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Cloud Computing Expo Speaker Hummer Winblad's Lars Leckie: SaaS/Cloud Market Set To Double by 2012:
As IT spending tightens, Principal at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners applauds the SaaS model over existing software models In a recent report, Gartner made some bold predictions around the near-term future of SaaS. In essence they are endorsing that themore
Samson StudioDock 3i Active USB Monitors
With the success of the iPod there's increasing interest in small, powered speaker systems to jack iPods into. Samson has recently released just such a set of powered speakers in the form of the US$195 StudioDock 3i Active USB Monitors. Featuring amore
3i records loss on assets
New Business provides you with best business advice for starting up and growing a business whether you are starting a business venture for the first time or are already a serial entrepreneur, we provide the best business advice you need to overcome themore
O'Brien: If things are so bad, why are venture capitalists smiling?
Taking the pulse of Silicon Valley these days is no easy chore. By all indicators, gloom should prevail. Layoffs are making a comeback at some big companies. Earnings are slowing and profits are taking a hit. The stock market, well, best not even to talkmore
VC Confidence Hits All-Time Low
A recurring measure of confidence among West Coast venture capitalists has confirmed what every market watcher already knows: market conditions look pretty bleak in every direction. But reading between the lines, VC sentiment might not be quite somore
Venture capital: Silicon Valley start-ups weathering the financial storm
MyLawsuit.com is still more a concept than a company, with a Web page that promises 'Coming soon.'' But inside her work space at a Palo Alto start-up incubator, Michele Colucci can tick off the ways her idea for bringing the legal marketplace into themore
VC firm invests in carbon market software developer
@Ventures, the venture capital business of ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. has announced an investment in CarbonFlow, Inc., a developer of software for carbon market participants. @Ventures' investment completes CarbonFlow?s first round of venturemore
How will start-ups survive downturn? Famed VC offers some advice
John Doerr weighs in on cash, cutbacks and communication; 'everyone?should be selling' (Reuters)?What doesn?t kill you makes you smarter. That was the message from well-known venture capitalist John Doerr, who offered start-up companies tips onmore
Start-up companies in Silicon Valley face harsh financial realities as venture capital disapppears
Silicon Valley start-ups must grow up and start making some real money, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and company chiefs were told at the Web 2.0 Summit this week. The economic downturn has begun to bite hard and young start-ups looking for themore
Kerala to host venture capital summit
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will host a two-day summit for venture capital fund with the theme ?Financing the Knowledge Economy in Kerala? beginning Monday. The summit, organized by the Group of Technopark Companies (GTECH) and the IT Department,more
Pelamis Wave Power Completes £5M Financing Round
Pelamis Wave Power Ltd. (PWP), which recently completed the build of the worlds first wave farm off the coast of Portugal (earlier post), completed a ?5 million (US$7.9 million) financing round. The round was supported by a number of existingmore
Lack of venture capital hampers start-ups
Silicon Valley start-ups must grow up and start making some real money, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and company chiefs were told at the Web2.0 Summit this week. The economic downturn has begun to bite hard and young start-ups looking for themore
LSP holds euro75m first closing on new life sciences venture capital fund
Life Sciences Partners has held a ?75m first closing on its fourth fund, LSP IV. With its new fund, the firm will continue to invest in private life sciences companies across Europe. LSP did not disclose the target of the fund, but the firm said thatmore
Apax Partners to open China office by yr-end
Reuters reports: Private equity firm Apax Partners will open an office in China by the end of this year, the official China Securities Journal reported on Friday. Apax Partners plans to establish its first China office in Shanghai by the end of thismore
3i suffers as turmoil cuts net asset value
FT reports: The UK's biggest listed private equity group, 3i, reported its first negative returns for five years yesterday as a sharp rise in provisions for potential investment losses and a drop in valuations took their toll. The credit crunch hasmore
Samson StudioDock 3i Active USB Monitors
With the success of the iPod there's increasing interest in small, powered speaker systems to jack iPods into. Samson has recently released just such a set of powered speakers in the form of the US$195 StudioDock 3i Active USB Monitors. Featuring amore
Visteon (VC) Appoints Donald J. Stebbins as Chairman
Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) has elected President and CEO Donald J. Stebbins to the additional position of chairman of the board, effective Dec. 1, 2008. Stebbins succeeds Michael F. Johnston, who will retire as executive chairman Nov. 30 after eightmore
Startup Equity Derivative Exchange Seeks Investment
DFOX is a startup derivative exchange in Dublin exploiting a gap in the market for equity and commodity derivatives. The exchange is seeking investment in order to complete the roll out of its market trading services. The exchange industry has beenmore
Apax to expand into mainland China
Independent global private equity advisory firm Apax Partners is to open a new office in Shanghai later this year and a second office in Beijing in 2009 in a bid to expand its operations. The new Greater China team will be headed by former director ofmore
Negotiating with Venture Capitalists Now
Valuations of top-tier companies are falling, it's taking longer to get funded, and the terms are tougher The past few years have been relatively easy for founders of startups to raise venture capital. VCs were willing to take bets on new marketsandmore
Twitter Investor Meets With Open Source Textbook Startup
One of the VCs behind Twitter had early preliminary discussions this week in a meeting with the open-source textbook startup Flat World Knowledge, co-founder and chief marketing officer Eric Frank told wired.com. Spark Capitals Bijan Sabet posted amore
Venture Capital Summit
am Special Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram: The Group of Technopark Companies (GTECH) is organising a here on November 10 and 11 on the theme ? Financing the Knowledge Economy in Kerala 2008.? Supported by the IT Department, government of Kerala,more
Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation to set up $250-m venture fund
CAPAs Indian operations is raising capital worth about $250 million for some of its clients for about four projects. K. Giriprakash Bangalore, Nov. 7 Aviation consultancy firm CAPA (Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation) is setting up a venture fund worthmore
Tip to VCs: Invest in Food
Michael Pollan, writer and activist, has some words of wisdom for venture capitalists: The big money is in food. 'It's the biggest industry in the country,' said Pollan, while speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. 'And right now, the foodmore
The Cash Panic Sweeping The VC Industry
Why have VC firms clamped down on investments so fast? Why are they shouting from the rooftops that portfolio companies had better start cutting costs immediately? Well, for one thing, because they're not boneheads. This economy has the potential tomore
LSP holds 75m first closing on new life sciences venture capital fund
AltAssets. Life Sciences Partners has held a 75m first closing on its fourth fund, LSP IV. With its new fund, the firm will continue to invest in private life sciences companies across Europe.LSP did not disclose the target of the fund, but the firmmore
CarWale draws venture capital funding from sierra ventures
Mumbai, Nov 06 (ANI/Business Wire India): CarWale.com, India's leading automotive Internet portal, today announced the successful completion of a series A round of financing. The investment was led by Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley based venturemore