News tagged with venture capital
575-million-dollar fund targets technology startups
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups.
Entrepreneurs face venture capital funding drought
Oct 13, 2009 |
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The number of US venture capital firms that raised new investment money sank to a 15-year low in the last fiscal quarter as a drought of funding threatened innovation around the world.
Study Shows Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta is poised to become the nation’s poster child for how to kill off a burgeoning industry. A new study by professors at Georgia Tech reveals that the city’s reputation as a high technology ...
Twitter to raise $100 mln in new funding: WSJ
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale
Sep 18, 2009 |
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The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.
Skype founders file lawsuit against eBay
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A company owned by the founders of Skype has filed a copyright infringement suit against the Internet phone service and parent eBay Inc. - an action that could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion ...
eBay to sell Skype to investor group, to retain 35 pct stake (Update)
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.
At Singularity University, tech is seen as savior
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Chatter about ensuing plans permeates any graduation, though it's not common for the talk to surround which class projects will receive venture capital funding.
Andreessen fund's 1st investment has familiar ring
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new fund managed by Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen and his longtime confidant Ben Horowitz is treading familiar ground with its first investment - a high-tech startup already tied to the two partners.
VC investments plunge 51 pct to $3.7 billion in 2Q
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 ...
Hara helps companies profit from being green
Jun 01, 2009 |
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US startup Hara on Monday made a public debut with a service that shows businesses, organizations and governments how to profit from being Earth friendly.
Russian firm offers to invest in Facebook: report
May 23, 2009 |
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A Russian Internet-investment group has offered to invest 200 million dollars in Facebook Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported.
The sky is the limit for cloud computing
Apr 15, 2009 |
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The prospects for "cloud computing" now seem a little less ... cloudy. Once a term confined to the personal-speak of high-minded tech geeks and derided by critics as a bogus marketing ploy, cloud computing today is arguably ...
Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links
Apr 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes.
Facebook CFO Gideon Yu leaving company
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Facebook says its finance chief, Gideon Yu, is leaving the fast-growing social networking site.
