News tagged with venture capital

Facebook deflates any thought of new tech bubble

The horrendous stock market debut for Facebook suggests investors are not ready to jump in and create another tech bubble despite big expectations for social media, analysts say.

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

California leads green tech funding, reduces greenhouse emissions

California has had remarkable success in developing and deploying clean technology, using it to help fuel the state's economic rebound and drive its effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even as its population continues ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Venture capital investments fall 19 percent in 1Q

(AP) -- Funding for startups fell 19 percent in the first three months of the year, as cautious venture capitalists funneled less money into fewer deals.

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created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Venture capital managers affect firms' success, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Corporate venture capital investment strategies, goals and outcomes vary greatly depending on the background of the investment manager, a new University of California, Davis, study shows.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

VC firm Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B to invest

(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.

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Venture capital investments up 19 percent in 4Q

(AP) -- Funding for startups rose 19 percent in the fourth quarter as venture capitalists fueled money into more companies in the Internet, clean technology and other sectors.

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dropbox co-founder aims to build his own Google, not sell to them

Four years ago, Drew Houston was just another super-smart hacker with ambitions of starting his own company.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Zynga's IPO flop could hurt some Silicon Valley startups

Zynga's unexpected IPO flop this month could be bad news for other Silicon Valley startups.

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created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cult video gaming firm closer to IPO

Leading video game hardware company Razer has secured $50 million from a Beijing-based venture capital fund that takes it potentially closer to a public listing, the company said Wednesday.

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netscape co-founder nixes Yahoo! leadership role

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!.

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Big payouts from startups excite Silicon Valley

Everyone dreams of striking it rich - and what they would do with such a windfall. A new house? A fancy car? Maybe designer clothes selected by a personal shopper. For some in Silicon Valley, those wishes may soon come true.

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created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Virgin tycoon Branson invests in Square

Square, a start-up from a co-founder of Twitter, said Tuesday that Virgin tycoon Richard Branson has invested in the mobile payments company.

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created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Venture investments grow in 3Q from last year

(AP) -- Venture capitalists invested more money in more U.S. startups in the third quarter than they did a year earlier - especially in the software industry.

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LED startup Switch Lighting hopes to light the way in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is known for computer chips, software companies and social networks - but not light bulbs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1