http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/venture-capital Venture Capital - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1385169?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 If you ve been cooking up a great business idea for how to use IT to fight climate change, you need to enter our Green:Net 2010 Launchpad! We re only accepting submissions until 5 p.m. PT on Friday, so make sure you and your colleagues enter soon... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:17:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1385169?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1385289?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Yelp has been hit with another lawsuit, the third in a matter of a few weeks. Similar to the previous complaints, this lawsuit filed by Boris Levitt, the owner of Renaissance Furniture Restoration in San Francisco, claims that Yelp s unfair and ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:01:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1385289?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1385290?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 It s hard to imagine a Web sans URL shortening services nowadays but you can rest assured that they re here to stay for better or worse. Question is: how do the likes of bit.ly, TinyURL and Goo.gl score in terms of speed and availability?That... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:01:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1385290?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1385099?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 A $13.3M inside round keeps the firm going while they wait for the CPV market to emerge.... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1385099?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1384809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Todd Pope, president and CEO of TransEnterix. View Larger U.S. life sciences companies secured $1.9 billion in venture capital funding in the fourth quarter, led by the $55 million second-round haul of Durham medical device company TransEnterix , acc... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:08:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1384809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384751?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Argentinian social gaming company MetroGames, has just raised $5 million in series A funding from game developer Playdom. According to a release, the investment will be used to expand MetroGames development of games and its social gaming platform.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:50:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384751?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1384810?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Serial entrepreneur Antonio Rodriguez announced on his blog this morning that he will take a general partner position at Waltham venture capital firm Matrix Partners.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:05:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1384810?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 This is a guest post by Robert J. Moore, the CEO and co-founder of RJMetrics, an on-demand database analytics and business intelligence startup. His last guest post was an analysis of Twitter user data.It s no surprise that Chatroulette is the lat... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:36:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1384118?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Financial Engines shares jumped more than 30% on their first day of trading Tuesday after the provider of retirement research and advice priced an initial public offering above the expected range. The Palo Alto-based firm priced an offering of 10.6M ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:33:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/1384118?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384252?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 It goes without saying that timing is everything. You can be like Friendster and show up too soon to the social networking party and then blow it. Or you can be like the iPod and make a splash despite being a late entrant to the MP3 player market. Un... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384252?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Team Europe Ventures, the Berlin-based VC firm focused on early stage Internet companies, has made a minority investment in Infakt. The Polish startup provides web-based accounting and invoicing solutions for small companies locally.Alongside Team Ve... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:26:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 When movie clip search startup AnyClip demoed at last year s TechCrunch50, it was one of the crowd pleasers. The concept was to be able to search for any line or scene in a movie, and the site would take you to that exact moment and play the clip.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:06:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384375?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 File syncing and storage startup Zumodrive is expanding its mobile offerings today with free applications for Android and Palm phones. While there are a plethora of syncing and storage services available to users, ZumoDrive, which spawned from Y Comb... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:57:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384375?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 NorthScale, a Mountain View, Calif-based startup co-founded by leaders of memcached open source projects, launched today after spending a year hiding in the shadows. The company, which has raised $5 million in venture funding from Accel Partners and ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:30:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Which employee does what, when, how and with which tools? That s a critical question for many companies, which usually rely on business process management (BPM) solutions to visualize, streamline, and implement predefined workflows. Just last month... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:32:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384051?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Under the radar startup NorthScale is publicly launching today with a new data management technology to help web-based companies, particularly startups that deal with large amounts of transactional data. For example, social gaming giant Zynga has bee... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:55:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384051?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384052?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 We ve had lots of emails from MySpace employees with their response to our most recent post about the crumbling mid level management structure. If you re a MySpace employee and feel differently, please contact us anonymously, we said. And t... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:33:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384052?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1383925?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Hedge Funds 2010 Inflows Estimate Hedge Funds Expected to Attract $222 Billion in 2010 A recent survey estimates that hedge funds may attract $222 billion in 2010, which is welcome news after two years spent struggling to bring in investors. This w... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:12:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1383925?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1383926?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Private Equity Vs. Hedge Funds Game Private Equity Vs. Hedge Funds All-Star Game for YouthPrivate equity and hedge funds share many of the same characteristics. Both are private investment vehicles, largely exclusive to accredited investors, classi... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:56:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1383926?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383790?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Quick, picture a tech startup founder: Are they male, maybe around 27 years old, a resident of Silicon Valley? Apparently that s what it takes to build a tech startup for a seed incubation program, at least according to the explicit and implicit wi... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:08:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383790?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383867?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 PayPal has just launched an upgraded iPhone application that adds new features and includes a facelift that s meant to help instill a greater sense of security. And it also brings with it big news for Bump Technologies, the startup that lets you e... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383867?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383584?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 When CoTweet sold to ExactTarget a couple weeks ago, the acquisition price was not disclosed. But an SEC filing put out today suggests that ExactTweet paid at least $8.1 million in stock for CoTweet. That is the value of securities offered . . .... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:21:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383584?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383587?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 We are just starting to announce the first speakers at the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City on May 24 26.TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day, single-track conference and startup competition to immerse you in the debate about ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:27:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383587?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383364?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Startup Seesmic has perfected the art of developing compelling Twitter clients on a variety of platforms. Seesmic offers a web client, an Adobe Air-powered desktop client, an Android app, a BlackBerry app, a brand friendly Twitter client and a nativ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:58:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383364?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Facing competition from recently acquired AdMob (Google) and Quattro Wireless (Apple), mobile ad network has been steadily working to strengthen their products and offerings. The startup just acquired iPhone app sales analytics software Heartbeat and... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:29:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383450?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 In a deal struck today, Phillips-Van Heusen agreed to buy Hilfiger from venture capital firm Apax Partners, which has presided over a successful turnaround of the business it bought in 2006.... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:31:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1383450?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Ning CEO Gina Bianchini is being replaced as the CEO of Ning by COO Jason Rosenthal. Bianchini founded the DIY network of social networks with Marc Andreessen. But after five and half years at the helm, she is ready to try something new. She will ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:32:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383226?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 After five and a half years as the chief executive of Ning, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based social network platform provider, Gina Bianchini has decided to step down from her position and is being replaced by current chief operating officer and former Ne... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:21:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383226?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 A trio of entrepreneurs who led online advertising technology company Accipiter to an acquisition by aQuantive which was in turn acquired by Microsoft for $6 billion in May 2007 have returned to startup life after serving a variety of roles i... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:16:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383375?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Between the geolocation wars of Facebook and Twitter and the flux of geolocation-based social networks and mobile apps that have been hitting the market recently, the competition is tough. Today, mobile networking startup NearVerse, is launching a ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:27:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383375?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/1383449?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 I get lots of emails with business plans, PowerPoints, executive summaries each week. I try to give them all a fair read. After all, you never know where you're going to learn about the next Microsoft. But you'd be surprised how often I will get a... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:05:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/1383449?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383026?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 The battle between Google and Apple continues. RJ Pittman, a prominent product manager at Google, has left the company to join Apple. We ve been tipped off to a tweet he sent out two days ago that said My last day at Google. Incredible experie... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:20:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383026?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383027?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Web publishing startup DocStoc is launching a customized document viewer today, allowing anyone to create easily embeddable, branded document viewers. The new feature is open to all DocStoc users and offers the ability to customize the logo, buttons,... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:00:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383027?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 In terms of location data, few get more than Skyhook Wireless. The positioning technology is in use in tens of millions of devices around the globe, including, notably, on every iPhone. And now the company has a simple way for third-parties to tap in... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:26:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382953?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 I m a big fan of sites that aim to socialize fashion and shopping decisions. Weardrobe, Polyvore and others are taking fashion and style to a new level with the ability to socialize looks and designers. A new fashion-focused site, Go Try It On aims... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:00:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382953?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Editor s note: When venture capitalists invest in early stage startups, more than anything else they are investing in the founders of the company and their ability to lead their employees through the most improbable set of circumstances to take an ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:29:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1382780?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 It was a good week for fundings in China life science, with five companies announcing new capital. Chief among them was AutekBio, which released the news that it would take advantage of an impressive $100 million for a biologic CMO facility.AutekBio,... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:58:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1382780?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Last Thursday saw the third edition of Plugg, a conference I started in my home country Belgium back in 2008 that essentially aims to launch and inspire European tech entrepreneurs and advance the startup ecosystem in these parts. The event is closel... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:53:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382648?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Pixelpipe, the service that lets you syndicate text, audio, video and image files to 120 different social networks, blogs and sites, is adding geolocation functionality to its site with a Foursquare integration. The true virtue of Pixelpipe s servi... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:00:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382648?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382479?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 We re big fans of Animoto, a website that lets you easily create photo and video slideshows matched to music. The site is constantly innovating its nifty product, most recently adding an iPhone app and the ability to incorporate video. For those ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:12:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382479?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382469?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a cooperative agreement to American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) for the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project to design, construct, and operate a system that w... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1382469?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382387?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 The problem with all of these people who are walking out the door at MySpace isn t so much the number of them, because MySpace is trying to replace them by hiring more people. It s the fact that the best people are leaving, and taking a lot of th... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:32:29 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1382387?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1382351?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Over the past few days I ve watched this meme about the so-called geowars ahead of SXSW gather steam, both in the blogosphere and on Twitter. And it s giving me a headache. For some odd reason, people believe that SXSW is going to be a full... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:45:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1382351?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1382087?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 UK EU Hedge Fund Rules UK's Brown and Sarkozy Meet Over EU Hedge Fund Rules Continuing with our European hedge fund coverage, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is confidant that the European Union can reach an agreement over regulating hedge... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:06:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1382087?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1382088?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Geithner EU RegulationsGeithner Criticizes European Union Hedge Fund Regulations U.S. officials have questioned the European Union's plans to regulate hedge funds. Although Britain is pushing to soften the EU proposal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timot... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:56:51 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/hedge-fund-richard-wilson/1382088?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1382017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Lucid Imagination CEO Eric Gries has raised another $10 million for the San Mateo-based open source search startup.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:45:42 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1382017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1381962?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Recently, startup Cc: Betty, a nifty service that organized and managed group email threads, decided to rebrand and relaunch its service. The new product, Threadbox, was going to be streamlined and tweaked to appeal to workspace users.Today, Threadb... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:10:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1381962?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381765?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 500 million people on earth enjoy a lifestyle that 9 billion people will want in 2050. ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:14:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1381765?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1381688?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 After winning some West Coast venture funding and a spot in Facebook Inc. 's startup incubator program, RunMyErrand Inc.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:31:27 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1381688?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/1381687?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 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 w... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:36:16 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/1381687?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38