Private Equity
The booming Canadian economy hasn’t brought any relief to the struggling Canadian venture system. Now is a great opportunity for U.S. VCs looking for deals up north.
8 min read · 01 August 2010
Facebook’s insensitive treatment of users’ data has made privacy a growing concern. VCs need to get serious about the issue quickly—before regulators or legislators take action.
7 min read · 01 July 2010
Think your venture job is tough? Try being a VC and a woman.
10 min read · 01 June 2010
Following the recent arrival of several new seed-focused funds, Index Ventures has launched Index Seed, with plans to seed about 10 startups a year in deals as small as $50,000
7 min read · 01 June 2010
Venture investment in Irish startups picked up last year, and some believe more VC is just what is needed to help pull the country out of an economic depression
8 min read · 01 May 2010
VCs have backed at least 20 companies that help homeowners manage their energy consumption by tapping into the smart grid, but some wonder if consumers will embrace the technology
8 min read · 01 May 2010
Venture-backed startups are coming up with increasingly innovative ways to inject themselves into the $174 billion market
10 min read · 01 April 2010
Several successful startup founders have launched four new venture funds, which they say will be more entrepreneur friendly than traditional VCs
8 min read · 01 April 2010
VCs face the daunting task of convincing Congress that carried interest should continue to be taxed as capital gains
7 min read · 01 March 2010
Kleiner, Matrix and Maveron are among the firms that put nearly $100M into eight private shopping startups last year
8 min read · 01 February 2010
