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Seed funding vs Series A - things the startup founders must consider

When is it best to go for the seed funding instead of going around asking for $5 million from the VC's. Carl's points out the things startup founders must consider to decide what kind of funding is appropriate more...
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New VC Model For Small Scale Financing

The low cost barrier to starting a startup & pay-as-you-go infrastructure are making it possible to start a Web based start-up with less and less money. In this new era founders need very little money more...
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What To Expect After The First Meeting

Mark talks about why it may take VC's to respond. After you have had your first meeting, VCs may be slow to respond. There are a few potential reasons for this. Read the article. more...
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iovation Gets $15 Million Strategic Investment

Strategic investor Intel Capital and other undisclosed investors have invested $15 Million into security software company iovation. iovation focuses on Internet-enabled devices and their "reputations" more...
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Al Gore, the Venture Capitalist

Nobel Prize (shared) winner Al Gore has joined Kleiner Perkins in Menlo Park as a partner. He will focus on funding in the area of - well, what else - CleanTech. Interesting to see how the VC firm now more...
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7 Things you need to know about Venture Capital financing

Many of the entrepreneurs think that they have got funding when they get the termsheet. Lets face it, a termsheet is the first step in the long legal process which will result in funding. This article more...
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Firelake Capital Management raising $100M for cleantech investment

Cleantech is getting another shot in the arm with Firelake Capital Management starting the Strategic Technology Fund II dedicated to fostering the Cleantech sector. Based in Palo Alto, this company has more...
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TuVox raises $20M; into speech recognition and phone menu software

TuVox has raised $20M in its fourth round of funding from Glynn Capital Management who led the financing, which also includes previous investors Norwest Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Granite Ventures, more...
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Search Engine Marketing Firm Kenshoo Raises Funds

Using end-to-end search marketing operating on an automated technology for advertising campaigns, and a central feature of the company’s suite of offerings is its longtail keyword expansion, Kenshoo more...
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Startup Purfresh raises $15 M to make food safer

Purfresh is the new name of Novazone, a Livermore, Calif., company that disinfects and protects water and fresh produce and which has raised $42 Million upto now is raising new funding. It was led by more...
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