Private Equity & Unions: Oil & Water. Yahoo: Let’s make a deal! As Harvey Keitel’s Pulp Fiction Character Said… Nevermind. Just know that even though Fusion-IO beat the street, it’s still not out of the woods, so to speak Are We Any Closer to closing the gender gap? It’s the Groupon investment flow chart It's a Predictive World: Index and Khosla lead Kaggle funding round Gold Rush! Aussies strike it lucky in Silicon Valley Age Before Beauty: SRS reveals VC funding rounds on the up Barcodes Reveal All: ShopSavvy raises funding led by Facebook co-founder Ask the Experts: Evisors raises seed round to help connect start-ups with expert investors Trust in Me: Taiwan's Trust in Me: Taiwan's Chinatrust plans first VC fund">Chinatrust plans first VC fund
1 min read · 03 November 2011
Battery Ventures led a $5 million A round in STELLAService, the customer service ratings provider for online retailers. DFJ Gotham Ventures and RRE Ventures joined in on the investment as well; and new investors Forerunner Ventures also jumped in on the deal.
4 min read · 02 November 2011
2 min read · 02 November 2011
GrEEK! Meltdown looms over Euro now Got Time for a 15 minute crash course on China’s startups? If At First You Don’t Succeed: Trib bankruptcy plan denied So, What’s the Best way to fill a plane? AxialMarket’s Lehrman drops some deal flow knowledge Arab Fall? Egypt investing to grow for Abraaj So What can VCs do to back good greentech companies? Perfect Pitch? Yahoo puts leveraged recap on the table Tech is the word: Saudi Basic Industries launches corporate venture arm in The Netherlands Solving the Remote Problem: Voomote gets thumbs up Stroke Diagnosis: Cardiac Insight puts finishing touches to Series A financing
1 min read · 02 November 2011
Ruh-Roh: Warburg Pincus sued after Romanian property deal tanks Mark Suster on why you should ban laptops at board meetings So Does This Kid win something? Seven billionth person on earth is born How to Get the Mouse in Your House: Netflix, Amazon score Disney deals Well-Founded, Too: Regulators had “grave concerns” about MF Global Chinese Whispers: VC in China going strong Going it Alone: Morgan Stanley India property fund head follows trend for top Indian PE execs to set up own funds Splashing the Cash: Apple gets ready for a $8 billion splurge Let's go surfing now...Appcelerator rides the app wave with more funding A perfect fit: Auditude meshes neatly with Adobe Systems No support: ISS bid scuppered by shareholder backlash
1 min read · 01 November 2011
MF-ed: MF Global seeks 11th hour buyer FtOrReEeSsT: Facebook stock auction goes down via SecondMarket (but, that really doesn’t matter) The Price is Wrong, Bob: Groupon may up IPO price The “No Duh!” Fee: Healthcare providers to up smokers’ costs Here’s to You! CalSTRS bonuses up on big gains Steve Jobs’ last words Problem Solved? The cleantech challenge Falling for VC: A http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/31/voices-of-finance-venture-capital-fundraiser?newsfeed=true captivated Scraping the Barrel: Too many start-ups, not enough funds Prime Time: Mendix start-up first round in the bag Blog Happy: Blogging value soars in top 25 most valuable list Boosting Women in Bio: Greater Boston targets the fairer sex in biotech hotbed
1 min read · 31 October 2011
2 min read · 24 October 2011
More Details Emerge on Steve Jobs book Who Got Gaddafi? David Cay Johnston eyes pay data… looks like the rich get richer GE Sees 2012 Growth, hits analysts’ notes for ’11 so far
1 min read · 21 October 2011
Hell From Above: US using kamikaze drones to hit Taliban One More Thing: Steve’s not done yet, it seems… Contagion We Can’t Afford: Greece burns in protests The Systemic Problems in journalism pertain exclusively to people willing to cheat, or too dumb to not recognize their own writing when it’s time to publish Will Rupert’s Board be overthrown? Calling Non-Chinese Investors: CSM looks overseas for $1bn fund Still Weighing up the Options:Another Yahoo bid combo One Vision: More money for infographics Bright Lights, Big City: Opportunities abound for EcoSense Lighting Outed! Those overpaid CEOs Thinking of going public? The IPO-friendly guide
1 min read · 20 October 2011
3 min read · 20 October 2011
