Tag: Venture Capital

History of Silicon Valley on NPR

NPR is doing a series on the history of Silicon Valley and it is really interesting. Check out this timeline, it showcases the key moments that shaped Silicon Valley. Then be sure to listen to this piece that explains the rare mix that created Silicon Valley’s startup culture. Next listen to this piece on America’s [...]

101: Venture Capital

Over the past few weeks we’ve created a timeline of sorts for raising capital for your entrepreneurial business, from friends and family to crowdfunders and on to angel investors. If you have successfully completed an angel round—or you hope to do so in the future—but find yourself in need of additional funding, then venture capital [...]

Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Monday, April 9th, 2012
Posted in 101, Capital, Finance and Economics
Tags: 101, Finance and Economics, Venture Capital

Venture Capital News

Since our last post on the state of the venture capital market, the industry has seen even more bad news emerge. A July 1 report issued by VentureSource, a research company focused on the venture capital industry, showed that liquidity in venture capital investments for the second quarter of 2009 fell 57% when compared to [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Friday, August 7th, 2009
Posted in Capital
Tags: Venture Capital

101 on Venture Capital

Venture capital investors play an integral role in the development of start-up companies by providing needed funds to high-risk, early-stage companies with strong growth potential. Venture capital investors provide entrepreneurs with initial seed money and additional financing at various stages of the often fast-paced growth process, with the ultimate goal of either taking the company [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Posted in 101, Capital
Tags: Capital, Entrepreneur, Venture Capital