Venture Capital


Recent Venture Capital Articles

The Rise of High-Resolution Fundraising?

Venture capital firm Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sent the VC blogosphere into a tizzy this week when he tweeted: 'Con...  Read more

Andreessen Seeking $650 Million for Start-ups

The venture capital firm started last year by Netscape Communications founder Marc Andreessen ...  Read more

The New Normal: Adventure Capital – In With 5 Out With 50

This was originally published in my blog and generated a lot of activity....  Read more

Brock Blake, CEO of Funding Universe 

The CEO of Funding Universe answers questions on raising capital from banks, angel investors, and local venture capital firms.  Watch video

Calling the Carried Interest Bluff

The National Venture Capital Association just released a Read more

How to Choose an Investor

Sachin Agarwal, CEO of Posterous, ponders the softer side of the investment equation and proposes the Read more

VC-backed IPOs Still Struggling

With the second quarter of 2010 officially behind us, let's look at some oh-so-important IPO numbers. The good news: the second quarter was...  Read more

How States Can Attract Venture Capital

A program in New Mexico provides a model for other states that would like to grow their local investment communities.  Read more

Foursquare Checks in for $20 Million

Foursquare, like Twitter before it, is increasingly looking like one of those dumb little ideas that might just be brilliant. The New York City start-up, ...  Read more

Where VCs Are Putting Their Money in 2010

A slight resurgence in the IPO market and an upswing in M&A activity mean venture capitalists have some hopes of exiting investments.  Read more

Smartphone Security Start-up Lookout Raises $11 Million

San Francisco-based Lookout's fundraising ability is partly thanks to the exploding smartphone market -- and the risks that come with it.  Read more

Is a Start-up Like a Rock Band?

Rock Band vs. Tech Startup Riffing off the new cult of celebrity around company founders (hi, Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Williams!), Read more

An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital Financing

Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded.  Read more

A Woman in Tech Speaks Out

I run a high tech company in a fiercely male-dominated industry. And even though I accept it, it can be pretty lonely. So I wondered, is it just my imagin...  Read more

Bring It Back from the Brink

What happens when you build a company, show growth and clients, get investment, and then the market drops out?  Read more

9 Ways to Make Your Business More Attractive to Investors

A private equity investor outlines how an entrepreneur can position his or her business to attract potential backers.  Read more

How to Choose an Investor

What the health care bill means for small businesses . Inc.com's Courtney Rubin has the details on what the passage of Sunday's health car...  Read more

Putting Longhorn Entrepreneurs on the Fast Track

The University of Texas launches Texas Venture Labs program to speed the start-up process for student entrepreneurs.  Read more

How to Present Your Business Plan

Hitting a home run with potential investors requires selecting the right pitch.  Read more

How to Read a Term Sheet

Looking for venture capital? Don't be so quick to sign on the dotted line. Here's what you need to know about liquidation preferences and preferred stock.  Read more

Intel-Led Alliance to Invest $3.5 Billion in Tech Start-Ups

The chip company and 24 venture capital firms hope to spark innovation and prime the research and development pump.  Read more

Structuring Funding From Your Family

How to get start-up funding from relatives that won't turn off potential venture capital investors.  Read more

A Non-Profit Links Small Businesses with Investors

Fifty small business owners from inner-city neighborhoods pitch their companies to potential investors.  Read more

Inc. 500 Company Canopy Financial Subject of FBI Probe

The health care company's founder, Vikram Kashyap, has stepped down as CEO.  Read more

Fellowship Encourages Science Start-ups

Kauffman Foundation offers internships and investor connections to help commercialize science and technology ideas.  Read more

Investors Pick the Best 2009 Inc. 500 Companies

Venture capital is hard to come by; investors explain what makes a company a good investment.  Read more

Will SBA Be Kinder to VC Industry?

New SBA chief counsel for advocacy may open up grants to companies with VC investors, if confirmed.  Read more

The Start-up Guru

Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think  Read more

IPO Market Declines Continue

Investors are taking a wait and see approach to the economy, market watchers say.  Read more

The 2008 Inc. 500 Investor's Guide

Four venture capitalists peruse the list of fastest-growing companies and tell us what looks good.  Read more

VC Returns Decline

The slumping IPO market has investors waiting longer to cash in on start-up funding.  Read more

Venture-Backed IPOs Down

The weaker economy is prompting fewer businesses to go public, a VC trade group reports.  Read more

Who’s Behind TheFunded.com?

A mysterious new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs.  Read more

Venture-Backed IPOs Top $4.27 Billion

More companies are going public, led by the technology sector, but mergers and acquisitions have slowed.  Read more

How to Kill a Great Idea!

Jonathan Abrams created the first online social network and enlisted Silicon Valley's best and brightest to run it. Yet Friendster flamed out spectacularly. ...  Read more