News on Venture Capital Firms

New document service aims to lower startup costs

2010-03-01T18:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Document service aims to make early fundraising rounds less expensive for entrepreneurs</div><div><p>Raising money shouldn't cost startups so much money.</p><p>At least that's the theory underlying the latest idea backed by former entrepreneurs-turned-venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.</p><p>They worked with Reuters) - Giant U.S. technology company Intel Corp <INTC.O> is working with a range of venture capital firms to organize $3.5 billion in investment in promising technology, $200 million of which will come from Intel itself, Intel President Paul Otellini said on T...

Intel, VC firms to invest $3.5B in US companies

2010-02-23T10:30:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Intel, VC firms to invest $3.5B in US tech companies to create new jobs</div><div><p>Intel and 24 venture-capital firms are planning to invest $3.5 billion over the next two years on U.S.-based technology companies to help create new jobs.</p><p>Intel Corp.'s CEO, Pa...

Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr

2010-02-22T16:36:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr, but money goes to more startups than in summer</div><div><p>Venture capitalists invested less money in U.S. startups in the fourth quarter and showed signs of spreading out those fewer dollars among more companies, reflecting continued caution amid uncertainty about the economy.</p><p>The s...

State: Venture capital firm boosts Conn.'s economy

2010-02-22T16:54:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Conn. development agency credits venture capital firm's investments for jobs, economic boost</div><div><p>Connecticut's economic development agency said Thursday that investments by the state's quasi-public venture capital firm in high-technology businesses has helped boost the state's economy, even in two downturns.</p><p>The Reuters) - Venture capitalists were never very interested in the retail sector, but they are now taking a second look, focusing on a new generation of online retailers and the next wave of technology to help stores optimize how they run their businesses.</p><p>Despite a history of backing a few big names such as Intel Capital invested in the open source software company Red Hat (RHT) in 1998 because it viewed its products as compleme...

FERTILE GROUND FOR STARTUPS

2010-02-24T02:58:28Z

<div><h1>FERTILE GROUND FOR STARTUPS </h1><p>Who needs job security? In June 2008, as the recession was moving from bad to worse, Caterina Fake gave up a comfortable, executive-level job at Yahoo! to launch a company. She left California and set up shop in Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups.</p><p>Greylock also announced that LinkedIn co-founder Bart Decrem went looking for office space in the spring of 2008 for his startup, Tapulous, Jeff Clavier opened his door. Clavier, the founder of venture capital firm SoftTech VC, saw enormous potential in the Tapulous software that...

WHO WILL BE THE GREEN VC GIANT?

2010-02-24T12:10:42Z

<div><h1>WHO WILL BE THE GREEN VC GIANT? </h1><p>For nearly two decades, John Doerr and Vinod Khosla worked together at Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers, forging one of the most lucrative partnerships in the vent...

Venture-capital investments down 33 pct in 3Q

2010-02-24T16:41:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Venture-capital investments slow during summer, but financing higher than in last 2 quarters</div><div><p>Venture capitalists' investments in U.S. startups rose in the third quarter when compared with the first two quarters of the year, suggesting increased confidence in the economy. When compared with the year-ago period, however, they marked a fifth consecutive q...

Ultimate buy and holders are betting big here

2010-02-24T20:51:00Z

<div id="subtitle">This is where many venture capitalists are putting their money</div><div><p>We’re entering earnings season once again and most investors are on edge. </p><p>Will companies be able to top estimates again? Earnings estimates are low, but they’re not as low as they were last quarter when 70% of the S&amp;P 500 beat estimates. </p><p>Will the $3.5 trillion parked...

Lawmakers split on investor-related proposals

2010-02-24T22:13:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Lawmakers split on proposals to revamp financial rules affecting investors</div><div><p>Regulators and investor advocates voiced support Tuesday for a proposal that addresses consumer protection and would bring investment funds under government supervision as part of Congress' efforts to revamp the U.S. financial rule book.</p><p>Republi...

WHEN YOUR VENTURE GUY SAYS GOODBYE

2010-02-25T03:15:11Z

<div><h1> WHEN YOUR VENTURE GUY SAYS GOODBYE </h1><p>Hubert Engelbrechten, CEO of Fremont (Calif.) semiconductor manufacturer GTronix, has helped raise $40 million in venture capital for his company, including a $10 million round led by Intuit's purchase of Mint.com was a big win for Mint CEO Aaron Patzer and the rest of the 38-person staff he assembled to run the personal finance Web site. Yet the $170 million acquisition also vindicated a new breed of early-stage investor that is betting aggressively on startups wh...

No venture capital? Web start-ups look elsewhere

2010-02-25T07:07:48Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web start-up companies at this year's Tech Crunch conference face a financial climate that has dried up venture capital, forcing them to turn to friends, family and foundations.</p><p>Dan Olsen, a Saeed Amidi has heard all the talk of doom and gloom in Silicon Valley. Layoffs are on the rise, venture capital investments are plunging, and tech startups are closing their doors. But Amidi doesn't see that pessimism in his own business, a Valley-based incubat...

Investors eye top startups as IPO market awakens

2010-02-25T18:27:31Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Investors, encouraged by a growing number of acquisitions and public floats in the past few months, are keeping a close eye on a coterie of promising startups in Silicon Valley.</p><p>An informal poll of venture capitalists an...

VC investments plunge 51 pct to $3.7 billion in 2Q

2010-02-26T06:55:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Venture capitalists feeling less adventurous as investment pace slows to a 12-year low</div><div><p>Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 years.</p><p>Nearly $3.7 bi...