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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
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
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
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
Baidu CEO touts growth of China's search engine
News Robin Li tells Stanford students to embrace tough decisions when running a startup, in discussion that centered on entrepreneurship in the tough Chinese market.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Palo Alto, venture capital, Baidu.com Inc., Search Result, China, Internet, Internet company
IBM bets on Brazilian innovation
News Big Blue's new initiative to stimulate development of Brazil's nascent tech industry is the latest sign of the country's rising power.
Tags: Hardware, Consumer Technology, IBM Corp., India, Training, Innovation, venture capital, entrepreneur, China, private equity
A new set of rules for social games
News Playfish's US$300 million sale to Electronic Arts seems to spell good news for other makers of social-network games, but this is a fast-growing and messy niche filled with one plot twist after another.
Tags: Games, Gamer, Facebook, Offer, MySpace, Playfish, Zynga, Playdom, cell phone, advertisement
Keeping the faith in Silicon Valley
News Spirits are high and ideas are flowing in the cubicles of one startup incubator, Plug and Play Tech Center.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Venture capital, PayPal, Start-up, Palo Alto, Real Estate, Recruiting, Investor, Facebook, recession
Contrarian Google launches investment fund
News Google's new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, and health care.
Tags: Venture capital, Investment, Google Inc., IPO, National Venture Capital Association, venture-capital company, Silicon Valley company, Silicon Valley, Wall Street Journal, Web Site
Ballmer says venture freeze will spare startups in key fields
News Though the pullback in venture capital investing will winnow the field of startups, “there’s really not a better time to start a business”, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells a Stanford University audience.
Tags: Venture capital, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, oil & gas, National Venture Capital Association, computer, software, alternative energy, CEO, Stanford
Venture funding deals hit 11-year low
News U.S. venture capitalist investment plummeted 50 percent from the same quarter last year with IT hit particularly hard, VentureSource reports.
Tags: Venture capital, Quarter, information technology industry, venture capital industry, National Venture Capital Association, software, Dow Jones & Company Inc., industry, information technology, U.S. company
Andreesen explains his move to venture capital
News Netscape executive-turned-venture capitalist addressed the crowd at Fortune's Brainstorm: Tech conference on why he decided to become a money man.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., Google Inc., Medical Device, venture capital, CEO, career, venture-capital fund, entrepreneur, revenue
Yahoo stock rises on new acquisition report
News A second report indicates that AOL's former CEO, Jonathan Miller, is interested in buying some or all of Yahoo.
Tags: Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Stock, venture capital, venture-capital fund, Velocity, Wall Street Journal, private equity
Skype co-founders may buy it back
News Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold the company to eBay in 2005 for US$2.6 billion. They may be trying to buy it back now for US$2 billion, the New York Times reported.
Tags: VoIP, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Internet phone, private equity company, venture capital, venture-capital company, co-founder, New York Times Co., finance
