Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
So far 2008 has set a 30 year record for a minimum number of venture backed IPO's (5 in the first quarter and none in the second quarter). Meanwhile a consortium of large technology companies including Verizon, Google, Cisco, HP, and Ericsson have banded together to create Allied Security Trust (AST) which joins the ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
A recent Lux Research report notes that venture capital spending is out of sync with return on investment with the majority of the revenue coming from nanomedical start-ups but more funding going to non-medical start-ups. Due to many nanotechnology start-ups focus on materials platforms rather than specific applications the typical time frame for return on investment required by VCs ...
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