GreenBeat 2009: Meet your Innovation Competition judges
GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, is just around the corner on Nov. 18-19. And one of the key pieces of the event — perhaps the one we’re most excited about — is the Innovation Competition, a chance for startups and big companies alike to go head-to-head showcasing their boldest, most disruptive technologies and business models.
We can’t say too much about the more than 30 companies who applied to be a… Continue Reading
5 O’Clock Roundup: Kleiner expands $100M iFund, Intel kills Classmate, AOL prepares for fire sale
Kleiner Perkins to add money to its iFund for apps — Matt Murphy, who manages the $100 million fund, told Bloomberg reporter Connie Guglielmo, “It’s pretty clear we’ll go beyond” the $100M mark. There are 85,000-plus applications in Apple’s store created by companies of all sizes. App development projects range in size from solo students to BMW.
Be warned: Murphy isn’t poking through the App Store for people to fund. “I’m looking to find companies that… Continue Reading
New survey: VCs feel glum (but not too glum) about the economy
Hey, did you hear that the economy isn’t doing that great? Well, according to a new survey from audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG, venture capitalists got the memo, too — although they’re not as concerned as you might think.
We’ve been writing quite a bit about the different ways the downturn is hitting the startup world — this overview, for example, touches on declining public offerings, fewer acquisitions and a lack of VC confidence…. Continue Reading