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A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal. http://phys.org/news286722766.html Technology Thu, 02 May 2013 14:13:00 EST news286722766 (AP)—Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won't seek re-election to its board of directors. http://phys.org/news286301844.html Technology Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:18:14 EST news286301844 (AP)—Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joined forces Thursday with a leading Kazakh industrialist and an Israeli entrepreneur to launch a new high-tech venture. http://phys.org/news285509813.html Technology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:16:59 EST news285509813 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new political action group he is spearheading Thursday to press for reforms in areas including immigration and education. http://phys.org/news284896510.html Technology Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:55:17 EST news284896510 Neon, the Carnegie Mellon University startup that uses cognitive neuroscience to improve online video clicks, has secured venture capital (VC) funding in a Series Seed round led by True Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Silicon Valley-based firms Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) and XSeed Capital, and entrepreneur Steve Blank also participated. http://phys.org/news284205409.html Technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:00:17 EST news284205409 In a chic auditorium typically reserved for late-night concerts, Israel's next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs are gathered. Though their vocation is modern, their appearance and lifestyle are distinctly traditional and they are seated separately—men to the left, woman to the right. http://phys.org/news277916289.html Technology Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:58:16 EST news277916289 BuzzFeed, a fast-growing social news website, said Thursday it had raised $19.5 million in a new round of funding from investors to help its expansion. http://phys.org/news276439519.html Technology Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:45:40 EST news276439519 (Phys.org)—Venture capital firm Quantum Wave Fund has announced that they have raised $30 million of their goal of $100 million to invest in quantum research efforts. The group is based out of Boston though its members have mostly Russian backgrounds. They also have offices in Moscow and New York. The stated purpose of the firm is to seek out research teams who have made progress in developing quantum technologies and then to offer them funding to help bring the technology into the commercial sector. http://phys.org/news274694828.html Physics Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:08:34 EST news274694828 Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs - and so far, that hasn't been a problem for Apple Inc. http://phys.org/news266666454.html Technology Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:50:02 EST news266666454 (AP) -- A venture capital firm started by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen has raised an additional $1.5 billion to invest in promising technology startups. http://phys.org/news247246045.html Technology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:34:00 EST news247246045 Netscape co-founder turned Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen on Friday shot down reports he was in line to take an executive role at struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo!. http://phys.org/news242681636.html Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:34:24 EST news242681636 Square, a start-up from a co-founder of Twitter, said Tuesday that Virgin tycoon Richard Branson has invested in the mobile payments company. http://phys.org/news239980917.html Technology Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:22:07 EST news239980917 Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners has approached Yahoo! about making a bid for the struggling Internet company, according to newspaper reports. http://phys.org/news235391624.html Technology Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:35:53 EST news235391624 Facebook announced Wednesday that Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff to US president Bill Clinton, has joined the board of directors of the social network. http://phys.org/news234636206.html Technology Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:43:37 EST news234636206 (AP) -- Michael Arrington, founder of popular tech blog TechCrunch, is starting a venture capital firm with an initial $20 million to invest in the same kinds of startups that TechCrunch often covers. http://phys.org/news234196259.html Technology Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:31:09 EST news234196259 Streaming movies might not yet have the equivalent of a theater experience, with roaring crowds crunching on popcorn, but they are getting more social. http://phys.org/news233932580.html Technology Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:16:53 EST news233932580 The US micro-blogging website Twitter is gaining value and is now worth an estimated $8 billion, the New York Times reported Friday. http://phys.org/news229322175.html Technology Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:38:14 EST news229322175 Netscape co-founder turned Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen on Wednesday rejected recent speculation about a new high-tech bubble. http://phys.org/news226216169.html Technology Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:49:42 EST news226216169 (AP) -- BEA Systems co-founder Alfred Chuang got rich licensing business software applications to companies that installed the programs on their own computers. http://phys.org/news223182717.html Technology Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:12:12 EST news223182717 It may be too soon to equate the Xooglers, as members of the ever-expanding network of ex-Google employees call themselves, with the "PayPal Mafia" - the founders and early employees of the online payment company who went on to start Yelp, YouTube and LinkedIn. http://phys.org/news219560722.html Technology Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:40:01 EST news219560722 Internet bargain coupon phenomenon Groupon said Monday it had raised $950 million in the past month to invest in technology, fund its global expansion and compensate company employees and early investors. http://phys.org/news213906590.html Technology Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:30:14 EST news213906590 A fresh infusion of investment cash pushed Twitter's market value up to 3.7 billion dollars on Wednesday with the number of people using the microblogging service climbing to 175 million. http://phys.org/news211660614.html Technology Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:00:02 EST news211660614 China's Internet censors may have kept most of the nation's 420 million web users from accessing Facebook, but they have not stopped social game developers like Ellison Gao. http://phys.org/news211612546.html Technology Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:40:01 EST news211612546 (AP) -- Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the same to credit and debit cards. http://phys.org/news210398269.html Technology Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:58:17 EST news210398269 Kno Inc., a California company making a digital textbook reader for students, announced on Tuesday it would begin shipping the tablet computer by the end of the year. http://phys.org/news208589471.html Electronics Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:31:39 EST news208589471 Facebook, Amazon and Zynga said Thursday they have teamed with a top Silicon Valley venture capital firm to create a 250-million-dollar fund for entrepreneurs making the Internet more social. http://phys.org/news206893649.html Technology Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:50:04 EST news206893649 (AP) -- California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal. http://phys.org/news205821312.html Medicine & Health Sat, 09 Oct 2010 05:35:52 EST news205821312 Silicon Valley investor Matt Murphy is out to find the next great opportunity in mobile consumer technology. And he has $200 million at his disposal to pay for it. http://phys.org/news204818914.html Technology Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:50:01 EST news204818914 Kno Inc., a company developing a digital textbook reader for students, said Wednesday that it has received 46 million dollars in the latest round of funding from venture capitalists. http://phys.org/news203188542.html Technology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:30:41 EST news203188542 While Apple Inc. is enjoying the early success of its iPad tablet computer, the tech giant has once again captured the imagination of those looking to make a buck from its latest gadget. http://phys.org/news191142212.html Technology Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:40:02 EST news191142212