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Venture Industry Cool to Easing Rules on Private Company Stock

Russell Garland, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm PT

News that the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering easing limitations on the sale of stock by private companies is a further sign that the Obama administration is conducting a sweeping review of the ability of growing, young businesses to tap capital markets.

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VC Fundraising Has Best Start Since 2001

Alistair Barr, Reporter, MarketWatch in News on April 11, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT

The U.S. venture-capital industry had its best fund-raising start since 2001 as three firms dominated, Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association said Monday.

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Why Venture Capital Returns Are Going Up

Rory O'Driscoll, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners in News on January 19, 2011 at 10:29 am PT

Venture capital returns are going up. That is my conclusion from two recent press releases: the 2010 fund-raising data from Dow Jones, and the 2010 review of exits from the National Venture Capital Association. Neither release reads that way but the laws of supply and demand make it, from here on in, pretty inevitable.

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Facebook Buys eBay, Blockbuster IPOs Return and Other Predictions by VCs

Scott Austin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 23, 2010 at 11:35 am PT

Last week’s news that Twitter raised $200 million in funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers capped a year chock full of newsworthy headlines in venture capital. Turning our attention to 2011, we decided to ask the insiders–venture capitalists and start-up CEOs–to tell us what news they think will light up the tech blogosphere in the new year.

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Three Reasons Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in New York Startups

Alexander Hotz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 1, 2010 at 11:21 am PT

One criticism leveled at New York City’s fledgling tech scene is that it’s hard for entrepreneurs to find investors in their backyard. But increasingly that argument doesn’t hold water.

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A Defining Moment For Venture Capital

Scott Austin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 7, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

If you encounter an official from the National Venture Capital Association, be careful asking the innocent question, “How’s it going?” Don’t expect the official to answer, “Oh you know, same-old, same-old.” Instead, you’ll likely get an earful.

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Seven Reasons Tech Start-Ups Are Setting Up Shop in New York

Alexander Hotz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 19, 2010 at 11:12 am PT

When Carter Cleveland, the CEO of the art-trading website Art.sy, moved his fledgling company from Palo Alto, Calif., to New York City he left behind arguably the best place to start a tech business in the U.S.

Latest Check Shows Insufficient Venture Funds

John Paczkowski in News on July 12, 2010 at 11:51 am PT

The “Darwinian contraction” in the venture capital industry continues with no end in sight. A joint study released today by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters found that VC firms in the U.S. raised just $1.9 billion in the second quarter of 2010. That’s a nasty 49 percent decline from the $3.7 billion they raised in the first quarter.

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Greycroft Raises New Fund Amid Tough Industry Conditions

Pui-Wing Tam, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 14, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

The National Venture Capital Association earlier this week declared that the first quarter of this year was the slowest for venture-capital firms trying to raise money since 1993. Despite such conditions, venture-capital firm Greycroft Partners has just closed a new fund.

Remember When Webvan Went Public? Good Times…Good Times.

John Paczkowski in News on February 1, 2010 at 3:09 pm PT

Sand Hill Road, your day of reckoning is here. The National Venture Capital Association posted its latest Venture Capital Index today and it’s not much to look at. Why? Because a decade has passed since the dotcom bubble, and the Index’s 10-year figures no longer reflect that era’s distended returns.