8 posts and columns on VentureSource

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The Midas List, Or Why Facebook May Be The New Google

in News on April 7, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

With hundreds of prominent venture capitalist gathered at the NVCA conference in Boston today, it was an interesting time for Forbes to release its sometimes-annual Midas list of 2011’s top 100 tech investors. We imagine some VCs gave their touch-screens a good workout as they scrolled through the list to see where they ranked – [...]

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A Have and Have-Not Venture World

in News on February 18, 2011 at 5:40 am PT

Top venture-capital firms including Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are riding the frenzy around companies like Facebook Inc. and Groupon Inc. to raise billions of dollars in new funds, even as the rest of the venture industry struggles to gather money.

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More Local Outfits Seek IPOs as Market Improves

in News on January 13, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Even as some Silicon Valley companies such as Facebook Inc. raise capital that enables them to stay private for longer, other Bay Area companies haven’t held back from going public.

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Where a Google-Groupon Deal Would Have Ranked In History

in News on December 7, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Google’s highly anticipated acquisition of Groupon appears to be dead in the water. But for anyone on the fence about whether today’s sky-high valuations of tech companies are more than a little reminiscent of the excesses of the dot-com era, this might tip you over.

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Addressing the Lack of Women Leading Emerging Tech

in News on August 27, 2010 at 10:51 am PT

Female technology executives increasingly are banding together to solve what they say is a problem in their own midst: a dearth of women in top positions at emerging tech firms.

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Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout

in News on March 9, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The technology bubble popped a decade ago, but the venture-capital industry that helped finance the boom stayed largely intact. Now venture-capital firms are going through their own brutal culling. Venture firms are struggling to raise new cash, hampered by poor investment returns and a difficult economy.

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Cisco Acquired Most Start-Ups in Decade, but Oracle King in ’09

in News on January 5, 2010 at 4:37 pm PT

Cisco Systems Inc. is king of the “oughts,” at least when it comes to acquisitions of venture-backed companies. According to statistics compiled by venture industry tracker VentureSource, the networking company acquired 48 venture-backed companies from 2000 to 2009, by far the most of any company, despite a notable drop in activity the past two years.

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Start-Up CEOs Gripe About VCs' Lack of Operating Experience

in News on November 12, 2009 at 12:51 am PT

Start-up CEOs often spend nearly all of their waking hours building their companies. Their investors, on the other hand, typically appear once a month for board meetings. So it’s not surprising that some entrepreneurs may feel a little resentful toward their venture backers. That’s somewhat evident from the new survey, “A Seat at the Table,” which canvassed more than 500 VCs and CEOs at venture-backed companies and asked them several questions about their thoughts on boards.