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Private exchange to aid startups seeking more cash

(AP) -- Since June, a Web site called SharesPost has been helping a small pool of qualified buyers and sellers trade shares in fast-growing startups that have not yet gone public. Now, the private stock exchange is hoping ...

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 ...

Andreessen making leap from entrepreneur to VC

(AP) -- Having built and sold two technology startups for a combined $11.7 billion, Marc Andreessen is ready to take a stab at, well, finding the next Marc Andreessen.

Facebook, Twitter and peers for sale -- privately

(AP) -- Scott Painter makes his living betting on startup companies, having played a role in launching 29 of them over the years. But with the bad economy choking initial public offerings and acquisitions, Painter is now ...

IBM sets up 'innovation center' in Vietnam

US computer giant IBM on Friday announced it had set up its first "innovation center" in Vietnam and forged partnerships with leading Vietnamese universities.

Apple rumored to want to buy Twitter

As the media appearances of Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have multiplied, so have rumors that the company is for sale and about to be bought.

High-tech start-ups training academy to open

An online community devoted to helping start-ups duel with venture capitalists is opening an institute to train technology entrepreneurs how to build top-notch businesses.

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