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Investors Brave Israel Conflict
News In the third quarter, 87 Israeli high-tech companies raised $381m (£200m) from venture investors. While venture investors have put money into Israeli companies before, activity has increased in the past few years.
[October 31, 2006, 12:41]
High-speed Ethernet Service Providers Snare Cash
News Yipes Communications and Telseon, two fledgling communications service providers, have done what many startups have found difficult in recent months: they've captured the hearts of venture capitalists and corporate investors.
[February 8, 2001, 14:31]
Jamcracker Reworks Its Software Strategy
News The privately held company on Tuesday will announce new venture capital funding from existing investors and new entrants Telus Ventures and former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz, who currently serves on Jamcracker's board.
[February 11, 2002, 6:31]
The Day Ahead: ONI, Sonus IPOs Could Be Hits
News Sonus has Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriter and Matrix Partners, North Bridge Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners as VC investors. Although many companies are juggling IPO price ranges and hoping investors get interested, ONI had the demand...
[May 23, 2000, 12:14]
Investors Opt Out Of Google Gains
News That's when they're able to finally reap the profits of their earlier investments and return some of that wealth to investors in their venture funds. High-profile Google investors John Doerr and Michael Moritz are taking a hit in the company's...
[August 18, 2004, 16:25]
VC Money Floods Back To Tech
News In this case, the investors, who were institutions rather than venture capitalists, were looking for a raised share price from the company, which is already public, said chief executive Frank Wilde. Ulrich Kenny, partner of corporate finance house...
[March 2, 2004, 14:10]
Linux Server Maker's Coffers Swell
News Crosslink Capital led the round, joining other new investors Lehman Brothers Venture Capital, UBS Capital and Mizuho Bank. Returning investors included Spectrum Equity Investors, Austin Ventures, CSFB Private Equity, Kodiak Venture Partners...
[June 28, 2002, 9:38]
Yanks Bring Golden Promises To UK Net Co's
News The Cross Atlantic Technology Fund, created by a major Pennsylvanian retirement firm, and SPARK, funded by US companies GlobalNet, Financial.com and NewMedia Investors, are already scouring the nation for Britain's brightest innovators.
[September 29, 1999, 9:53]
US Tech Firms Lock Horns Over Patent Law
News Many changes promoted by large high-tech companies could "add costs, delay and uncertainty that favour deep-pocketed Goliaths," said John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors, a small venture capital firm in Madison, Wisconsin.
[March 30, 2007, 8:58]
Venture-capital Firms Oppose US Patent Changes
News Many changes promoted by large high-tech companies could "add costs, delay and uncertainty that favour deep-pocketed Goliaths", said John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors, a small venture capital firm in Madison, Wisconsin.
[April 2, 2007, 11:36]
Startup Spotlight: Lastminute.com
News Brent and I put together a detailed cash flow plan, and presented this to about eight venture capital investors. A year ago, very few companies would have taken the gamble of investing in an Internet start-up, but today there are more funds...
[November 10, 1999, 11:40]
Investors Warm To Clean Technology
News Cleantech Venture Network's chairman, Nicholas Parker, said that the technology sector is entering a period where investors will be looking not just for good technology ideas but solid financial returns as well.
[September 22, 2006, 10:45]
BIBLE: Ten Hot Valley Startups
News Investors include France Telecom Innovacom, JP Morgan, Olympic Venture Partners, Phoenix Partners, RWI Group, SOFTBANK Technology Ventures, Sand Hill Financial, and Telos Venture Partner OnDisplay's investors include Amerindo Investment Advisors...
[November 10, 1999, 13:40]
An Eco-designer Eyes Clean Tech
News Now, McDonough has also become a venture capitalist, one of a growing cadre of investors and entrepreneurs developing so-called clean technologies to make more efficient use of natural resources. Martin LaMonica of ZDNet UK sister site CNET News...
[December 19, 2005, 16:15]
Ex-Yahoo Execs Take On Brand Ad Network
News Now, executives and investors want the money to starting pouring in from sales of graphical or video ads on the page. Brand.net is one of in a long lineup of new advertising plays that are attracting investors' attention.
[August 26, 2008, 9:02]
Microsoft Co-founder Hits Investment Slump
News The failures have caused some investors to question the trend-spotting and moneymaking abilities of Allen, who started Seattle-based venture capital firm Vulcan Ventures and ranked as one of the four richest people in the world in the late 1990s.
[May 13, 2002, 15:48]
The Industry Standard To Stop Publishing
News Investors including majority owner IDG and venture capital group Flatiron Partners were not immediately available for comment. Other investors included Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Pearson PLC, Europ@Web, J.
[August 17, 2001, 9:41]
Psion Wins Symbian Sale Vote
News Psion shareholders have approved the sale of the company's stake in Symbian to Nokia, despite the opposition of Phoenix Asset Management Partners, Psion's second-largest shareholder, and many small Psion investors.
[March 12, 2004, 16:10]
Corel Investors Approve Takeover
News The proposal required approval by investors who represent at least two-thirds of Corel's 93 million outstanding shares. Corel plans to seek final approval of the takeover on Thursday in the Superior Court of Ottawa, where some shareholders vowed to...
[August 21, 2003, 11:40]
Venture Capitalists To Tech Bigwigs: Mea Culpa
News Others suggested that any chronology of the end of the irrational exuberance must take into account more than the hijinks of retail investors. Although Deninger wryly noted that "nobody was putting a gun to [investors'] heads" to buy particular...
[October 13, 2000, 9:36]
