DFJ VinaCapital launches $50M tech and telecom fund in Vietnam

DFJ VinaCapital has launched as a $50 million venture capital fund focused on technology and privatized telecom companies in Vietnam, according to PE Week.

It is a joint venture between Vietnam-based VinaCapital and Menlo Park, Calif.-based Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Ok, we know Vietnam is socialist, but… Continue Reading

The Oil Debate, Round II: Khosla vs. Patzek

The Oil Debate, Round II: Khosla vs. Patzek

If there’s one technology challenge most important to the country’s future, it is the technology of energy.

Energy reserves, and the need to secure them, is a good part of the reason we’re in Iraq, losing lives. It’s why we are so interlocked in the… Continue Reading