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Applied Materials starts VC fund
News With the fund, Applied Materials joins Intel, among major technology companies, in offering venture capital to start-ups. The company said that by investing in start-ups it hopes to apply its manufacturing knowledge to the optical communications...
[October 26, 2001, 15:30]
IBM lures VCs and their start-ups
News Start-ups with annual revenues under $10m (£5.5m) will receive a standard, three-year cross-licensing contract for $25,000, said Michelle McIntyre, a spokeswoman for IBM Venture Capital Group. The program is initially open to IBM's 150 venture...
[December 14, 2005, 16:25]
Is open source a bubble ready to burst?
News Venture capital firms are pouring more money into start-ups that adhere to open source practices, such as giving away technology for free. Alongside tiny start-ups, established providers from IBM to The pace of investment in those start-ups has...
[November 7, 2005, 14:30]
Google sets up venture capital arm
News The new venture will put Google — a company better known for buying companies than investing in them — in the more-formal role of helping get start-ups off the ground. The meager performance pales in comparison with the $11.7bn distributed to start...
[April 1, 2009, 8:14]
Conservatives promise help for green tech start-ups
News The party has released a consultation on the green tech market, which aims to "unleash environmental entrepreneurship across Britain, by giving companies advice and services, including expert guidance on intellectual property protection, legal...
[January 6, 2009, 8:03]
High-tech firms gingerly approach IPOs
News In the three months of July to September, 22 companies went public, nine of which were start-ups financed by venture capital firms, according to a report released last week by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Venture Economics.
[October 6, 2003, 14:45]
Friendster investors fall out over patent
News Now that venture-capital money and influence is raining on the start-ups, the friendly atmosphere among the three entrepreneurs is beginning to deteriorate. The US Patent and Trademark Office issued the Six Degrees patent on 16 January, 2001...
[November 12, 2003, 10:20]
Siemens 'confident' on restructuring...
News Siemens is bolstering its R&D efforts through alliances and equity partnerships with innovative start-ups. In addition to seeking out partners in Silicon Valley, the group is focusing heavily in Israel's 'Silicon Wadi' and is involved in over 50...
[December 3, 1998, 17:41]
Three dots mean the fabless chips are up
News And that makes the environment ever more difficult for start-ups. It'll be a tough time for the next two years for small companies and start-ups. The last time there was a back-to-back increase in venture capital investments in fabless chip...
[April 10, 2003, 11:00]
Russia tweaks laws to drive IT growth
News In September, Vision Capital, Intel and others will participate in a three-day "tech tour" that will allow US venture investors to meet with Russian start-ups, said Sven Lingjaerde, general partner at Vision Capital.
[January 30, 2004, 8:40]
Microsoft holds on tightly to cash
News Attention start-ups: don't go looking to Microsoft for the next round of cash. Lewin heads up a team that tries to connect promising start-ups with customers and makes sure the companies understand Microsoft's technology plans.
[August 1, 2003, 15:05]
Startup Spotlight: matchco.co.uk
News There are, however, over 1,000 proposals a month looking for funding, whereas investment companies will only handle 20 start-ups a year. UK start-ups are, therefore, looking for a format in which to present their proposals, so that the men in grey...
[February 16, 2000, 16:04]
Salesforce.com fund offers boost to developers
News Salesforce.com's $25m venture capital fund is great for developers, say analysts — as long as providing support costs to a global market doesn't kill the start-ups. Salesforce, with its venture capital (VC) partners Bay Partners and Bessemer...
[October 4, 2007, 9:44]
Investing in Homeland Security Technologies: A Venture Capital Perspective
White Papers Many venture investors are asking if start-up companies will be able to play a major role in the new homeland security technologies (HST) industry, and whether, HST start-ups will make good venture capital investments.
[November 6, 2004, 2:00]
Intel: European start-ups starved of funding
News While start-ups now have the chance of securing a larger amount of investment individually, Patel said, the bad news is that fewer overall are given the chance to see if their ventures can make it. The amount of money available for investment...
[December 18, 2007, 15:28]
Google developing a venture capital arm
News If successful, the new venture would put Google — a company better known for buying companies than investing in them — in the more-formal role of helping get start-ups off the ground. The amount of money sunk into start-ups seeking first-round...
[July 31, 2008, 8:37]
Intel puts millions into home technology
News Intel has created a $200m (£110m) venture capital fund to invest in start-ups and small companies that specialise in technology for the home. The Digital Home Fund, which will be managed inside Intel Capital, will help hardware, software and...
[January 8, 2004, 9:50]
Yanks bring golden promises to UK net co's
News This recent swell of transatlantic technology investment has been heralded by both financial experts and UK start-ups as the dawn of the real Internet boom in this country. Two formidable US-based venture capital funds were established in Britain...
[September 29, 1999, 9:53]
VC tech investments see worst Q4 in a decade
News Venture investments in communications and networking start-ups fell 32.3 percent to $1.68bn in 2008, while investments in semiconductors dropped 23.5 percent to $1.25bn year-over-year. Venture-capital investments in IT companies plunged 40 percent...
[January 19, 2009, 8:24]
Tech VCs toughen up on funding terms
News Some struggling start-ups are forcing company founders to accept stock options that vest over longer terms, such as five or 10 years instead of two or four, to ensure that they don't jump ship shortly after an IPO and destroy the management team.
[March 18, 2002, 13:01]
