Short news items on pension funds in California, Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, San Francisco and Ohio
4 min read · 01 February 2010
Duo founds Marquam Hill Capital, hopes to raise $50M to invest in cancer-related startups
2 min read · 01 February 2010
Three former Electronic Arts execs have launched VanEdge Capital to invest in gaming startups
4 min read · 01 February 2010
IPO of Chinese pharma company provides little upside to its VC backers, HBM BioVentures and Sequoia Capital
2 min read · 01 February 2010
Despite Q4 increase, 2009 was worst year since 2003 in terms of amount of capital raised by U.S. venture funds, says NVCA
2 min read · 01 February 2010
Founder of YouWeb incubator talks about what you can buy with $1M
3 min read · 01 February 2010
More than half of 41 cleantech VCs surveyed expect one to two of their companies to be acquired or go public this year
8 min read · 01 February 2010
David Cowan and other VCs trash Malcolm Gladwell, Leone insults entrepreneurs over 30, Jersey boy Bob Grady passes on offer to be treasurer of Garden State
4 min read · 01 February 2010
Forty-three years after Benjamin Braddock heard that “one word,” plastics is still the future
9 min read · 01 February 2010
SolarCity Corp., a Foster City, Calif.-based provider of solar energy system installation and design, has secured $60 million from PG&E Corp. The deal is described as "tax equity financing" for solar installations for U.S. homes and businesses. SolarCity previously raised around $74 million from firms like First Solar Inc. and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
3 min read · 21 January 2010
