Venture Investment
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SingTel-News Corp US$1b deal off
News update Rupert Murdoch's News Corp today said it has dropped its planned US$1 billion investment in Singapore Telecom.
IBM invests effort in venture capitalists
News The company is extending its outreach to venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, part of a plan to recruit partners to sell industry-specific packages crafted around IBM software, hardware and services.
DivX courting studios with new tech
News With DivX 6's compression technology and a couple high-profile deals, the company hopes to woo Hollywood.
Tags: Digital media
Green-tech venture funding jumps nearly 40 percent in 2008
News Solar captures lion's share of green-tech investments worldwide, bolstered by massive funding of thin-film solar companies, according to Cleantech Group report.
Tags: Green IT, Venture capital, Investments, Clean Technology, Venture Investment, Investment, Biodiesel, biology, electric vehicle, Indian Company
IT venture investing posts worst Q4 in a decade
News IT venture investments in the fourth quarter fell a staggering 40 percent to US$2.2 billion over year-ago figures, marking the worst showing in a decade, says survey.
Tags: Venture capital, Investments, Venture Investment, Sequoia Capital, PowerPoint Presentation, information service, Microsoft PowerPoint, information technology company, News.com, network
Sun to invest US$50m in AP tech innovation
News Sun Microsystems Inc Wednesday announced plans to significantly increase its investment focus in the Asia Pacific region through its newly formed Sun Asia Pacific Venture Investment Programme.
Keppel T&T, Israeli co raise US$50m for VC fund
News Mainboard-listed Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd (Keppel T&T) and Israel’s Shrem Fudim Kelner Technologies have secured US$50 million for their venture capital fund.
Keppel T&T, Israeli co raise US$50m for VC fund
News Mainboard-listed Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd (Keppel T&T) and Israeli-based investment group Shrem Fudim Kelner Technologies have secured US$50 million for their venture capital fund.
Revealed: The hottest tech to invest in
News Mobile Internet and green IT are among the five hot technologies venture capitalists are looking to invest in.
Tags: Investments, Business models, Next-generation technology/networks, Green IT
SingTel, Bharti to pump in US$650m into submarine cable venture 
News SingTel and India's telecom conglomerate Bharti Enterprises announced today that they will establish a 50:50 joint venture in India to build and operate a submarine fibre-optic network with a total investment of US$650 million.
Vignette venture capital plan to distribute income to employees
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Growth of high-tech firms in S'pore nearly doubles
News The high-tech industry is growing faster than all other industries on the island, and it enjoys a higher survival rate as well.
CMGI taking US$90m in restructuring charges
News CMGI Inc, the Internet investment firm, said it will cease funding Web entertainment site ICast Corp and take US$90 million in charges as it restructures after a 90 percent stock slide this year.
VC investors show signs of constraint
News Communications and networking technology companies garnered considerably less venture capital than they did a year ago, but IT providers have gained ground, according to new report.
Tags: Venture capital
SilkRoute, CyberWorks launch S$25m e-commerce fund
News The SilkRoute Group, the National Science & Technology Board (NSTB) and Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) launched a S$25 million e-commerce fund to provide early stage financing to e-commerce start-ups in Asia.
