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Tech investor Sequoia takes stake in flight search firm Skyscanner

VC firm takes minority stake in Edinburgh-based company that calls itself world’s second-biggest flight search website

Intellectual Ventures curbs patent buying amid fund-raising effort

Firm seeks to raise $3 billion to resume steady pace of patent buying as debate over royalty payments continues

A host of angels flock to a syndicate site for venture capital

The lifting of a ban on advertising to investors has allowed AngelList to unveil a program aimed at syndicates

Greylock's marketplace bet and other venture fund briefs

Greylock promotes Rothman to focus on marketplaces, as it also raises $1 billion; Alsop Louie raises $100 million

Rocket Internet leads German incubators with aggressive cloning model

From their base in Berlin, a group of German incubators are highlighting efficiency and execution over innovation to launch startups

PVCI ends summer at record-high levels

The Post-Venture Capital Index holds steady at 921.14 to end August

European fund briefs, October 2013

Synova raises an oversubscribed fund, as Avedon wraps up its first since its spinout

FireEye's debut signals red hot interest in cybersecurity

Venture firms Sequoia Capital, MDV and Norwest stand to benefit most from FireEye and Rocket Fuel IPOs

Privacy concerns

Investors are hot for SnapChat and Whisper, but they’re giving the cold shoulder to startups developing software exclusively to protect consumer privacy. Here’s why.

Biofuels maker Kior gets critical $50 mln in funding from Khosla

Biofuels company Kior wins a much-needed $50 million capital boost from its biggest investor, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla