November 2007

DAG Ventures travels well-worn path [Posted on November 30, 2007 - 5:27 PM]

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With roots in the ultra-conservative old-boys bastion that is Bechtel Corp., it's no surprise that DAG Ventures  would be on the safe side. But this is ridiculous. Of 11... Continue Reading

Big cleantech VC numbers heavy on project finance [Posted on November 30, 2007 - 5:09 PM]

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Cleantech hype is officially over the top, with the National Venture Capital Association trumpeting its own figures, compiled along with Thompson Financial, under the banner CLEANTECH VENTURE INVESTMENTS BY... Continue Reading

Private money pouring into spy tech [Posted on November 28, 2007 - 4:18 PM]

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A good Reuters story by security correspondent Mark Trevelyan highlights the role venture capital and other private investment is playing in the rapidly growing security and intelligence technology sector.Noting that... Continue Reading

Looking for bubbles at the Alternative Energy Investment Symposium [Posted on November 28, 2007 - 3:40 PM]

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Are clean energy investments reaching a bubble stage? That was the hot topic at the Alternative Energy Investment Symposium in New York on Tuesday, where 100 attorneys, bankers, investors... Continue Reading

Google muscles in on alternative energy [Posted on November 27, 2007 - 4:55 PM]

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Google Inc. demonstrated once again that it's not shy about throwing its weight around in non-core business areas while melding business and social policy aspirations, announcing on Tuesday that the... Continue Reading

Seagate still entangled with botched acquisition Xiotech [Posted on November 27, 2007 - 3:18 PM]

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Xiotech Corp. said Tuesday that the storage area networking company has raised $40 million in a deal fronted by Steve Luczo, chairman of the board of Seagate Technology. Luczo will... Continue Reading

Nanotechnology investment, products on the rise [Posted on November 20, 2007 - 4:07 PM]

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Nanotechnology continues to be a somewhat vague term, but Lux Research Tuesday released a new report that seeks to quantify some of the recent investment and product development in... Continue Reading

High-speed telecom developments no boon for startups [Posted on November 20, 2007 - 1:45 PM]

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Startups developing extremely fast optical switches have enjoyed a renewed belief that the days of exotic input/output standards, including InfiniBand and FibreChannnel, are numbered, and that the future of high-speed... Continue Reading

Kleiner Perkins partner says Asia should avoid U.S. errors on regulation [Posted on November 15, 2007 - 2:11 PM]

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Ted Schlein, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, had words of advice Thursday for attendees at a venture industry conference... Continue Reading

Consumer deals drive Chinese VC investment [Posted on November 14, 2007 - 5:27 PM]

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The rush into Chinese venture capital apparently has slowed somewhat, with AltAssets.com reporting on Ernst & Young and Dow Jones Venture One statistics showing just a 5% increase in... Continue Reading

Accel Partners keeps knocking out exits [Posted on November 12, 2007 - 3:36 PM]

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Early-stage venture firm Accel Partners, which just wrapped up its 10th fund with $520 million, has been riding high on a string of exits over the past year.  Portfolio companies... Continue Reading

Generation Investment gets boost from Gore's joining Kleiner Perkins [Posted on November 12, 2007 - 3:14 PM]

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"Gore and Doerr in 2004" was a slogan coined back in the late '90s, anticipating the future for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture capitalist John Doerr after completing his... Continue Reading

Russian VC fund lines up $1.2B for local startups [Posted on November 9, 2007 - 4:12 PM]

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The Russian Venture Co., a government-backed fund, plans to invest 30 billion roubles ($1.25 billion)  in 10 to 12 new venture capital funds earmarked for startups in the country, says... Continue Reading

Green building materials growing niche in cleantech [Posted on November 8, 2007 - 3:49 PM]

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Energy production and generation is attracting the biggest share of cleantech investment dollars. But however the landscape of energy demand shapes up in the future, conservation and energy management technology... Continue Reading

Silicon Valley titans support Oprah's The Color Purple musical [Posted on November 8, 2007 - 1:39 PM]

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Who says the residents of Silicon Valley only care about horses and microchips? Members of the venture capital, private equity, investment banking and high-tech corporate communities are sponsoring the San... Continue Reading

Plant biotech companies expand focus to energy [Posted on November 7, 2007 - 1:29 PM]

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There are more and more signs that plant biotechnology has finally found its niche. Companies that have bumped along for years developing gene traits are seeing a resurgence in funding... Continue Reading

TCV defends turf with largest fund yet [Posted on November 6, 2007 - 4:58 PM]

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As lines blur between asset classes and their participation in venture capital deals, it should come as no surprise that one of the oldest hands in crossover investing took... Continue Reading

VCs seek special tax treatment (if necessary) [Posted on November 5, 2007 - 5:10 PM]

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While the investment industry as a whole is still hoping to sideline efforts to reclassify the way that management fees and carried interest are treated under the tax laws, and... Continue Reading

VCs deny they're fixated on big biotech exits [Posted on November 5, 2007 - 11:15 AM]

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Venture capitalists tried to pop a few myths Friday morning at the Texas Life Science Conference in Houston presented by BioHouston and the Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute. Myth one:... Continue Reading

Reports from David Hornik's super-secret Lobby Conference [Posted on November 1, 2007 - 10:29 PM]

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If a conference hosted last week by August Capital general partner David Hornik (pictured at left below) to discuss the future of media is any indication, there will be a... Continue Reading

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