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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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VCs: Like Your Mother Without the Hugs

Stacey Higginbotham is going into some interesting details shared anonymously by a NVCA member about the results of research conducted by Research Data Technology on VCs and how they are perceived by entreprene more...
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A Start-Up Says It Can Answer - Deal or No Deal for Startups

Stirring up a lot of scepticism and past history of failed attempts by others, Kirill Makharinsky, 21, and Bob Goodson, 27, call their software a “start-up predictor,” and they say their company, YouNoodle. more...
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VC firms invest US $540 Million in Indian startups

Venture capitalists invested $543 million in 98 Indian deals during 2007, according to Venture Intelligence, an Indian-based VC and private equity tracking firm, found that the 2007 investment total was 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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Pitching on a Prayer & a PowerPoint

Venture Capitalist Rich Moran gives some illuminating insights into the process of fund-raising for entrepreneurs who are trying to shore up for their startups. He gives some simple practical hints and more...
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Is the CleanTech Learning Curve Too Steep?

Katie Fehrenbacher delves into the depths of Venture funding into the CleanTech startups. The nature of cleantech venture investing — highly specialized science, huge project financing — is just difficult, more...
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The 20 Worst VC Investments of All Time

Amp'd Mobile, Caspian Networks, Pets.com, Webvan, Xoma and Procket join the ranks of those all-famous startups that swallowed tons of VC money and sank gloriously to join the list of these 20 worst VC more...
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Where the interests of Founders and VCs diverge

Stacey Higginbotham goes into this likely situation - what happens when the interests of the Entrepreneurs and the VCs diverge? Taking the example of a startup myPodder who can target both Enterprise more...
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