News tagged with venture capital
VC investments plunge 51 pct to $3.7 billion in 2Q
(AP) -- Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Study: Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups
A new study from North Carolina State University is turning the conventional wisdom about technology start-up companies on its head, showing that ventures with moderate levels of undercapitalization can still be successful ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Hara helps companies profit from being green
US startup Hara on Monday made a public debut with a service that shows businesses, organizations and governments how to profit from being Earth friendly.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Russian firm offers to invest in Facebook: report
A Russian Internet-investment group has offered to invest 200 million dollars in Facebook Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported.
May 23, 2009 |
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The sky is the limit for cloud computing
The prospects for "cloud computing" now seem a little less ... cloudy. Once a term confined to the personal-speak of high-minded tech geeks and derided by critics as a bogus marketing ploy, cloud computing today is arguably ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links
(AP) -- Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes.
Apr 12, 2009 |
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Facebook CFO Gideon Yu leaving company
(AP) -- Facebook says its finance chief, Gideon Yu, is leaving the fast-growing social networking site.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Google launches venture capital fund (Update)
Google is searching for good ideas.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Twitter to try money-making methods
Micro-blogging sensation Twitter plans to begin dabbling this year with ways to pump cash from the fast-growing free service.
Mar 27, 2009 |
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US economic stimulus money fuels 'smart' power grid surge
Electric grids are getting smarter in an IBM lab in Texas as the promise of billions of US economic stimulus dollars fuels a drive to make power delivery more efficient and greener.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Despite economy, new startups retain optimism
(AP) -- With many established businesses just trying to survive, you might not think it's a good time to start a company, let alone ask anyone for money to help get it rolling. But if a series of presentations ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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