Venture Vehicles, maker of high-priced electric scooter, gets backing

Venture Vehicles, maker of high-priced electric scooter, gets backing

(Update: The company’s supporters have orchestrated a campaign to criticize this article; see comments below)

Venture Vehicles, a Los Angeles company developing a three-wheeler car that you can plug into a electrical outlet, with a glass canopy roof that can reportedly out-accelerate a Porsche Boxster —… Continue Reading

Is Web 2.0 over and out?

Is Web 2.0 over and out?

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New Internet technologies, defined vaguely as “Web 2.0,” have gone mainstream, but the cycle of innovation may be slowing, suggests a venture capitalist.

Separately, data shows that venture investments in Web 2.0 companies last year increased strongly, but that valuations actually dropped.

Peter Rip, of Crosslink Capital,… Continue Reading

Best time to raise money since bubble-year 2000

Best time to raise money since bubble-year 2000

Folks, venture capitalists are investing money at the sweetest terms since the fourth quarter of 2000 — which was shortly after the all-time high when the Internet bubble burst.

Now is the time to go raise your money for your start-up: Venture capitalists valued U.S.-based… Continue Reading