Fenwick & West study finds funding for life sciences continues to slow

Today Fenwick & West released a study stating that the number of life science financings continued to decline in 2012, falling by more than $5 billion over the past five years.

‘Personal guardian angel’ to Ben Horowitz joins the firm as special advisor

Industry veteran Ken Coleman joins venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, 26 years after he introduced founder Ben Horowitz to the technology world.

Foundation Capital raises 7th funding of $282M for early stage startups

Early stage investing venture firm Foundation Capital announced a $282 million fund aimed at consumer, IT, and green-tech startups.

SEC recognizes FundersClub as first-ever online VC

In huge news for the venture capital world, the SEC officially announced that it will not recommend enforcement action against online investment platform FundersClub.

VC firm Maveron gets ‘em while they’re young with new seed-stage investment program

Maveron, a well-known venture capital firm that focuses exclusively on consumer-facing companies, announces an initiative to fund and support seed stage startups.

Watch out for Bigfoot! ‘Series A crunch’ sighting reported in Silicon Valley

Well-known law firm Fenwick & West releases its 2012 Seed Financing Survey which found that the mythical Series A crunch does in fact exist.

Third Rock Ventures gets its hands dirty with $516M for healthcare startups

Third Rock is a venture capital fund solely dedicated to health care companies. The firm's distinct hands-on approach first discovers breakthrough technology and then builds the teams to execute it.

Let’s talk about ‘women in tech’: Silicon Valley still has a gender problem

For International Women's Day, we spoke with dozens of women in the tech industry to understand the primary problems they still face, and their suggested solutions.

New $150M venture fund will support Colorado’s startups

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) revealed in a private meeting with the press that the state is backing a new venture fund.

Gov. Hickenlooper: Why Colorado is the new Silicon Valley (Q&A)

At the VCIR conference to showcase the mountain region's startups, Colarado's governor spoke about his state's commitment to tech. In a private meeting with the press, he stressed his mission to turn Colorado into the most pro-business state without jeopardizing its natural beauty.