Venture Capital Blogger

State Treasurer Trying to Attract Venture Capital to Illinois The state of Illinois is trying to attract more venture capital investment.  The push for venture capital is led by the state treasurer and may be partly a response to Wisconsin and New Jersey’s recent attempts to attract business away from Illinois.  A new bill is [...]

U.S. Venture Capital Investment in Cleantech Jumps 8% American venture capital investment in Cleantech increased 8% in 2010.  Venture capital investment in the industry is now sitting at nearly $4 billion.  This is an encouraging start to 2011 for the clean technology industry and venture capital as a whole. Something to ponder: recent research papers [...]

Angel Investor Vs. Venture Capital Database In this article I compare Angel Investor vs. Venture Capital Databases to identify the main differences? Of course, the primary difference is the investors in each database; i.e. the angel investor database includes angel investors while the venture capital database includes venture capital firms. So, then you may be [...]

Top British Banks Inject £1 billion to Venture Capital Fund The UK’s 6 largest banks have decided to inject £1 billion ($1.59 billion) to a venture capital fund as a way of kick starting the SME sector.  The banks–Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Barclays, Santander UK and Standard Chartered–announced they will collectively invest the [...]

An Introduction to the J Curve & Venture Capital The following is a brief introduction to the J Curve and its application to private equity and venture capital. The J-Curve shows an investor the compound return over time (IRR) of a venture capital fund in order to asses its performance. Any venture capital equity fund [...]

Venture Capital Fundraising Q1 Venture Capital Fundraising Up 41% from Last Year U.S. private equity fundraising fell 8% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2009. Firms have been struggling to find new investors and retain current ones and without having a strong year of performance, it is difficult [...]

Government & Venture Capital When Government Policies Effect Venture Capital In the aftermath of the financial crisis, federal and state legislators and regulators have been considering ways to monitor the private equity, venture capital and hedge fund industries. I just spent a week in Washington, D.C. and streets and buildings around the Capital were crowded [...]

Venture Capital Pennsylvania Economy Venture Capital Helps Pennsylvania Economy Venture capital investment has helped the Pennsylvania economy when it really needs the activity. The state government has worked to facilitate venture capital partnerships and with about 25% of the funds dispensed, the program seems to be succeeding. Governor Ed Rendell recently announced a shot of [...]

Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid With Venture Capitalists Entrepreneurs often know more about their business than what it takes to raise capital from venture capitalists so their attempts to get VC funding fall short.  There are a number of typical pitfalls that a entrepreneur or startup should try to avoid when working [...]

Venture Capital Business Is Venture Capital Right for Your Business? The following video considers what businesses should try for venture capital.  Many entrepreneurs look to venture capital as the only available solution for expanding their business, but that is not always the case.  It may be that your company simply cannot generate the kind of [...]

Venture Capital Business Expansion How Venture Capital Expands Small Businesses The goal of most start-ups is to make it to initial public offering (IPO) or to be acquired by another company. The rate of failure in business start-ups is alarming. With the rise in fuel costs comes a rise in the cost of everything else, [...]

Venture Capital Forum Audio from the Venture Capital Forum Dan Primack of PeHUB the audio from a venture capital forum that he moderated a couple months ago.  The conference is invite-only for technology entrepreneurs and investors.  Panelists included: Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Josh Kopelma (First Round Capital), Jo Tango (Kepha Partners) and Eric Hjerpe (now [...]

Venture Capital Crisis The Venture Capital Industry in Crisis Venture capital plays a vital role in the launching of businesses in the United States. It fills a funding niche for many businesses that would have no other access to the capital required to grow. Given this fact, it should be considered troubling that the venture [...]

Venture Capital Regulations Venture Capital Industry Fears Strict Regulations Venture capital is a substantial part of the U.S. economy–with almost $6 billion invested in venture capital during a rough quarter like Q4 2008. This also means that some of that money may be sheltered from taxation through the capital gains loophole which allows preferential treatment [...]

Venture Capital Board How to Build a Good Early Stage Board Building an effective company board is crucial, especially for early stage development. Fred Wilson shares some great tips on building a good early stage company board: Have at least one founder on the board. Many VCs like to move the founders out of the [...]

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Venture capital and private equity

Venture Capital Associate The Responsibilities of a Venture Capital Associate An Associate position in a venture capital firm is one of the most sought-after destination for recent business school graduates. While most gain a year or two of experience in the investment banking sector after obtaining an MBA, Associates are generally young, smart talent hoping [...]

Below please find the Venture Capital Profile for Agility Capital LLC. At this time we are still constructing this profile for Agility Capital LLC.  If you would like contact details for this venture capital firm or other venture capitalists please see our Venture Capital Database Tags: Agility Capital LLC, Agility Capital LLC investments, Agility Capital [...]

Below please find the Venture Capital Profile for Activa Capital. At this time we are still constructing this profile for Activa Capital.  If you would like contact details for this venture capital firm or other venture capitalists please see our Venture Capital Database Tags: Activa Capital, Activa Capital phone, Activa Capital contact, Activa Capital email, [...]

Below please find the Venture Capital Profile for Acorn Capital Partners Ltd. At this time we are still constructing this profile for Acorn Capital Partners Ltd.  If you would like contact details for this venture capital firm or other venture capitalists please see our Venture Capital Database Tags: Acorn Capital Partners Ltd., Acorn Capital Partners [...]

Attracting venture capital funding is a difficult process, which is why we are in the process of creating a guide on venture capital funding.  This guide will show entrepreneurs and mid-market businesses how to attract venture capital funding.

Venture capital jobs

Venture capital equity is the assets in partnership with your business such as monetary or human investment.

Coming soon: directory of venture capital companies. List of venture capital companies.

Venture Capital Alternative Exploring Venture Capital as an Alternative Studies in the Spanish economy have been taking interest in the problems that some small and mediums businesses have. Problems of different sorts, fiscal, financial, administrative, etc. These companies conform about 95% of the total of companies in the country and generate 60% of the jobs, [...]