Online investing platform SecondMarket partners with CircleUp, which crowdfunds consumer goods companies looking to grow.
Today, Openstack private cloud player, Piston Cloud closed an $8 million funding round. Investors see potential in the space, despite that it has become increasingly flooded with competitors, such as Hewlett-Packard and Rackspace.
Guest Post As Dell’s first Entrepreneur in Residence, I constantly have an ear to the ground of the entrepreneur community. I predict that the following trends will shape the world of entrepreneurialism in 2013.
Sumo Logic, the "big data" startup that specializes in analytics, has pulled in $30 million in funding.
Torch Partners entered the US market today and opened an office in San Francisco.
SV Angel, Ron Conway and David Lee's investment firm, is in the process of raising a new fund, "SV Angel IV".
As we enter into a quarter in which we're likely to see more early-stage investment deals than ever before, Adeo Ressi, CEO of The Founder Institute, believes there must be an alternative to convertible debt.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama recognized startups and entrepreneurs for innovating and creating new jobs, while calling for reforms that would support everyone who “aspires to become the next Steve Jobs.”
The speech focused …
China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is apparently seeking $4 billion in debt financing to buy the 40 percent stake in Alibaba currently owned by iconic web company Yahoo.
The news was revealed after Alibaba’s debt adviser Rothschild sent out term …
Sprint has agreed to pay $1.6 billion to struggling wholesale wireless provider Clearwire over the next four years, the companies announced today.
The deal will give Sprint unlimited access to Clearwire’s WiMax wireless network, which is noticeably slower and much …
As the tech IPO window creaks open, contractor reviewing site Angie’s List has announced a $13 opening share price for a planned initial public offering later this month.
Evelyn Rusli of The New York Times reports that the company plans …
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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a crowdfunding bill that will allow startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites and social networks. If passed by the Senate and signed off by the President, the bill will …
Renewable energy investment firm CleanPath announced today that it has raise an $800 million fund that will be used to invest in large-scale solar projects.
The projects will range from ones that will generate 5 megawatts worth of power to …
It seems that there’s still room for independent mobile advertising networks. Mobile advertising company JumpTap announced today that it has completed a $25 million financing round. The capital will be used to recruit new employees and for product and technology …
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(Editor’s note: Richard Brekka is the president of Dolphin Equity Partners. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
It’s a rough time to be a start-up seeking funding. More and more entrepreneurs are looking for angel or VC capital, but …
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(Editor’s note: Carl Showalter is a general partner with Opus Capital. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
While the economy is finally showing signs of life, securing capital for early-stage ventures hasn’t gotten any easier- so it seems timely to …
