Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation? - BusinessWeek

Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation?
BusinessWeek - 18 hours ago
by Vivek Wadhwa Policymakers often believe that venture capital is a prerequisite for regional growth and innovation. And entrepreneurs tend to think that ...
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Facing the dragons - Financial Post
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Skydeck Raises $3 Million - Private Equity Hub

Skydeck Raises $3 Million
Private Equity Hub, MA - 7 hours ago
Saban Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of Saban Capital Group, Inc (SCG), a private investment firm founded by Haim Saban and specializing in ...
Skydeck closes 1st round with $3M Silicon Valley / San Jose ... Bizjournals.com
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Firms Urged to Boost Web 2.0 Security - PC World
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‘Valley Girl’ Touts a Web 2.0 World (PC World)
Author Sarah Lacy holds forth on Silicon Valley's rebirth and the opportunities of Web 2.0.
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Venture capital has almost vanished - Telegraph-Journal

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Venture capital has almost vanished
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 26 Sep 2008
Chief executive officers of 50 fast-growing Canadian technology firms cited the scarcity of venture capital, compared to 10 years ago, in a survey that ...
Deloitte & Touche: Growth Rates of Canadian Technology Companies ... MarketWatch
Bellwether sector feels economic pinch Globe and Mail
Westport Receives Leadership Award at the 2008 Deloitte Technology ... FOXBusiness
Canada NewsWire (press release) - MarketWatch
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A New Tool for Venture Philanthropists To Measure Impact - New York Times

A New Tool for Venture Philanthropists To Measure Impact
New York Times, United States - 14 hours ago
... venture philanthropists ? those who make grants using venture capital strategies ? want to measure the impact of their charitable contributions. ...
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Vinod Khosla: Venture Capital Will Survive Wall Street Woes - Beet.TV

Vinod Khosla: Venture Capital Will Survive Wall Street Woes
Beet.TV, NY - 18 hours ago
AP Chooses thePlatform to Improve Online Video Network The current financial crisis might actually have a silver lining for venture capital investing, ...
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BC Discovery Fund Portfolio Companies Win Red Herring Awards as … - Market Wire (press release)

BC Discovery Fund Portfolio Companies Win Red Herring Awards as ...
Market Wire (press release) - 18 hours ago
British Columbia Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc. was established to make venture capital investments in a portfolio of small businesses in British Columbia that ...
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Verimatrix Pulls In Venture Capital - San Diego Business Journal

Verimatrix Pulls In Venture Capital
San Diego Business Journal, CA - 19 hours ago
24 it closed a third round of venture capital investment of about $20 million. The latest VC round, led by JK&B Capital, Goldman Sachs and SunAmerica, ...
Verimatrix Completes Series C Round With Investment From JK&B Capital MarketWatch
Verimatrix completes Series C funding with contribution from JK&B ... IPTV News
Verimatrix secures investment from JK&B Capital Telecompaper
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Pre-venture capital funding just got easier to find - National Business Review

Pre-venture capital funding just got easier to find
National Business Review, New Zealand - Sep 23, 2008
The idea is to make sure that great business ideas don?t fall over before they get to angel or venture capital investment stage. ...
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Amid turmoil and news of $700B federal bailout, is the sky falling … - VentureBeat

Amid turmoil and news of $700B federal bailout, is the sky falling ...
VentureBeat, CA - 2 hours ago
We sent a couple of big questions some big thinkers in venture capital and start-ups about where the venture capital industry and start-ups are headed over ...
Local VCs Assess Wall Street, Technology Investment Climate socalTech.com
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Three Takeaways From Web 2.0 Expo New York (ReadWriteWeb)
This week I attended the Web 2.0 Expo New York, on behalf of ReadWriteWeb. Summing up 4 days of conference with all the amazing conversations is pretty hard. So before the conference, as I was walking to the Javits Center, I decided I wanted to come away with three things: - One big negative impact of the market mayhem on the start-up world. - One big positive impact of the market mayhem on ...
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Challenge Games gets $10 million in venture capital - Austin American-Statesman

Challenge Games gets $10 million in venture capital
Austin American-Statesman, TX - 8 hours ago
By Lori Hawkins The company, which was started 20 months ago by entrepreneur Andrew Busey, raised the money from two Silicon Valley venture firms, ...
Challenge Games Secures $10 Million Financing MarketWatch
Challenge Games gets $10 million Austin American-Statesman
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Wired Youth dialogue: The Down Side of Web 2.0 - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

Wired Youth dialogue: The Down Side of Web 2.0
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 18 Sep 2008
This is the opposite of open-mindedness and reflective thinking. I believe, too, that it?sa powerful component of teen Web 2.0.
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Emerald Technology Ventures announces it closed its second cleantech focused venture fund with commitments of CA$210 million.

Cytochroma announces it secured $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund Inc. (CMDF) and University Medical Discoveries Inc. (UMDI).

Argon Venture Partners announces the opening of U.S. and Canada offices in Calgary, Alberta, and Silicon Valley, California.

Kensington Capital appointments Graeme Johnson to Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee.

Geosign makes Brandon Nussey Chief Financial Officer.

American Capital Strategies Ltd. acquired a $160 million minority equity stake in the Geosign Group of Companies, a Guelph firm.

The Ottawa-based maker of Ethernet wireless technology, DragonWave Inc., announces it led a preliminary prospectus with securities regulators.

Wellington Financial LP announces a $6.4 million debenture financing with Mississauga-based BorderWare Technologies Inc. The venture loan will fuel growth opportunities for the company.

Virtual Expert Clinics (VEC), a leader in online software for guiding special needs programs, receives $1.5 million in a third round of venture capital financing.

Ventures West announces Kenneth Galbraith joined the firm as Venture Partner

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