Topic: Venture Capital Firms
Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr
AP News
Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr, but money goes to more startups than in summerVenture 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. The shaky ...
State: Venture capital firm boosts Conn.'s economy
AP News
Conn. development agency credits venture capital firm's investments for jobs, economic boostConnecticut'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. The Department of Economic and Community Development ...
VCs eschew physical stores, focus on retail tech
Reuters US Online Report Business News
NEW YORK (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. Despite a history of backing a ...
Why Corporations Provide Little Venture Capital
BusinessWeek
During the Internet bubble, corporate venture capital arms -- subsidiaries of large corporations that invest in startups -- were seen by many of their parent companies as a way to benefit from innovation. For example, Intel Capital invested in the open source software company Red Hat (RHT) in 1998 because it viewed ...
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