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Will Startups Continue To Need VC's ?

Two underlying causes of this phenomenon are the declining cost of developing technologies and acquiring customers. There are two theories - one says that traditional early-stage VC will die out, another more...
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How to Turn Your VC into Your Worst Enemy

In other words, VC's have been my best friends and my worst enemies, in ways that are not always within my immediate control. In the process, ironically, I have come to respect Venture Capitalist as a more...
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India beats China in VC Investment

Contrary to some popular Wall Street wisdom, Richard Wallace says that India is a better long term technology and innovation investment than China. In fact, more VC deals were made in India than China 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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CVCI Invests Additional $125 Million In JBF Industries

Citigroup Venture Captial International which had recently invested $25 million in Shiv-Vani Oil & Gas and led a round of Rs 273 crore in Jai Balaji Industries, is now putting in an additional $125 Million more...
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A Summary of the VC activity in 2008

This is an Op-Ed piece by Drew Clark, Director of Strategy and co-founder of IBM’s Venture Capital Group. He summarizes the expected levels of VC activity in 2008 on various fronts from CleanTech, Web more...
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New VC Firm Sandlot Venture Group goes to Hollywood

Sandlot Venture Group's goal is to “hone projects at the development phase,” CEO Don Herman tells us. The analogy here is that good movie ideas, like many early-stage startups, need financing and networking more...
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Euro VCs Report Flurry of Online Deals

Index Ventures and Atlas Ventures have reported a flurry of new deals in the funding business. It includes a number of startup companies being funded such as Zoopla (algorithm for analysing data relating more...
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VCs Have Flashback Syndrome

Experienced VCs have invested in lots of companies and inevitably some of those companies have failed. When a VC sees a new company that is similar to a previous investment that failed VCs tend to shy more...
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Ford Tamer joins clean-tech crazed VC, Khosla Ventures

Ford Tamer, who has already led Khosla Ventures’ investments in EcoMotors, Kaai, Soraa, and Topanga and who was a former executive has formally joined the Clean Tech crazed VC firm Khosla Ventures which more...
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