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After
high, low, Silicon Valley takes a pragmatic path (Boston Globe)
New ventures look beyond tech realm.
So
You Want to Be a Venture Capitalist (New York Times)
By all rights Stewart Alsop should have been a terrific venture
capitalist. So why did Mr. Alsop, long considered a cyber-prophet
among technology leaders, wash out in a profession in which he seemed
predestined to succeed?
VC
funds, corporate VCs, or angel investors: whom do you approach?
(The Financial Express)
Our series taking you through the steps to build a successful small
enterprise.
Angels
in America (Chicago Tribune)
Newly formed private investor networks are swooping in to lift the
fortunes of female-owned businesses.
Venture
Firms Make Fewer, Smaller Deals (Washington Post)
Venture capital activity in the first quarter dropped significantly
as fewer and smaller deals were done after several quarters of hefty
later-stage investing in area companies.
Venture
Funding Down in Q1 (Red Herring)
VC investment dropped 16.4 percent as fewer startups got funding
than at any point in the past five years.
Venture
capital back in force (San Francisco Chronicle)
Investment climate thawing out as mergers proliferate.
Tech's
Mixed Signals (BusinessWeek)
Wildly differing earnings reflect the profound changes that are
starting to sweep the industry. Expect more winners -- and losers.
Venture
capitalists enjoy best year since dot-com bust (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Venture capitalists ended 2004 on their most profitable run since
the dot-com bust, continuing a gradual recovery that has coincided
with the stock market's renewed interest in young companies.
Aftershock
(The Economist)
Money is moving back in, and out, of venture capitalists' coffers.
VCs
challenge tech rankings (Red Herring)
Is the U.S. falling behind in global IT infrastructure? Not yet,
say Silicon Valley VCs.
Memory
of tech bubble now keeps investors wary (San Jose Mercury
News)
During the late 1990s and early 2000, investors had a love affair
with technology companies on a scale that Silicon Valley had never
seen before.
Venture
firms' revival (The Mercury News)
Investors' cash flowing again to start-up technology companies.
The
VC Quandary: Too Much Money (Harvard Business School)
The VC money "overhang" continues as investors compete
to get into a small number of deals each year. How do smart venture
firms approach the challenge?
IPO
Watch: Big Show at the Big Board (Red Herring)
The new-issues market shifts from the Nasdaq to Broad and Wall Streets.
Bay
Area VC confidence slips (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
Concern over technology trends and the rich valuations for start-ups
may have contributed to a slip in confidence felt by Bay Area venture
capitalists in the fourth quarter of 2004, according to a survey
of VCs released Friday by the University of San Francisco.
Venture
capital commitments soar 67 percent in 2004 (San Francisco Business
Times)
Venture capitalists had their best year for fund raising since 2001,
with 170 funds raising $17.6 billion, according to figures released
by Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association.
Venture
capital reports mixed (San Jose Mercury News)
Venture capital investments in Silicon Valley rose in the fourth
quarter of last year, according to a survey to be published today,
contradicting a survey published last week that showed venture investments
declining.
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