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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:24:00 GMT

Everything I Didn't Learn About Startups As A VC (Or Why VCs Make Lousy Entrepreneurs)

There are a lot of great venture capitalists who started out as entrepreneurs like Vinod Khosla or Josh Kopelman.  Going the other way, however, seems to be a bit tougher.  In fact, I don’t really know anyone who has successfully gone the other
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:24:00 GMT

Everything I Didn't Learn About Startups As A VC (Or Why VCs Make Lousy Entrepreneurs)

There are a lot of great venture capitalists who started out as entrepreneurs like Vinod Khosla or Josh Kopelman.  Going the other way, however, seems to be a bit tougher.  In fact, I don’t really know anyone who has successfully gone the other
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:09:00 GMT

Global Venture Capital Firm Invests in 1010data

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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:11:00 GMT

Entrada gets $2 million in venture capital

Entrada gets first $2M of funding Entrada said it has received an initial round of just under $2 million of venture capital funding with Claritas Capital of Nashville as the lead investor. Nashville-based Entrada, formerly VocalEZ, said it plans to use
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:39:00 GMT

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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:05:00 GMT

Tamron announces the SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD

An Extra Low Dispersion (XLD)*1 lens made from high-grade materials delivers best in class resolution. Tamron’s own Ultrasonic Silent Drive (USD)*2 and Vibration Compensation (VC) make the lens fast, quiet and easy to use. Announcing the development of
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:47:00 GMT

Tamron Announces Development of 60th Anniversal Lens Model - 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD Premium Tele Zoom

Tamron Announces the Development of its 60th Anniversary Model - the Superior Performance SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD Full-Size Premium Tele Zoom An Extra Low Dispersion (XLD) [1] lens made from high-grade materials delivers best in class resolution.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:39:00 GMT

CPPIB Commits 377M To VC Market

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing an additional 377 million in the Canadian private equity and venture capital market
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:06:00 GMT

UpWind Solutions Completes $29M Financing Round

UpWind Solutions Inc., a wind asset management services firm based in Medford, Ore., has completed a escape_start036;28.8 million equity-financing round, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and returning investor MissionPoint Capital Partners.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:44:00 GMT

Fluidnet brings in another $7.5M in VC

Fluidnet Inc. has raised an additional $7.5 million to commercialize an improved design for intravenous fluid pumps used in hospital settings, according to company CEO Jeff Carlisle. The Series B funding was first disclosed in a regulatory filing
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:33:00 GMT

Entrada receives venture capital funding, plans to take its electronic health records concept national

Nashville-based medical transcription company Entrada is ready to become a nationwide operation, thanks to venture funding from Claritas Capital. Entrada president Bill Brown, who worked with Claritas to secure the funding, said the company's revenue is
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:32:00 GMT

Visco-Corder® Model VC-E

Click Here To Download: � The New Visco-Corder� Model VC-E utilizes high precision torque cell technology to measure the viscosity of Newtonian and non-Newtonian materials. In the Chemical Industry the instrument is used to evaluate a wide range of
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:18:00 GMT

Veryan Holdings secures $5.45 million in Series A round of venture capital funding

Veryan Holdings, Ltd., a UK-based developer of vasculat stent technology, has secured EUR4 million in Series A round of venture capital funding led by Seroba Kernel Life Sciences Limited. Imperial Innovations, Ltd., Oxford Capital Partners Limited and
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:00 GMT

"How to Create a Personal Brand as a Venture Capitalist"

I received an email today from ExecSense Webinars advertising a course on 'How to Create a Personal Brand as a Venture Capitalist.' That's right, for $250, I can learn 'specific ways to use speaking engagements, published articles and social media web
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:15:00 GMT

Negotiating an Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know

I know I owe everyone a follow up to my post from last week titled The Proliferation of Standardized Seed Financing Documents. To the many of you out there that emailed me in response, thanks for all of the thought, ideas, suggestions, and offers of
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:12:00 GMT

Venture fund investments boost prospects for two South Florida firms

Job fair Saturday and Sunday Two South Florida businesses are the first recipients of financing from a newly created Orlando-based venture fund with up to $450 million to lend in Florida.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:58:00 GMT

Index Invests $25 Million in Sonos (Plus a Video Interview with VC Mike Volpi) [BoomTown]

Earlier this week, BoomTown had lunch with Michelangelo “Mike� Volpi, the high-profile tech exec who turned into a venture capitalist recently at Index Ventures. We also did a video interview (see below) about his new life as an investor, based in
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:52:00 GMT

VC-backed Private Sale acquires Triphunter

ty Private Sale, owned by a consortium including Mangrove Capital Partners, has acquired VC-funded travel portal Triphunter. Berlin-based online shopping portal company Private Sale has around 200 employees and expects to hire an additional 100 people in
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:36:00 GMT

Adenyo raises US$26.9M in financing round

The financing will be used 'to accelerate international growth' and includes a $17.2-million institutional round led by , along with $9.7 million in private placements raised since July 2009, the company said. The mobile economy is growing at an
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:36:00 GMT

Index Invests $25 Million in Sonos (Plus a Video Interview with VC Mike Volpi)

Earlier this week, BoomTown had lunch with Michelangelo “Mike� Volpi, the high-profile tech exec who turned into a venture capitalist recently at Index Ventures. We also did a video interview (see below) about his new life as an investor, based in
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:15:00 GMT

VC Watch: The Hottest Music-Based Startups

- By Glenn Peoples, L.A. With so much music being created and licensed, there is a growing need for companies that add organization and context to it all. Because of this, service-based companies, not streaming or download music services, have emerged
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:38:00 GMT

Stonegate attracts venture capital from Second Curve Partners

Stonegate Mortgage Corporation has received an equity investment from Second Curve Partners, an Indianapolis based private equity firm. Stonegate has grown to over 100 employees since 2005 and is ranked as one of the largest mortgage lenders in the State
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:20:00 GMT

Green Kingpins Part 5: Paul Holland and the VCs at Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital is a disciplined greentech venture investor. The VC firm has attempted to stay away from billion dollar solar factory investments like Solyndra and Nanosolar or the materials research and fuel cell manufacturing done at Bloom Energy.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:03:00 GMT

VC Watch: The Hottest Music-Based Startups

- By Glenn Peoples, L.A. With so much music being created and licensed, there is a growing need for companies that add organization and context to it all. Because of this, service-based companies, not streaming or download music services, have emerged
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:00 GMT

VC Watch: The Hottest Music-Based Startups

- By Glenn Peoples, L.A. With so much music being created and licensed, there is a growing need for companies that add organization and context to it all. Because of this, service-based companies, not streaming or download music services, have emerged
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:00 GMT

MHT Exclusive: Kleiner Perkins Ray Lane talks clean techs future in Boston

Ray Lane, managing partner of storied West Coast investment firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was in town last night to speak at an MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge event on investing in green technology firms and the future of clean tech in the
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:27:00 GMT

Apax gains from Promethean IPO

The first UK initial public offering by a private equity firm this year has yielded a 2.5 times return for UK buyout firm Apax Partners, in an indication IPO exits may be back on the cards after a tough period. 4 week free trial - SIGN UP NOW Are you a
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:01:00 GMT

IMR TEST LABS NOW OFFERING VOLVO ACCELERATED CORROSION TESTING (VCS 1027,149) NOW AVAILABLE AT IMR TEST LABS IN ITHACA, NY

Albany - March, 2009: IMR Test Labs in :Ithaca, NY is now offering environmental simulation testing to Volvo Standard VCS 1027,149. This accelerated corrosion test method has been set up in one of twelve corrosion chambers to meet the exacting standards
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:09:00 GMT

Venture fund aids 2 South Florida firms

Two South Florida businesses will be the first to receive financing from a newly created Orlando-based venture fund that's looking to invest up to $450 million in Florida businesses. At a press conference in Fort Lauderdale Thursday, the Florida
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:02:00 GMT

UpWind Solutions, Leading 3rd Party Services Provider to Wind Industry, Completes $29M Financing Round

Investment led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and MissionPoint Capital Partners Medford, Ore. (PRWEB) March 11, 2010 -- UpWind Solutions Inc. (UpWind" or the Company"), the Medford, Oregon based , announced today that it has completed a $28.8
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:33:00 GMT