]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/green-venture-capital Green Venture Capital - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78587?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 The lack of European exits in the second half this year is concerning, especially considering recent data showing that 2007 was a record year for venture backed liquidity in the U.S. Venture capital investment into European companies during the fo... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:50:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78587?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/78617?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 India has traditionally looked at the US for venture capital support. Most of the foreign VC funds that are active in India are from the US, primarily Silicon Valley, barring a few VC funds from the UK which visit India every year on behalf of TiE. B... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:26:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/78617?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78807?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 We are confident that with our unique approach and the valuable guidance of our investment partners, NovaMed will sustain its rapid growth in 2008 and continue to lead and drive development of the specialty pharmaceutical industry in China. The fu... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:04:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78807?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78740?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 RBC has a strong track record investing in both on-demand, software as a service (SaaS) solutions and performance management software companies RBC Venture Partners was joined by return backers Cardinal Venture Capital, Monitor Ventures and Onset ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:49:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78740?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/78586?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Looking at the stock market today, Citi Venture Capital International, the venture capital arm of Citigroup, has done the right thing. The firm has sold a 40 per cent of its holding in Emaar MGF Land Ltd in a pre-IPO secondary deal. CVCI has raked in... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:00:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/78586?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/78505?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 When I first started writing VentureBlog, I used to talk a lot about entrepreneurship. At the time, not a lot had been written about pitching VCs or the Venture Capital process, so there was lots of virgin territory. Since that time, dozens of VCs ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:43:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/78505?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-intelligence-india/78466?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Business Today has an article on the opportunities in distribution of financial products.Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the private equity and venture capita... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:31:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-intelligence-india/78466?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78465?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 The market was good for IPOs in 2007 but now we're concerned about the IPO market shutting down. Ultimately, the IPO market will come back. IT venture capitalists are investing in clean-tech and internet-specific businesses, according to results o... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:30:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78465?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78431?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Venture capitalists see biotechnology as about to take off. Venture capitalists pumped a record $9.1 billion into privately held U.S. biotechnology and medical device companies last year, in hopes of making ... via FuturePundit ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:42:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78431?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 While dollars raised in 2007 approached 2001 levels, the composition of these dollars based on fund stage focus stands in stark contrast to the composition seen in 2001 Two hundred and thirty-five venture capital firms raised $34.7 billion in 2007... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:45:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78144?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 There is nothing to suggest we will fall off a cliff Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas even if the st... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:46:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78144?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-intelligence-india/78145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 We are delighted to announce the addition of the following exciting speakers to the already stellar list of speakers for APEX '08, the Indian Private Equity Summit scheduled for January 31 at Mumbai, that brings together the cream of the Indian Priva... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-intelligence-india/78145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78104?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 We are thrilled to have Harish strengthen our team in India Canaan Partners , a $2.3 billion global venture capital firm, today announced Harish Gandhi has joined the firm as Executive Director in Canaan's India offices. via American Venture Magaz... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:10:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/78104?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/78073?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Wharton's Private Equity and Venture Capital conference opened Friday morning with a keynote speech from Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein. Before he could finish a sentence, protesters -- with a gripe about Carlyle's buyout of Manor Care Inc. -- sw... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/78073?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77995?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Motilal Oswal Venture Capital Advisors Pvt Lt has achieved the final closure of its first private equity fund at $125 million. This is $25 million more than the initial target corpus of $100 million. The fund has mopped up the capital from close to 8... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:05:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77995?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77955?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Even though venture capital investing in online companies had taken a breather in India, there is one to announce now. Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of chipmaker Intel Corp, has announced an undisclosed investment in 123Greetings.com, an onl... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:52:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77955?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/77885?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 It wasn't obvious that Wellington Partners would emerge as one of Europe's best venture capital firms when I visited them at their Munich offices seven years ago. At the time, their IT portfolio seemed to be little more than an arbitrage play betwee... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:21:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/77885?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77833?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Here's a peek at the latest financials of private equity-owned retail brokerage firm Sharekhan Ltd. The unlisted firm has posted a sharp rise in net profit on a consolidated basis to Rs 37.8 crore in Q3 December 2007 as against Rs 24.27 crore in the ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:20:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77833?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77776?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 David Wessel says that excessive expected compensation in the financial industry encourages too many talented resources to flow into the industry, resources that could be put to better use elsewhere:A Source of Our Bubble Trouble, by David Wessel, Ca... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:31:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77776?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77764?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 This looks like a calculated media leak to generate interest from investors. Business Standard, The Economic Times and Reuters have a story on Mumbai-based budget carrier GoAir being approached by investment bank Ernst & Young on behalf of its client... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:39:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77764?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77630?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 AutoIndia.com, an Indian automotive portal, has received an undisclosed amount of investment from a US based angel investor. Babu Sivadasan, who was the founding chief technology officer for few startup companies including Nasdaq-listed Stamps.com, i... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:49:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77630?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/77566?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 We see a significant, untapped market for PLM within apparel and other fast-moving consumer industries Centric Software, a leading provider of PLM for apparel and other fast-moving consumer industries, today announced that it has closed $14.3 mill... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:51:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/77566?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/78710?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Back in the '90s there were so many personal financial software application startups getting funded that we could do a whole issue on them at the Red Herring. Then for a number of years it was all about Intuit. Now it seems that investors see new opp... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:10:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alarm-clock/78710?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/77401?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 With Velocity's Fund II we are proving that you can build a strong portfolio of Sacramento-based companies that create value for investors Velocity Venture Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in technology companies in the greater Sacrame... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:39:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/77401?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77346?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 This is the second time Bharti Airtel losing its executives to the venture capital industry. After Mohit Bhatnagar, Bharti's former value added service (VAS) business head, left to join Sequoia Capital India as an operating partner in 2006, here is a... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:23:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77346?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Washington-based Grameen Foundation, Chennai-based IFMR Trust and Citigroup have formed Grameen Capital India (GCI), a firm that will offer fee based investment banking services to microfinance institutions in India. The firm also plans to help loca... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:08:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77170?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 The DE Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm, has made an equity investment of $15 million in Soham Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, a company focused on all segments of renewable energy such as hydro, solar, and wind power. Mumbai... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:20:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77170?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/silicon-valley-watcher/77116?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Earlier this month I caught up with 115 MBA students from the MIT Sloan School of Management, over here for tours of Silicon Valley's top companies and venture capital firms.The evening event was held at the top of the Bank of America building in San... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:40:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/silicon-valley-watcher/77116?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Venture capital fund Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has announced the promotion of Anil Sarin as Managing Director in India, making him the senior most executive based in India (Mumbai). Sarin was a director before this. He joined Bessemer in 2006 f... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:20:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/77083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76937?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 An increasing number of national venture capital firms see Cleveland as a place where they can find good bioscience companies in which to invest, according to the results of an unscientific e-mail survey ... via Crain's Cleveland Business ... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:18:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76937?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76899?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Here is good news for early stage companies in the technology space who are looking for funding. The IT industry body Nasscom and ICICI Knowledge Park kicked off its $25 million (Rs 100 crore) fund on Friday to invest in innovative technology compani... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:46:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76899?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/76901?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 I was recently reading some old posts on Venture Blog and couldn't believe how short they were. One might call them pithy. Or one might also call them lazy. Either way, they were short. I should really try that again.I have been teaching a class ... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:31:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-blog/76901?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76836?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 If you were to listen to the venture capitalists speaking at last night's panel discussion on Where the Hot Money Will Be Going in 2008 , you would have no idea we were in the midst of one of the busier times for venture capital investment. Based on... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:19:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76836?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76764?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Jim Lanzone was the principal executive responsible for Ask.com's turnaround over the last two years. His passion for innovation and his every day dedication to the business and its people have been everything anyone could ask for Jim Lazone is le... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:16:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76764?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76762?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Motilal Oswal Venture Capital Advisors has invested Rs 25 crore in Effort BPO Ltd, a domestic BPO company. The investment is done in two tranches. Effort services a host of banking and financial institutions and telecom companies across business func... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:57:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76762?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Synergy Life Science Partners on Thursday announced that it has wrapped up its debut fund with $143 million in committed capital, making it one of a dwindling number of firms to raise a first-time investment vehicle. Although venture capital fundrais... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:41:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone is quitting after six years with the company, to join a venture capital firm. via ITworld ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:21:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-intelligence-india/76599?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 We are delighted to announce a stellar list of speakers for APEX '08, the Indian Private Equity Summit, scheduled for January 31 at Mumbai. The Annual Summit brings together the cream of the Indian Private Equity/Venture Capital-Entrepreneur Ecosyste... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:49:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-intelligence-india/76599?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 In the new IAC, it's going to be a flagship brand NEW YORK (Reuters) - IAC/InterActiveCorp said on Wednesday that company executive Jim Safka would become chief executive of its Ask.com search unit, its latest executive shift ahead of a major rest... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:39:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76502?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 To grow Wisconsin, we must attract investment and support new high-tech, start-up companies Madison, Wis. - As part of the next phase of his Grow Wisconsin agenda, Gov. Jim Doyle has announced Accelerate Wisconsin, a new initiative designed to gro... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:56:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76502?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76473?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Junk mail sucks, but it's still necessary to riffle through the piles of it that arrive in the mail box to make sure that the electricity bill isn't tucked between a 0% credit card offer and some coupon mailer. Earth Class Mail Corp. aims to lessen t... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:46:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76473?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76474?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Molecular diagnostics company Primera Biosystems Inc. has closed on a $21 million Series B financing led by a British investment firm The venture capital round was led by U.K.-based Abingworth LLP and included ... via Mass High Tech ... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:40:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76474?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76403?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Gaia Online said Wednesday that it has received an undisclosed investment from Time Warner Inc. The virtual world startup had previously raised $20 million from Benchmark Capital, Redpoint Ventures and DAG Ventures, while another investor is Sony Cor... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:43:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76403?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76339?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Mumbai-based stock broking and investment banking firm PINC (Pioneer Investcorp) is set to rope in a private equity investor. The publicly listed firm is said to be in advanced talks with Citigroup Venture Capital International, according to a report... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:06:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76339?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76319?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 This was the highest amount of venture investment since the first quarter of 2001 Fenwick & West LLP, one of the nation's premier law firms providing comprehensive legal services to high technology and life science clients, today announced results... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:08:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76319?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Power availability and quality will be increasingly important global issues, particularly critical in developing regions, and Deeya has an opportunity to address a broad range of market opportunities within that space. New Enterprise Associates , ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:53:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76140?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 We look forward to making meaningful investments in these additional therapeutic areas MedImmune, the operationally independent worldwide biologics unit of AstraZeneca plc , today announced that its highly successful venture capital fund, MedImmun... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:05:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/76140?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76112?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 HSBC Private Equity has invested Rs 30 crore or $7.5 million for a minority stake in Delhi based software product company Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. The investment has been done by a wholly owned subsidiary of the HSBC Asian Ventures Fund Ltd.... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:38:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76112?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/75919?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Indian education portal StudyPlaces Inc has secured its first round of institutional funding of $3 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Ram Shriram's Sherpalo Ventures and Info Edge Ltd, the owners of jo... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:53:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/75919?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76003?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50 Citigroup Venture Capital funded You Telecom is entering the cable TV business by acquiring 50 percent stake in Digital Infotainment, a Bangalore based cable operator, reports Indiantelevision.com. The acquisition has been done through a cable TV sub... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:10:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/76003?rsstype=populararticles&cid=50