Best friends? VCs and entrepreneurs find more common ground
While venture capitalists (VCs) love to expound about the world-beating technologies their portfolio companies are chasing, the fact remains that the savviest of entrepreneurs were traditionally very
Blackstone green fund to be shuttered
What should we make of the Blackstone Group's decision to shutter its green tech fund? The fund was launched 3 years ago, and was able to secure $90 million from Western European investors last
Terralliance Technologies blows up on Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs
Can VC matter again?
There was a day when venture capital investing really mattered. In the 1990s and much of the 2000s, venture capital was acknowledged as a bright spot in the tech industry and economy; VC investments
The next big thing in VC?
Is the next big thing materializing in the VC industry? The next biotech or dot-com investment surge? Well, a lot of firms are bent on investing in clean tech firms. All the big firms are moving in,
More on the IPO resurgence
Wall Street firms--especially private equity firms and specifically venture capital firms--have been waiting for a resurgence in the IPO market for years. Now it seems to be happening, albeit slowly.
The true significance of venture capital
When it comes to alternative investments, venture capital has taken a back seat to hedge funds and leveraged buyout funds over the last few years. Indeed, we've been bemoaning the state of the
VC bets on green technology
So what's the next big thing in venture capital? After biotechnology and then the dot.coms, could it be green technology companies? Khosla Ventures is betting that it is. Plenty of other firms are
VC: The next big thing?
Venture capital may be hard to come by, but it's not impossible. A recent survey has found that nearly half of firms plan to make at least two investments over the next year. But what's the next big
Marc Andreessen's new fund
Can Marc Andreessen save venture capital as we know it? Is it worth saving? He's certainly bent on trying. The launch of Andreessen Horowitz is about as splashy as it gets in the VC industry these
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