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
Venture Capital
Recent Venture Capital Articles
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
Thinking Small [Audio] 
When it comes to venture capital, small may indeed be the new big. A growing number of firms are giving away small amounts to young start-ups. Reporter Ry... Watch video
VCs are Thinking Small
VC's are learning that tiny deals can go a long way. Read more
How To Get Started [Audio]
The global economy may offer a world of new opportunities, but it also means dealing with red tape, foreign currencies, and confusing local tax laws. Wher... Watch video
Putting Founders First
How one VC Firm coddles its CEOs. Read more
VCs Offer Better Deals to Start-Ups
Companies in search of capital are able to negotiate more favorable terms today, according to a new report. Read more
Do You Believe In Angels?
Laura Roden, Managing Director of The Angels' Forum, discusses angel investing and other issues facing entrepreneurs. Watch video
Venture Capital Remains Scarce for Start-ups
Experts disagree on whether start-ups will fare better in the future. Read more
Closing the Deal
Three big-time investors have rolled into Miami to listen to 33-year-old whiz kid Marcelo Claure try to sell them a chunk of his company--and, my God, he's l... Read more
Remembering Eugene Kleiner
Remembering Eugene Kleiner, the pioneering venture capitalist and co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers Read more
Where Do You Go?
Small-business expert and former Inc writer Tom Ehrenfeld discusses the various financing options entrepreneurs have in this excerpt from his b... Read more