Private Equity
Larry Ellison's fantasy island. After the crash: Driver's license, registration, cellphone, please. What New Yorkers earn for a living. And so much more!
1 min read · 14 June 2013
The car is the next tech platform, says GM's CEO. Why dads don't take paternity leave. And -- finally! --an app that let's cats take videos of themselves. And so much more!
1 min read · 13 June 2013
Almost a year after closing on a $65 million fund-of-funds that focuses on small and mid-size early-stage venture capital funds, San Francisco-based Industry Ventures is in the market again, according to a regulatory filing – this time for a $100 million fund of funds.
2 min read · 13 June 2013
Ron Palmeri easily admits that were it not for serial entrepreneur Halsey Minor, he wouldn’t be where he is today. But Palmeri says today that as Minor's right-hand man at Minor's now defunct venture capital firm Minor Ventures, he did far more than execute on Minor's visionary ideas. Crucially, Palmeri says, he was coming up with many of them.
4 min read · 13 June 2013
Zuga Medical, a Cleveland, Oh.-based medical device company that is developing an FDA-approved dental implant system, has received $250,000 in funding from the nonprofit venture development organization JumpStart. In addition to JumpStart’s investment, Zuga has received funding from the Cuyahoga County North Coast Opportunities Fund and the Innovation Fund.
3 min read · 12 June 2013
Wall Street is obsessed with Snapchat. Private equity goes on a beer run. TechStars NY suddenly parts ways with its new managing director. And more!
1 min read · 12 June 2013
The Chicago-area venture firm Origin Ventures is raising the biggest fund in its history, according to a regulatory filing, and a smart bet -- and new partner -- may explain why.
3 min read · 11 June 2013
A profile of one of Warren Buffett's top lieutenants: 28-year-old Tracy Britt. Morale at the New York-based startup Foursquare has reportedly hit a low. Meanwhile, a Viola, New York man is outraged that his private information is being collected by someone other than advertisers. And so much more!
1 min read · 11 June 2013
How to end every meeting. Fourteen trends you never want to see again. Eight obscure college degrees that lead to high-paying jobs. And, oh, yeah, Apple had some news. Here's what you might have missed.
1 min read · 10 June 2013
How metadata can be more revealing than your actual conversations. Google Wallet is has become a money pit. And what will humans look like in 100,000 years? And so much more!
1 min read · 07 June 2013
