VC
RSS VCVC funding slides in the US
News First timers now account for 26 per cent of VC funding, the highest percentage in two years, compared to 21 per cent last year. Software kept its place as the number one sector for VC cash, with $1.1bn... [26 Apr 2005]
Hiptop creator secures $35m VC backing
News It said it still has a quarter of its previous round of VC money in the bank. Danger, the company behind that last year unveiled its hiptop mobile device, has raised $35m in fourth round 'Series D' venture capital funding. [03 Feb 2003]
UK remains top of the high-tech VC heap
News More than a quarter of all Europe's technology VC investment in 2001 - E1.9bn (£1.22bn) - went to UK companies, more than any other European country. The UK still accounts for the lion's share of Europe's venture capital... [02 Jul 2002]
VC spend goes green in 2008
News Following solar-energy firms in attracting VC dollars were companies specialising in biofuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, synthetic biology and algae. Green-tech venture capital funding soared last year, aided by... [07 Jan 2009]
Start-ups and VC cash - life goes on
Comment Deloitte and Touche, for example, conducted a survey of confidence in the UK venture capital industry and it found the first significant rise in confidence among VC groups for almost three years - 92 per cent of the 770... [02 Apr 2002]
Google gets ready to spend with '$100m VC fund'
News Other Silicon Valley companies with extensive VC track records include Intel, HP, and Motorola. Google has launched a venture capital arm to invest in a diverse array of industries, including the consumer internet,... [31 Mar 2009]
VC investment falls to four-year low
News A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Venture Economics and the US Venture Capital Association found that during the second quarter of this year, VC funding in Bay area start-ups dropped almost to 1998 levels. [31 Jul 2002]
VC investment in UK IT tops £1.09bn
News UK venture capital funds are set to invest record amounts in technology, with a 17 per cent increase in funding since this time last year. One-fifth of the £5.8bn raised by venture capitalists in 1999 will go to IT companies compared... [17 May 2000]
S7 Software Ports a Windows Based (VC++) Application Onto Solaris and Linux With Native Performance Using WindU
White Paper One of the largest global enterprise software companies exclusively focusing on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action wanted a complete rapid, native-quality port of its application and related... [19 Dec 2008]
WiMax gets $20m vote of VC confidence
News A US manufacturer of WiMax equipment has won $20m of investment, as venture capitalists show renewed interest in the high-tech sector. Aperto Networks, which makes a range of equipment based on the 802.16 wireless standard, announced the... [09 Mar 2004]
Vodafone adds VC in board shuffle
News Vodafone has announced several new appointments to its board, the day after it released KPIs (key performance indicators) showing it has now notched up some 165 million customers globally. Among the new additions to the board are Andrew... [26 Jul 2005]
Andersen starts up Net VC fund
News Andersen Consulting is to form a $1bn unit to invest in high-tech start-ups. The fund will be managed under the name Andersen Consulting Ventures, and will aim to take ownership stakes in emerging companies in the technology sector. [14 Dec 1999]
Cedar's small shareholders take on VC goliath
News Small shareholders in ailing CRM specialist Cedar are preparing to take on the might of investment group Alchemy over the future of the software firm. As part of its £4.2m rescue bid for the firm, Alchemy, with its partner Redac, offered... [08 Feb 2002]
Softbank targets European start-ups with $1bn VC drive
News Japanese Internet software group, Softbank, is storming into the European venture capital market with the launch of two funds totalling £630m ($1bn). Softbank said £285m ($450m) of the money will be used to invest in UK Internet... [09 Mar 2000]
Ex-Alcatel chief turns VC
News Former COO of Alcatel Krish Prabhu has been hired by US venture capital firm Morgenthaler as an expert in sniffing out embryonic technology companies. Prabhu left the French telecoms equipment maker in August after almost two years in... [14 Nov 2001]
