http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/venture-capital Blog Articles Tagged with 'venture-capital' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1148077?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Maybe it was the tombstone that did it. Even as Wall Street burned, Silicon Valley seemed strangely sanguine. Then a PowerPoint presentation from Sequoia Capital prophesying Armageddon featuring an R.I.P. Good Times headstone made the r... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:12:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1148077?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147967?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital David SelingerAnticipating that a financial crisis like the one we re currently experiencing wasn t far away, I ve run my company, richrelevance, on a zero-fat budget, raising small rounds of capital to ensure our team built the discipline to o... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147967?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147476?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Update: Adeo Ressi, the serial entrepreneur behind the venture-capital rating site TheFunded, has been getting a lot of attention for a presentation he gave at Harvard Business School in which he argued that the VC industry is broken. His centr... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:00:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147476?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1147357?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Digitalsmiths, an online video indexing, analytics and publishing technology provider, has landed $12 million in a second round of funding, led led by .406 Ventures.Return backers in the new round included The Aurora Funds and Chrysalis Ventures. The... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:25:27 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1147357?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1147360?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Cleantech companies could get up to $1 million from the new Connecticut Clean Tech Fund, which will be managed by Connecticut Innovations, a quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing in the state. We want to position Connecticut ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:21:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1147360?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147299?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital This week s $250 million funding for vacation home rental listing company HomeAway Inc. was the largest web-related venture capital investment since the bubble days at the turn of the millennium. But it also contained a provision that signals how ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:25 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147299?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1147263?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital TechCrunch ran a piece today on the ratio funds raised to invests with vs. economic value created by venture capital firms (measured by what VC companies have gotten back on exiting their investments).They were looking at a recent presentation at Har... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:27:20 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1147263?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1147354?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital TechCrunch ran a piece today on the ratio funds raised to invests with vs. economic value created by venture capital firms (measured by what VC companies have gotten back on exiting their investments).They were looking at a recent presentation at Har... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:27:20 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1147354?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1146928?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Some two years ago, it started to become clear: The web was going to change the way we consume video. So in December 2006, in order to closely track and monitor the growth of online video, we launched NewTeeVee. There we have chronicled the massive ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:01:47 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1146928?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147093?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Some two years ago, it started to become clear: The web was going to change the way we consume video. So in December 2006, in order to closely track and monitor the growth of online video, we launched NewTeeVee. Since then, Liz Gannes and Chris Albr... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:01:47 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147093?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1146911?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital From Brad Stone at Bits:After two-and-a half tawdry years, Valleywag, the infamous technology rumor blog, will be folded this month into gossip site Gawker.com by parent company Gawker Media, according to its founder, Nick Denton.But folks who long t... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:50:48 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1146911?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1146916?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital As more and more people move their work data onto their mobile phones, a company called Trust Digital has raised another $14.5 million to help manage that process, VentureBeat reported.The Lean, Va. company s software simplifies the process of auth... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:36:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1146916?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1146752?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital U.S. venture capital fund Revolution Ventures plans to open a Beijing office soon, according to Reuters.The VC company wants to focus on the education and learning sectors in China and India, according to a company partner. Education in Asia has be... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:28:02 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1146752?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1146236?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital At last week s Web 2.0 Summit the annual convention that has come to represent the new web boom - a leading web industry journalist asked me if green technology was here to stay, or if it is just another fad that would die at the hands of dr... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1146236?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147104?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital At last week s Web 2.0 Summit the annual convention that has come to represent the new web boom - a leading web industry journalist asked me if green technology was here to stay, or if it is just another fad that would die at the hands of dr... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147104?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1146147?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital China Economic Review is reporting that Shanghai's Pudong district is going to get its own venture capital firm.A government sponsored investment fund worth almost $300 million is going to focus on Pudong, with an emphasis on fast-growing areas such... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:16:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-venture-news/1146147?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1146026?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital From Claire Cain Miller at Bits:Craigslist s listing are familiar and, for the most part, free. But Patricia Nakache, a general partner at venture capital firm Trinity, is backing start-ups that figure people would be willing to pay for higher-qual... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:07:21 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1146026?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1146055?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Solix calculations on the theoretical maximum production of algal oil. (See below.) Click to enlarge. Source: Kristina Weyer, Solix BiofuelsSolix Biofuels, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based early-stage company focused on algae-based intermediates for fuel ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:03:36 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1146055?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1145282?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital Reports are growing that the financial crisis is hurting large investors that have traditionally sustained the venture capital industry, VentureBeat says.These large institutions, such as pension funds, financial institutions (including some of the b... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:10:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1145282?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1145284?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital ImageShack, a site where users can host their images and videos, has raised $15 million from Sequoia Capital, VentureBeat reported.The sizable backing from one of Silicon Valley s most prestigious venture firms is impressive, especially for yet ano... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:08:34 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-book/1145284?rsstype=tag&tag=venture-capital