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News Burst: Paul Allen To Invest $54m (£33m) In ZDTV
News The investment, which will make Vulcan Ventures a one-third partner in ZDTV, is part of the company's "wired world" strategy, according to a statement from Vulcan Ventures officials. Ziff-Davis officials said ZDTV is expected to reach 9 million U.S...
[November 17, 1998, 16:56]
Microsoft Co-founder Hits Investment Slump
News Granted, Vulcan Ventures' ability to fund sustainable businesses isn't necessarily any worse than those of many Silicon Valley venture firms, whose dot-com disasters range from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers-backed Excite@Home to Hummer Winblad...
[May 13, 2002, 15:48]
The Day Ahead: Diversification Pays Off For Go2Net
News He said that Go2net could eventually get a slice of TV advertising budgets through its partnership with Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures' properties such as Charter Communications, a cable company. Go2Net and Vulcan Ventures recently invested $20m in...
[July 18, 2000, 13:01]
Vulcan Gets A Grip On Mini-PCs
News Vulcan Ventures wants to take the lap out of laptops. Vulcan is negotiating to license the design and associated software to major PC manufacturers, said Michael Agostino, technology analyst for the company.
[January 9, 2003, 11:34]
State-of-The-Art Web Service
White Papers It is partly funded by Vulcan Ventures, the venture capital company set up by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. CityReach International Ltd provides and manages Internet infrastructures for large telecommunications providers, banks, governments and...
[December 6, 2003, 23:00]
The Day Ahead: Value America Board Members Throw Cash Into The Pit
News The board members -- Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Pacific Capital Group and Frederick W. As of March 31, Vulcan owned more than 8 million shares, William Savoy, president of Vulcan, owned more than 65,000 shares, and Smith and FDX owned 665,000.
[May 11, 2000, 12:03]
AOL, Compaq, Sony Invest In Transmeta
News Existing Transmeta investors, Soros Fund Management, Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Van Wagoner Capital Management, Invemed Associates, Tudor Investment Corporation, Five Points Capital, and Deutsche Bank, contributed $16m for a total of $88m.
[April 25, 2000, 15:40]
Now You Can Bargain For Your Groceries
News WebHouse said Tuesday that it expects to get $65m (£40) in a first round of financing from investors, including Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Wit Capital, Goldman Sachs and Walker Digital (Priceline's parent company).
[September 22, 1999, 15:29]
Barnesandnoble Invests In MightyWords Publisher
News Other investors include Vulcan Ventures Inc. Online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com has shelled out $20m(£13.15m) for an equity stake in MightyWords, an electronic publisher of short works. MightyWords specializes in content that is considered too...
[June 7, 2000, 13:27]
A Year Ago: Now You Can Bargain For Your Groceries
News WebHouse said Tuesday that it expects to get $65m (£40) in a first round of financing from investors, including Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Wit Capital, Goldman Sachs and Walker Digital (Priceline's parent company).
[September 22, 2000, 7:03]
A Year Ago: Yahoo! Launches Digital Music Site
News Liquid Audio has enjoyed a high profile, thanks to big-name investors like Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and Intel. Leading Web portal Yahoo! said on Monday it has launched Yahoo! Digital, a multimedia site that provides the...
[August 24, 2000, 6:59]
Yahoo! Launches Digital Music Site
News Liquid Audio has enjoyed a high profile, thanks to big-name investors like Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and Intel. Leading Web portal Yahoo! said on Monday it has launched Yahoo! Digital, a multimedia site that provides the...
[August 24, 1999, 16:28]
NEC Device Combines Notebook With PDA
News Vulcan Ventures, the investment group headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is currently marketing its Mini-PC to hardware makers. Vulcan is currently talking to hardware makers about licensing the design.
[May 12, 2003, 9:20]
The Day Ahead: 'Band-Aid Financing' Won't Work For Some Dot-coms
News The company's major investors -- including Vulcan Ventures -- handed over $30m. Those cash strapped dot-coms sure are a resilient bunch -- for now. Instead of going out of business quietly, struggling dot-coms are raising more money in hopes...
[May 17, 2000, 11:50]
The Day Ahead: Go2Net Poised To Benefit From The Dot-com Shakeout
News The reason for the strength is clear -- Go2Net has plenty of cash from its partnership with Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and a decent stock currency. As the dot-com shakeout continues, few companies can afford to be as opportunistic as Go2Net.
[April 18, 2000, 12:13]
Can A Chip Help Computers See In 3D?
News Tyzx is backed by Vulcan Ventures, the investment firm of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. A Silicon Valley start-up believes it can improve computer vision by combining a custom-designed chip with the way humans see.
[July 3, 2002, 8:07]
Microsoft Tips Nod At Wink
News For Wink, the Microsoft alliance -- following a recent investment from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's firm Vulcan Ventures -- is an important validation of its plans. With the advent of interactive TV, "video is going to remain prevalent on...
[June 7, 1999, 10:13]
Microsoft Millionaire Opens Wallet For ZigBee Start-up
News Of the more than eight billion microcontrollers built into products every year, less than 2 percent are network-enabled," said Steve Hall, director at Vulcan Capital, in a statement. Metcalfe's Polaris Ventures group had already invested in Ember.
[October 1, 2004, 14:20]
WebTV Founder's Next Act Unfolding
News Other investors include Mayfield, Vulcan Ventures, The Barksdale Group, The Washington Post Company and Macromedia Ventures. Consumer demand for interactive TV has yet to meet industry expectations, but that isn't stopping another hopeful from...
[January 2, 2002, 12:18]
Imagine, Dreamworks Team Up For Pop.com
News It will be funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen' s investment organization, Vulcan Ventures. Imagine Entertainment and Dreamworks SKG announced Monday they will team up to create Pop.com, a new Internet entertainment company.
[October 26, 1999, 7:55]
