‘Venture Capital’ Archives
Technology Drives 2010 National Scout Jamboree
FORT A.P. HILL, Va., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, the latest advancement in communication was the manual telephone switchboard. Now, as the BSA celebrates its 100th Anniversary this week at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, modern technology is helping assure this week's event is fun and [...]
Venture Capital In China: Local Currency
Investing in China is nothing new for U.S. venture capital firms, but recently these have firms begun raising local-currency funds to make it easier to invest in homegrown start-ups. ... Investors like DCM are turning to Chinese yuan funds to invest in industries that might otherwise be off limits, like media and financial services companies, [...]
Getting the word out about your start up!!!
So you have just started you business or you just signed you first major client. How do you get the word out and spread the news. Well unless that client just dumped big bucks on you, you are probably under a tight budget and can not afford a major press release service. So what do you do? Well you might try some of these sites, the following [...]
Tips for Winning Venture Capital
One of the stumbling blocks for many developing companies is the search for venture funding. You have to have the pitch down, but equally important are selecting which VC to target and the negotiation. The Wall Street Journal has an article this week with a brief overview. Read the full article here. What other tips would you offer to a [...]
Atlanta Companies Continuing To Snap Up Funding
FTRANS, an Atlanta-based company focusing on solutions for accounts receivable and credit management, secured $4 million in venture funding for a total of nearly $22 million since its founding in 2004. FTRANS solutions manage the entire collections and receivables process for small to mid-sized businesses. In addition, the company allows [...]
House Increases Taxes on Venture Capital: How is this a good idea?
Various politicians have been working to close a number of loopholes that allowed for a number of bad investment decisions. While we can debate whether there is too much (or not enough) government regulation in the financial markets, the implementation for the identified problem has some serious issues. The bill passed by the House groups hedge [...]
Zipcar files for $75M IPO to expand car-sharing service
Zipcar, the world's largest car-sharing service, announced their IPO plans with a target of raising $75M. Cambridge, Massachusetts residents Robin Chase and Antje Danielson founded Zipcar in 2000 based on similar business models in Germany and Swiss. Despite a number of struggles, the company has quickly grown to include a fleet of more than [...]
LivingSocial Raises $14M to Compete Against Groupon
LivingSocial continues its push in the social networking land-grab, with the completion of a Series C financing round worth $14 million. LivingSocial is similar to GroupOn, in that it offers discounts on local deals on everything from spas and skydiving to restaurants and museum passes. The discounts range from 25% to 75% off the normal price [...]
Will FaceCash, the mobile payment application, kill the credit card?
Mobile Beat (Matt Marshall) - A Silicon Valley company with a noteworthy founder has created a mobile payment system called FaceCash that it hopes will one day displace credit cards. You might be tempted to write this off as too audacious. But consider this: The founder is Aaron Greenspan, the Harvard graduate who claimed in 2007 that his [...]
Materials Research Advances Reliability Of Faster Smart Sensors
In military and security situations, a split second can make the difference between life and death, so North Carolina State University’s development of new “smart sensors” that allow for faster response times from military applications is important. Equally important is new research from NC State that will help ensure those sensors will [...]
onFocus Healthcare Secures $3 Million in Series B Financing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 14, 2010) – onFocus Healthcare, Inc. (www.onfocushealthcare.com), the leading provider of web-based enterprise performance management solutions for the healthcare services marketplace, today announced it has secured $3 million in Series B financing led by Clayton Associates’ FCA Venture Partners IV. Limestone Fund, [...]
Atlanta based Suniva receives $141M loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Eneregy
Suniva, a spin-off of Georgia Tech’s Center for Excellence in Photovoltaics and one of the more interesting solar cell makers developing higher and higher conversion efficiencies, announced that a $141 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. This adds to the more than $375 million they have raised through the private [...]
Alabama – Find Out What Many Already Know!
I would like to bring to everyone’s attention a series of articles and videos from Anderson Cooper's 360 Blog. These postings from the week of March 17th are very positive and really paint a great image of Alabama and what is going on within the region economically. Aside from the stereotyping done in one of the article’s titles, "Is that [...]
Technology could produce unique data for the NFL
The NFL has been testing an emerging technology for tracking players' movements, which could result in a computer chip inside footballs so viewers could see every down measured virtually, the NFL confirmed to ESPN.com on Thursday. Four companies were allowed to install cameras in a handful of NFL stadiums this season -- concluding with the Pro [...]
Bid for Novell Could Jump-Start Tech M&A
Barron's: WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE TECH DEALS? A widespread prediction heading into 2010 was that tech was set for major consolidation. Many of the pieces seemed to be in place. Corporate tech spending appeared ready to rebound from a nasty 2009. Thanks in part to widespread cost-cutting, earnings were prepared for healthy improvement, even with [...]
