Venture Capital and Finance Directory: Venture capital refers to financial investment in early stage companies. Specialized venture capital finance firms invest their own funds and investment funds capital into early stage companies. The object is to find real quality early stage companies in need of financial investment in order to grow. The venture capital firm typically will take an equity stake in the company in return for management expertise and financial investment.
SAP founder, Agassi venture capital fund investing in Israel (Haaretz Daily)
Venture capital fund Hasso Plattner Ventures is investing $4 million in Israeli startup InnovaShare, along with the fund Israeli Cedar. This is the German fund's first Israeli investment, even though the fund's CEO is an Israeli, Eran Davidson.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:16:06 GMT
Europeans retrench on venture investing (International Herald Tribune)
Venture capital firms in Europe invested in 167 young companies in the second quarter, 42 percent fewer than in the period last year. Venture dollars invested declined 35 percent, to $1.3 billion.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:38 GMT
Who has it out for Photobucket's investors? [Venture Capital] (Valleywag)
The investors at Insight Venture Partners, already wealthy, got richer yet when they invested personally in Photobucket, a photo-sharing site now owned by News Corp. Insight's cofounders Jeff Horing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:21:26 GMT
Clean-Tech Venture Capitalist Speaks to the Democrats (New York Times)
Venture capital got a prime-time spot at the Democratic National Convention when Nancy Floyd, founder and managing director of Nth Power, a San Francisco clean-tech venture capital firm, addressed the crowd Tuesday.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:12:24 GMT
Mall Networks Raises $7 Million in New Venture Capital Financing (Centre Daily Times)
Mall Networks, the leading provider of merchant-funded loyalty shopping solutions, today announced that it has secured $7 million in Series B venture capital financing. Led by new investor Dace Ventures, the Series B round also includes existing investors Flybridge Capital Partners, Venture Capital Fund of New England (VCFNE), and LBO Enterprises. Mall Networks will use the financing to ...
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:16:27 GMT
Beer and Young are turnaround finance specialists. A business need not go into administration, nor be subject to the banks liquidation decisions. We have a success rate of finding entrepreneurs to invest in the business and bring it back to success and profitability. http://www.beerandyoung.com [Read more]
Vcapital is a source for raising venture capital. Vcapital is an online resource to assist entrepreneurs in raising venture capital. http://www.vcapital.com/ [Read more]
Hickory Venture Group is a leading provider of venture capital funds in the Sunbelt, Mid-Atlantic, and Mid-West regions. http://www.hvcc.com/ [Read more]
Mobius Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund comprised of seasoned veterans and entrepreneurs from leading technology companies. http://www.mobiusvc.com/ [Read more]
Provides financing to early-stage technology companies. Includes information on investors, portfolio and employees. http://www.cardinalvc.com/ [Read more]
