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How to finance a green-tech revolution
News Venture-backed tech companies create lots of buzz, but many companies that create green jobs rely on different--and troubled--funding sources.
Tags: Green IT, Business, Investment, Manufacturing, Investor, Renewable Energy, Government, financing, venture capital, CEO
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
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
Macquarie Bank launches new Internet platform
News Macquarie Bank has teamed up with finance news aggregator Wotnews to deliver a new retail online trading platform.
Tags: E-commerce, Stock Market, Investor, online retail, Stock, trader, financial, network, SMS, Internet
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
Silicon Valley star readies new venture capital firm
News Company of Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape Communications, has attracted lots of interest, and US$300 million. Can he deliver with his innovative approach?
Tags: Investor relations, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Web sites, Business Strategies & Functions, Public relations, Marc Andreessen, Investor, venture capital, social networking
Small is beautiful for green-tech newbies
News Even amid the economic gloom, smaller clean-tech start-ups in efficiency and renewable energy are being funded because demand for their products remains strong.
Tags: Green IT, Best strategies, Business, Clean Technology, Investor, Bankruptcy, British Petroleum Co plc, Advanced Electron Beams, Wall Street, business development
Investors grill HP's Hurd on bonuses, competition
News Hewlett-Packard CEO's executive pay and competition from IBM, Cisco and Apple dominate investors' concerns at annual shareholders meeting.
Tags: Personal Computers, Blade servers, Servers, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Investor, Compensation, Server, Mark Hurd
Palm investor to kick in an extra US$100M
News Elevation Partners agrees to infuse the struggling handset maker with an additional US$100 million, in a move to underwrite the company's 2009 new product launch.
Tags: PalmOS compatibles, Operating systems, Investments, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Elevation Partners, Smart Phone, Investor
Yahoo investors cautiously optimistic following Bartz hire
News Investors keep their fingers crossed as Yahoo names former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz to lead the company. They also hope she can lead them to a Microsoft search deal.
Tags: Recruiting, Search, Investments, Microsoft Corp., Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Investor, CEO, vision
A Dickensian view of clean-tech financing
News There's plenty of enthusiasm for funding the latest green-tech or alternative-fuel company. The problem is the economy stinks, and doesn't look like it will improve anytime soon.
Tags: Green IT, Clean Technology, General Electric Co., IPO, Investor, Renewable Energy, Jefferies & Co., financing, Government Loan, New Energy Capital
Next up, Yahoo's dog-and-pony investor show
News Billionaire Carl Icahn and Yahoo will be take their respective fix-it strategy messages on the investor road show circuit once they file their definitive proxies with the SEC.
Tags: Investor relations, Strategy formulation, Yahoo! Inc., Investor, Carl Icahn, SEC, shareholder, asset, strategy, agency
Sun's largest investor ups stake
News Southeastern Asset Management increases its stake to 21.2 percent and wants to talk to Sun management and third parties about maximizing Sun's shareholder value.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Legal, Investment, Investor, Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., News.com, SEC, shareholder
Wary green-tech venture investors shift gears
News Applying the venture capital model of IT onto energy isn't working, which is something many clean-tech venture capitalists will learn the hard way, say experts.
Tags: Green IT, Venture capital, Clean Technology, Department Of Energy, BP Plc, Venrock, Information Technology, Green IT, Investor, alternative energy
Yahoo investors could get final say on a search sale
News Shareholders who feel their hands are tied while sitting on the sidelines of a potential Microsoft-Yahoo search transaction may get the chance to weigh in, legal experts say.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., Investor, Advertisement, international business, Delaware Chancery Court, professor, Yahoo Search
