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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

EBay buys VC-backed Braintree to boost PayPal's mobile presence

EBay’s latest acquisition, of online payment service Braintree, will help it let customers make payments on smartphones and tablets

Shackles drop off advertising for startups. Should we worry?

Entrepreneur Nicole O’Rourke has a novel idea for raising cash that would have been illegal until this week: smacking a “fund me” sticker on every bottle or can of hair products from her start-up business, Rock Your Hair.

NVCA’s Franklin comes up to speed on venture

The organization’s new president talks about getting settled in his new role

Foundation Medicine shares rise 89 pct in market debut

VC and Bill Gates-backed Foundation Medicine shares climb sharply on their first day of trading

Shackles fall off fundraising for startups. Should we worry?

The lifting of a ban on using advertizing to attract private market investors has changed the playing field for startups.

Student entrepreneurs: You can win a free ticket to our VC conference -- Updated

We want help five students working on startups by getting them in front of venture capitalists at our Venture Alpha West conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 8-9. Send us a 300-word essay explaining why your startup is awesome. The five winners will get free passes to Venture Alpha West.

Fund performance: PSERS’ vexing bubble era venture funds throw off cash

Portfolio from the period shows mixed results, slow progress

European People Briefs, October 2013

Altius names three co-CEOs; and a study shows churn does not necessarily affect funds adversely

Time EP targets Europe’s capital-starved digital sector

Paris based growth-stage investor aims to raise $132 million for its second fund