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Calxeda and HP unleash ARM server tech

...a cash infusion of $48m (£30m) from ARM and a group of venture capitalists. At the time of writing, ARM was not able to tell... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Jack Clark
Solar tech start-ups ready glowing future

Solar tech start-ups ready glowing future

...market conditions were not good. Instead, it raised additional equity from existing venture capitalists and private equity investors. Photo by Solyndra Read more

30 December, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Cisco ploughs money into Russia's Silicon Valley

The networking giant has revealed details of its investment in the Skolkovo Project, a Russian initiative set up to mimic the success of Silicon Valley, as part of its promised $1bn investment in the country Read more

30 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

£1.2m for Durham Uni's graphene fab spin out

...named Durham Graphene Science has £1.2m worth of backing from venture capitalists at the IP Group, The North East Technology Fund, and a... Read more

7 February, 2012

US senate to vote on Protect IP bill in January

...and SOPA have earned the enmity of Silicon Valley companies, internet engineers, venture capitalists, civil libertarians and a growing number of internet users (PDF) because... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Can I be the first to say the 'social network' is dead?

So Facebook has announced a new data centre, the latest in a series of moves to keep on a par with Google, even as the... Read more

27 October, 2011

Host servers get disk performance boost

...even 10x improvements -- in disk performance. Yeah right. With $12 million from venture capitalists swelling its coffers, Virsto has launched a marketing offensive to back... Read more

28 June, 2011

Nvidia's Icera deal hides bleak outlook for EU wireless

...that stage, the company had soaked up some $260 million from European venture capitalists. What Boland told the FT was undoubtedly true as far as... Read more

9 May, 2011

Microsoft patent case comes under scrutiny in court

...same time, i4i's case has drawn support from big pharmaceutical companies, venture capitalists, universities and the US government. As the heart of the case... Read more

19 April, 2011 by Jay Greene

The Top 20 'Technology Elite' on Twitter

...who invented Ethernet, and Dave Winer, who developed RSS. There are also venture capitalists such as Paul Graham (Y Combinator), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures... Read more

11 March, 2011

ARM backs Linux server chip start-up

...it was getting $48m (£31m) from a group of investors that includes venture capitalists, Texas Instruments and ARM itself. "This kind of investment, the amount... Read more

16 August, 2010 by David Meyer
A tour of Jolicloud's netbook Linux OS

A tour of Jolicloud's netbook Linux OS

...set up iGoogle competitor Netvibes. The French Linux company is backed by venture capitalists including Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype Read more

20 July, 2010 by David Meyer
TVO 2012 1.1

TVO 2012 1.1

...Venture Open event (Berlin, Germany 1st June 2012). Join entrepreneurs, industry representatives, venture capitalists and executives of Deutsche Telekom and its strategic business units for... Read more

26 May, 2012
Today in Private Equity - Your Source for Industry News 2.0

Today in Private Equity - Your Source for Industry News 2.0

...on my dock"Our #PRIVATEEQUITY App is designed for private equity professionals, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, investment professionals as well as traders and private... Read more

6 May, 2012
Starting a Business with Venture Capital 2.0

Starting a Business with Venture Capital 2.0

...it, step-by-step.We have even included interviews with A level venture capitalists who give you information from the OTHER side of the table... Read more

29 April, 2012

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