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Assessing VCs continued interest in niche online travel segment
Venture capitalists have sustained their interest and investment in niche offerings… Venture capitalists have sustained their interest and investment in niche offerings, focusing on segments such as luxury …
VenGrowth Funds successfully exit Quake Technologies investment following acquisition by AMCC
VenGrowth Private Equity Partners Inc. and its affiliates , a leading private equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, today announced it has successfully exited its investment in Quake …
Zogenix, Inc. Raises $60 Million in Series A Venture Financing; Names Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO & HAYWARD, Calif.– –Aug. 28, 2006 - Zogenix, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on medicines to treat CNS disorders and pain, today announced that the company has raised $60 …
SBI Group enters VC business, launches $100 m fund
Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, August 28, 2006 News Update as at 17.00 hrs Banking & Finance SBI Group enters VC business, launches $100 m fund MUMBAI: Country’s biggest commercial …
State venture capital to be put to work
A new, state-backed fund designed as a catalyst to attract more venture capital for growing young technology companies in Michigan has raised $200 million and is ready to start investing, Gov.
Zend Raises $20 Million
PHP development and support company Zend Technologies Inc. announced today that it has raised $20 million in series D venture capital funding.
Dash Navigation Launches to Fundamentally Change Auto Navigation…
Aug. 28, 2006 — Dash Navigation , Inc. , a Silicon Valley start-up, emerged from stealth-mode today.
Venture Capital & Indian Entrepreneurial Growth
Sramana Mitra, an entrepreneur and a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley, comes out with an amazing perspective about venture capital and entrepreneurial maturity in the Indian ecosystem.
Looking For Failures
To all this discussion, I’ll just simply add ” just wait, they”ll come “. They already are coming in fact.
The VC Money & Indian Entrepreneurial Growth
Sramana Mitra comes out an amazing perspective about the VC and entrepreneurial maturity in the Indian ecosystem.
New Open Source Database Touts Oracle Compatibility
An open source competitor is zeroing in on Oracle’s customer base - and it’s not the popular and well known MySQL open source database.
Evidence of New Economy Found Alive and Well In Cleveland
The same day CoolCleveland proclaimed, “Cleveland is headed for the New Economy whether we want to or not.”, the following story appeared in Crain’s Cleveland Business.
Coles Myer rockets as predators form one pack for the hunt
COLES Myer shares soared to fresh heights as the retailer’s would-be predators combined forces.
SunRocket Announces $33 Million
SunRocket, one of the nation’s fastest-growing Internet phone service providers, today announced that it has secured $33 million for its Series C round of institutional financing, bringing the firm’s total …
‘Heart of Darkness’ Redux: Comverse CEO Found Hiding in Sri Lankan Fishing Village
Posted on Aug 25th, 2006 with stocks: CMVT Paul Kedrosky submits: I hardly know where to start with this nutty story , so I’ll just let the facts speak for themselves.
clock euro Venture Quiz Winner
Congratulations to this week’s venture quiz winner, Chris Grew, partner at WilmerHale, the legal advisory firm.
High-tech efforts must overcome low availability of investors
In the mid-1990s, Lon Slane began looking for technology he could turn into a start-up business.
For ‘cleantech’ capitalists, the green that matters is on dollar bills
SAN FRANCISCO Nicholas Parker would like to take this opportunity to loudly and clearly dispel any misconception that he is a tree hugger.
Codexis Raises $37 Million in Series D Private Financing; Total to Be Raised Up to $40 Million
Codexis, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, today announced it has raised $37 million in a Series D financing.
ChemoCentryx Completes Series C Financing
Aug. 24, 2006 - ChemoCentryx, Inc. today announced that it has recently completed a Series C financing in June 2006 with participating investors including Jennison Associates, HBM BioVentures, Orbimed Advisors, …