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7 Tips on Raising VC Funding from a Professional VC Negotiator

Posted by jenboynton 445 days ago, popular 444 days ago (http://www.triplepundit.com)

| Tags: capital funding vc venture
Gauthier contends that unless you are an experienced financier and negotiator, all entrepreneurs can benefit from guidance when seeking funding. He s[...] read more »
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Startups Best Positioned To Weather A Downturn

Posted by longdongsilver 531 days ago, popular 531 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)

| Tags: startups vc venture capital
"We compiled a list of all the technology startups that have raised $25 million over the past two years." But does this mean they're safe?[...] read more »
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Cleantech Venture Investment in ‘08 Breaks Record, Despite Weak Finish

Posted by br1168 428 days ago (http://earth2tech.com)

| Tags: equity finance investing vc venture
Despite a significant drop in cleantech startup investments in the fourth quarter, 2008 still delivered a record level of investment for the cleantec[...] read more »
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IVP’s Chaffee: Why I Invested In Twitter

Posted by michaelfidler 395 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: Business | Tags: funding tech twitter vc
Why did Institutional Venture Partners and Benchmark Capital just plow $35 million into Twitter? I talked today with Todd Chaffee, the partner at IVP behind the deal, and asked him just that. His answer:
Our model is to find the winners and m read more »
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VCs Forced Zappos CEO To Sell To Amazon Rather Than IPO (AMZN)

Posted by WayneLiew 236 days ago (http://www.businessinsider.com)
Category: Business | Tags: amazon amzn business vc zappos
PeHub reports that Tony wanted to IPO, but Zappos's VC backer, Sequoia's Michael Moritz, craved liquidity and forced the sale. read more »
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Wow. ChaCha Is Raising Another $30 Million

Posted by michaelfidler 414 days ago (http://nobosh.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: funding mobile tech vc
ChaCha, the human-powered answers service we’ve written about quite a bit here on TechCrunch, is raising a Series C round of $30 million, of which cl[...] read more »
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Venture Capitalists Are Too Market-Oriented for Bailout Money

Posted by tipd 378 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: government vc venture capital
"Keynes included among his prescriptions a do-no-harm fiscal stimulus of simply paying people to dig and then fill in ditches...throwing taxpayer mo[...] read more »
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$400 Billion Allocated To Cleantech Worldwide

Posted by tessant 349 days ago (http://www.solarfeeds.com)

| Tags: cleantech green solar vc
Governments find cleantech stimulating, with $400 billion now allocated in programs worldwide, according to latest figures. Venture investment in the[...] read more »
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IPO News: Fortinet marks first VC-backed tech IPO to file since January; recent filing activity shows positive signs

Posted by rencap 215 days ago (http://www.renaissancecapital.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: ipo technology vc
Fortinet, a VC-backed network security appliance vendor, filed for an IPO - the first in 6 months. Is this the first in a new wave of VC-backed IPO [...] read more »
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VC Investment In Green Technologies Roaring Back

Posted by tessant 168 days ago (http://www.solarfeeds.com)
Category: Green | Tags: cleantech solar vc greentech
After a weak Q1 that had everyone grinding their teeth and a modestly improved Q2 - venture capital investment in green technologies roared back with[...] read more »
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