Venture Capital Investment in Mobile at an All-Time High

Venture-capital investments in the mobile sector are soaring, led by media and applications, commerce and payments and healthcare, according to a new report from Rutberg & Co. VC investment in mobile is at the largest level ($3 billion in the first half of the year) since...

VENTURE CAPITAL IS ABOUT INVESTING

By: Roman Kikta If we open any newspaper, we are sure to find yet another epitaph for the financial, automotive and a various other industries. Granted, these are some of the toughest times our industry has endured, yet we should not lose sight of the big picture: our world...

Tax Change Can Re-ignite Venture Investing

Written by Roman Kikta Like the rest of the economy the venture capital industry is struggling.  Even the best of VC firms are finding it difficult to raise new money and even collect on prior commitments. Venture Capitalists are responding in several ways. ...

Twitter Closes New Round of Venture Capital

Twitter just closed on a new round of venture capital. This means that I can keep following Jez, Super Hans and Big Suze. The new amount wasn't announced, but rumor pegs it at around $20 million. "Last night, we...

Economy Has Angels Pulling Back

You know it's bad when even the angels are pessimistic."And unfortunately, most angels (40.3 percent) believe that the current market conditions won’t lift until 2010. Only 15.2 percent thought the market would recover by the second quarter of 2009, with 35.9 percent...

Can Tech Start-Ups Survive the Current Financial Crisis?

Revenue. Monetization. Cash money.Lots of web 2.0 companies have acquired it (in the former of start-up venture capital), but very few are actually earning it (in the form of any revenue whatsoever).Unless more...

Twitter CEO and Board Chair Switch Places

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is switching roles with Chairman of the Board Evan Williams as the popular microblog site sails into uncharted- and murky- economic waters. Though having closed a massive round of venture...

Who is leading the Web 2.0 Revolution in Canada?

NowPublic has been identified by KPMG and Backbone Magazine as one of Canada's top Internet companies."(Toronto, July 15, 2008 ) - KPMG and Backbone magazine congratulate the top twenty winners of the first...

A Virtual Power Engine for the Accelerated Development of Clean Technologies

It has been described by Clean Edge, a US. research and publishing firm, that "Clean technologies are a diverse range of products, services, and processes that harness renewable materials and energy sources,...

Guy Kawasaki - Exclusive Interview with NowPublic

NowPublic recently had the chance to catch up with Guy Kawasaki, a leading venture capitalist with Garage Technology Ventures, former Apple evangelist, and a highly respected web entrepreneur and blogger.We spoke...

Inveslogic.com Daily Blog Report: Early-stage financing booms, Indian ore exp...

This is a selection of today’s most popular blog articles from Inveslogic.com where you will find the highest-rated stock market and investment blogs, videos and podcasts on the web. Best early-stage financing conditions in a decade According to VentureBeat, a...

Inveslogic.com Daily Blog Report: Bernanke says more oversight needed, Apple ...

This is a selection of today’s most popular blog articles from Inveslogic.com where you will find the highest-rated stock market and investment blogs, videos and podcasts on the web. Bernanke says tighten sub-prime controls A recent post from Seeking Alpha’s US...

T. Boone Pickens Interviewed

 http://www.dallasblog.com/interviews/interviews/t.-boone-pickens.html Legendary Oil man and investor T. Boone Pickens talks about his business philosophies, the entrepreneurial spirit and other...

Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.62 billion in 2006 - highest in 5 years

402 Israeli tecnology companies raised $1.62 billion from local and foreign venture investors in 2006, according to IVC Research report. The capital raised by Israeli startups last year was the highest in 5 years and 21% above the $1.34 billion raised by 378 companies in 2005.

David Gray, founder of Xplane, explains the Power of the Pictogram

David Gray, founder of Xplane, the company behind the pictograms used in Business 2.0 shares best practices with Sean Wise and proves that while a picture may be worth a thousand words...a pictagram is worth so...

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