company, fund, venture capital, asset management, firm, equity, investor, talent, start-up, asset

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. TAGS: CMGI @Ventures, natural gas, IPO, start-up, sector, venture capital, facility, investor

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. TAGS: intangibles, venture capital, valuation, offer, entrepreneur, paper, venture-capital company, investor, investment, contact, start-up, bank, analysis

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. TAGS: IPO, Sequoia Capital, venture capital, investor, venture-capital company, Google Inc., firm, opportunity, hit, exec, shareholder, pricing, management, founder, CEO

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. TAGS: AmberWave Systems, venture-capital company, venture capital, patent, Patrick Leahy, small business, Sen., Rep., investor, bill, chairman

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. TAGS: green tech, engineering, information technology, venture capital, energy, investor, CEO

Clean tech has investors' attention

September 21, 2006 Investors, corporations are warming to the idea that there's money in being green. TAGS: investor, renewable energy, corporation, venture capital, attention, technology company, conference, chairman

Mashups for fun--and profit?

April 19, 2006 Many are combining online maps and data. But can anyone make money off these things? TAGS: mashup, real estate, investor, venture capital, map, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

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. TAGS: capital, valuation, milestone, entrepreneur, investor, investment, start-up, round, IPO, venture capital

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. TAGS: IPO, company founder, Google Inc., venture capital, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Internet search, investor, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, structure, shareholder, founder, method

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. TAGS: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Enron Corp., Shutterfly, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, resignation, Silicon Valley, venture capital, investor, shareholder, finance, chairman

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. TAGS: biotechnology, pharmaceutical company, venture capital, surprise, risk, investor, researcher

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. TAGS: NetSuite Inc., IPO, Salesforce.com Inc., Zach Nelson, business software, Marc Benioff, investor, business software company, computer network, Siebel Systems Inc., venture capital, president, CEO, software company

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. TAGS: Sony Betamax, file-swapping company, Grokster Ltd., court, file-sharing, P2P, file-swapping, investor, decision, copyright law, entertainment, venture capital, start-up, attorney, HP, Intel

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. TAGS: IPO, insider, Google Inc., search engine company, investor, Wall Street, Yahoo! Inc., venture capital, pricing

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. TAGS: Steve Jurvetson, nanotechnology, Nanosys, IPO, protein, molecule, revolution, discovery, nature, transistor, investor, venture capital, material, scientist, manufacturing, virus

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. TAGS: Friendster Inc., Benchmark Capital, LinkedIn, patent, Tribe.net, social networking, investor, networking, PayPal, recruiting, negotiation, venture capital, entrepreneur, California
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