Venture Capital News

I spent some time yesterday at Musee De l'Orangerie with two of my teenage kids.

In 2008, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists had difficulty cashing out of start-ups, underscoring just how much the financial crisis has pummeled the technology sector.

Three of the top five funding rounds focused on thin-film solar ventures. The 2008 total represents the seventh consecutive year of growth in clean technology venture investing, according to the Cl...

Wall Street's worst performance in decades last year took its toll on venture capitalists.

Superfish , a startup focused on visual search, has raised $5.3 million in a second round of funding, peHUB says , citing a regulatory filing.

Venture capitalists make their fortunes, or lose them, on the strength of their predictions.

Updated 6:27 p.m.: Added further response from Steve Vachani, founder of Power.com. Power.com is a start-up based in Brazil that aims to be the portal through which people access all of their favor...

SOURCE: HypeBot On his Indie Music Tech blog, Duncan Freeman lists more than $260 million in investments by angels and and venture capitalists in music tech companies during 2008.

Established companies are tightening their purse strings when it comes to acquiring venture-based startups and the door to public offerings is essentially closed, according to a market watcher.

Social-networking websites -- which provide a forum for meeting friends of friends and professional colleagues -- have proven this year that they can be wildly popular.