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What's next for Venture Capital?

Since things have been rather slow on the VC front, IPO market, a lot of theories are going around about what is the next thing for VCs? What are they looking for and where are they willing to put their more...
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Paul Graham says: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund

Y Combinator's Paul Graham has published a list of 30 startup ideas that they would like to fund and is enticing wanna-be, canna-be entrepreneurs and alpha-geeks to come forward to take up the challenge, more...
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When pitching for VC money, do reviews matter?

Michael Arrington has a post on theFunded.com, which is the now well-known website for either throwing bouquets or brickbats at VCs who either funded you or chose to ignore you through their own unique more...
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VCs slowing down?

Inspite of a one-day sunshine and smiles in Wall Street that the economic woes are over, it appears that the VCs are heading for the cellars and things do not look good for the startup community. This more...
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Greenplum raises $27 Million in Series C Funding

Techcrunch is reporting that Greenplum has raised a whopping $27 million of series C funding. This comes after the acquisition of MySQL by sun for $1 billion. Yes, that is a billion with a B. The database more...
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VC Report: funding up, cleantech and life sciences strong

The MoneyTree Report is out: VCs tossed $7 billion at startups in the fourth quarter, a solid 12 percent rise over the same quarter last year, according to data published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the more...
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9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid

Serial founder Larry Chiang shares his wisdom by actually listing (yes, just check it out) 9 Venture Capitalists that one must avoid when seeking funding. He tells you that if your company has revenues more...
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Facebook World Domination Plans - Raising More Money

Prior to taking over the world, what does the Facebook duo have in stock for us? First of all, they’re gonna get more money. Yu, Facebook’s C.F.O., said that the company is preparing to raise an additional more...
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How to successfully pitch to a VC

If you're an Internet entrepreneur in search of seed funding, Josh Kopelman should be high on the list of people you want to run into at a cocktail party. Kopelman is himself a successful entrepreneur more...
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A Guide to Startup Funding

The veteran Ben Yoskovitz goes through the details of the ins and outs of the funding cycle for startups, right from being boot-strapped, through angel investing and of course, venture funding. more...
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