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Khosla Ventures raises 1 bln dlrs for green tech

Two new US venture capital funds have raised more that one billion dollars to help propel a green technology revolution, the company founded by influential investor Vinod Khosla said.

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Virdia gets $100 million to start cellulose ethanol plant

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite calls for finding alternatives to using corn to make biofuel, the United States currently has no such commercial biomass-to-sugar processing plants able to do so. That may soon change ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Small businesses see mobile payments as chance to lower costs

Urban Bean manager Liz Abene started hunting for a new way to process card payments after the coffee shop's transaction fees skyrocketed. It was costing $60 a month, she said, just to have the credit card equipment on the ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small businesses turn to Square for credit transactions

Cabbie David Mendoza reached for his iPhone and plugged in a spiffy Square Reader to process a ride's fare.

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US venture capitalists oppose 'rogue website' bill

A group of top US venture capitalists has written a letter to the US Congress opposing a bill aimed at cracking down on websites selling pirated and counterfeit goods.

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Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competition

A team of students with a toilet and a dream won this year’s grand prize, as well as the audience-choice award, in MIT’s 21st annual $100K Business Plan Competition.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ex-Googlers penetrating startup hierarchy

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 ...

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created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google backs climate-change weather insurance startup

Google on Monday was among investors pumping $42 million into a climate change inspired technology startup that calculates the chances of crops being ruined by weather.

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created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Square lets gizmos read credit cards

The father of Twitter has hatched a start-up that he hopes does for financial transactions what Twitter did for communication.

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created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wild ideas take flight on cutting edge of clean tech

Spray-on solar panels, power beaming down from outer space and gasoline-like fuel made from bacteria. Sound far-fetched? Maybe, but these and other futuristic concepts for producing power are being taken seriously in scientific, ...

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created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 18

Blair to advise Silicon Valley group on climate

(AP) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is joining a Silicon Valley business as a senior adviser on environmental issues.

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created May 24, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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