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Asian tech startups still worthwhile investments
News Returns may not be as good or take longer to realize, but venture capital firms investing in region are still focused on wringing monetary ROI out of technology.
Tags: Investments, Angel investing, Business, Patent, Phone, Asia, Investment, IPO, venture capital, venture-capital company
Investors still keen on Asian tech startups
News Region's tech sector remains a hot favorite for investors who, wary of banking funds, opt to park their monies instead in venture capital companies.
Tags: Investments, Angel investing, Mobile applications, Business applications, Intel Corp., mobile communication, Investor, Singapore, Malaysia, venture capital
Clean-tech investors take cue from biotech
News Venture capitalists continue to stay bullish on green tech but more people in the field say start-ups need to reconsider how best to successfully fund their businesses.
Tags: Green IT, Angel investing, Investments, Clean Technology, Investor, financing, venture capital, Boston, financial, entrepreneur
Khosla Ventures piles up US$1B for green tech
News Vinod Khosla is seeking out "science experiments" that address environmental problems and nabs former Facebook CFO and former CMEA investor to run two venture funds.
Tags: Green IT, Clean Technology, Manufacturing, Investor, venture capital, venture-capital fund, finance, biofuel, green technology, biotechnology
More cash for Facebook?
News Facebook-investor Accel Partners is pumping over US$1 bilion in two new funds; speculation is US$480 million of that may go to the social networking site.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Investments, Angel investing, BitTorrent, CFO, Accel Partners, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
New funding source for Malaysian startups
News Worth US$1.4 million, the Technopreneur Venture Management is aimed at fixing gap between pre-seed and seed funding, says its administrators.
Tags: Funding, Angel investing, Investments, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, fund company, mIRC, venture capital, MICP, Dealflow
Five tips for startups to secure capital funds
News update Despite downturn, Asia's promising startups can look forward to funding, but they need to do their homework before knocking on investors' doors, say experts.
Tags: Funding, Venture capital, Angel investing, Investments, Business, Chip, Investor, Asia-Pacific, life science, Israel
Japanese VC investing soars, but still lags US
News Ikuo Nishioka has always been a man with a mission. Nishioka, who retired as Intel Japan chairman last year after serving as its CEO since 1992, was known as the "e-mail messiah" because he proselytized about the benefits of electronic communication.
S'pore startup makes global security contest
News update Singapore's Hiperware will tout platform for developers to write applications in areas such as business process monitoring, compliance and defense.
Tags: Security, Security Management, Business applications, Supercomputing, India, Search Engine, Singapore, Business Process, BPO, venture capital
Tech transfer group enlists new members
News update Singapore-founded Technology Transfer Network adds four global companies as members; launches initiative to facilitate angel networking.
Tags: Knowledge management strategies, R&D, Angel Network, Member, Singapore, network, marketing, U.S., strategy, leadership
RSS feeds attract venture dollars
News Start-up tries to work Friendster-type magic on blog feeds, with Marc Andreessen and Ron Conway as advisers. Others are emerging, too.
Tags: Web services
Politics draws Microsoft, Netscape veteran
News Alex Edelstein, who has swung nimbly from one Internet high-flyer to the next and landed at Microsoft, Netscape and Inktomi, is preparing to jump to city council.
Linux companies settle copyright suit
News Two companies that sell Linux for computing devices such as network equipment or DVD players have settled a lawsuit involving alleged mishandling of open-source software.
Gates reveals partnership in Hummer Winblad
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates disclosed he is in a venture partnership run by his friend Ann Winblad, giving him an indirect interest in newer companies that someday could become competitors for Microsoft.
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