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NEWS ABOUT: venture capitalists

venture capitalists stories: 13 news summaries

(Newser) - Marc Andreessen, the tech pioneer who co-founded Netscape, launched a boutique venture capital firm today, intent on investing in “anything that involves chips and computers.” Though Andreessen and business partner Ben Horowitz have been dropping angel investments around Silicon Valley for years, they’ll now have much more... More »

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Silicon Valley • venture capital • venture capitalists • Netscape • Marc Andreessen

Glossies

 Biotech Boom Finally Fizzles 

Riskiest sector hit by downturn

Jan 21, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - In the bullish market, biotechnology was flush with investment, even though one drug might take many as 15 years and as much as a billion dollars to produce—but those days are over for the riskiest technology sector. Portfolio reports that 45% of publicly traded biotech companies will run out... More »

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biotechnology • venture capital • investment • venture capitalists • JPMorgan Chase • economic downturn

 Ex-AOL Chief Seeks 
 Funds to Buy Yahoo 

$30B difficult to raise amid recession

Dec 2, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - After months of advising both Microsoft and Yahoo on a failed deal, former AOL chief Jonathan Miller is trying to put together a bid for Yahoo himself. The venture capitalist is asking private investors to help him amass the $30 billion needed to acquire the struggling, $10-a-share search engine group,... More »

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Yahoo • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • investment • venture capitalists • financial crisis • Jonathan Miller

Startups Seek Ways Around Venture Capital

Twitter, others explore other revenue streams to avoid investors' raised demands

Nov 12, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - While Wall Street investors have taken advantage of the tanking economy to nab low-priced stocks, Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists have likewise enjoyed a buyer’s market, demanding larger ownership stakes in startup outfits in exchange for their coveted funds. Companies like Twitter—initially funded with $22 million in venture... More »

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Silicon Valley • investors • recession • venture capital • startup • venture capitalists • economy • Twitter • financial crisis

GLOSSIES

This Xoogler Might Be the
Next Bill Gates

Former Googlers make ever-widening waves
across Silicon Valley

Oct 4, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the past few years, Google has lost some serious firepower to the startup frontier, Luke Dittrich writes in Esquire. With self-styled Xooglers  providing the brain power not only for two dozen or so startups, but for the venture-capital firms that fund them, it’s likely “the next big... More »

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Google • YouTube • Silicon Valley • Gmail • venture capital • Internet startups • venture capitalists • Esquire

ANALYSIS

Wall Street Woes Will
Wallop Tech Sector

Drying up of IPOs expected to hit tech ventures especially hard

Sep 16, 08 2:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubles hitting the Wall Street giants promise particularly dark days ahead for the tech business world, analysts tell CNET News. The problems are bound to stifle mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry and further dampen the market for initial public offerings. IPOs have already slowed to a trickle—and... More »

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technology • Wall Street • IPO • venture capital • investment • venture capitalists

 The World's Greenest
 Venture Capitalist 

Vinod Khosla has spent a fortune financing enviro-startups

Jul 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vinod Khosla isn’t just smarter and richer than the average venture capitalist—he’s greener, too. Khosla has sunk $450 million into what he calls “imprudent science experiments" over the past 4 years, financing 45 enviro-tech startups. “We've funded an incredible number of things that would make... More »

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climate change • environment • green technology • venture capitalists • Vinod Khosla • Khosla Ventures

 Romney Gains 
 Ground in Veepstakes 

Business acumen is the peg

Jul 15, 08 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney’s business acumen, national profile, and fundraising chops have put him among the elite of VP hopefuls, Reuters reports. And while he and John McCain exchanged nasty barbs during the primaries, the mutual resentment seems to have subsided, at least on the surface. "Mitt and Ann Romney... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • vice president • Ann Romney • Cindy McCain • venture capitalists • economy

Economy Has Venture-Capital Scene Looking in Mirror

Return on investments sags with stock uncertainty, credit woes—but money still there

May 12, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Economic troubles that have meant fewer IPOs and less-lucrative mergers have the venture-capital industry in upheaval, the San Jose Mercury News reports after last week's Silicon Valley gathering of VC players. Many believe the moneyed backers must treat entrepreneurs better for prospects to remain lively. Yet, though returns have turned... More »

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entrepreneurs • Silicon Valley • recession • venture capital • venture capitalists

Sinking Market Forces New Venture-Capital Strategies

Analysts don't see money drying up, just more scrutiny on where it's spent

Apr 3, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists are watching economic indicators carefully, trying to find safer places to put their mountains of money, CNET reports. The stats on first-quarter VC activity will land soon, and though experts don't expect dollar totals to have waned, players are “under pressure to invest in quality companies that... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Silicon Valley • mergers and acquisitions • startup • green technology • venture capitalists • clean technology • information technology

You've Got No Mail: DC Techies Ponder Life After AOL

Relocation is struggling sector's latest setback

Feb 18, 08 10:12 AM CST
(Newser) - AOL is moving its HQ to New York, cutting nearly half of its 5,700 DC-area jobs, and leaving serious questions about the Washington, DC area’s tech industry in its wake. AOL’s declining fortunes have already hurt the sector, but local techies and VCs have fought back with... More »

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Google • AOL • New York City • Washington DC • Facebook • startup • Dulles • venture capitalists • tech sector • Revolution • tech industry

Venture Capitalists Predict Rebound After 2008

VCs support Clinton over Giuliani

Dec 28, 07 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - After gazing into its crystal ball this month, the National Venture Capital Association has come up with a picture of a bullish post-2008, post-election future. In the prediction, the new President Clinton manages a still-reeling economy as the number of VC firms wanes and the size of the funds they... More »

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investing • Hillary Clinton • venture capital • US economy • venture capitalists • weak dollar • Election 2008

Real, Fake TV Moguls to Star at Solar Conference

Turner, Hagman will keynote industry event

Sep 24, 07 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2007 gathering of the solar industry this week in Long Beach, Calif., will feature plenty of new technology demonstrations, hot VC action, and speeches, CNET reports. Hotly anticipated talks include those by media mogul and environmental activist Ted Turner and actor Larry Hagman, famous for his roles in "... More »

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California • solar energy • solar power • photovoltaic • green construction • venture capitalists

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