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CEOs More Optimistic Than VCs on Investment Level
By VisionwizTeam at December 15, 2011 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
CEOs More Optimistic Than VCs on Investment Level The sixth annual Venture View survey reflects responses from more than 500 venture capital professionals and CEOs of venture-backed companies in the U.S. collected between November 30 and December 9, 2011. According to survey: CEOs are more optimistic about the level of venture capital investment overall more...
106th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at December 2, 2011 | 8:37 am | 0 Comment
106th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Premium Company Freshdesk Wins Funding From Accel Partners At today’s roundtable, we announced 1M/1M Premium company Freshdesk’s $1M funding from Accel Partners. Freshdesk is a social customer support startup offering a SaaS solution to small businesses. The team is led by Girish Mathrubootham and more...
Raise funds for your projects through social networking Via InvestedIn
By Vineet at November 26, 2011 | 9:29 am | 0 Comment
InvestedIn aims to help upcoming startups to raise funds for their projects. Invested in is trying to raise funds for your projects through social networking.Invested.in can be used by anyone, anywhere in the world. InvestedIn: Invested.in is a platform built to help you raise the money you need to fund your ideas, projects and dreams. It is a platform built more...
Four Indian Startups That Might Be Heading For IPO in 2011-12
By ajay at November 21, 2011 | 11:27 am | 0 Comment
We are going to explore few indian startups which might be heading for IPO in 2011-12. Here are our pick that we feel have a potential to go public in 2011-12. In that list,first company that we zerod on is InMobi. 1. InMobi: InMobi which was founded in 2007, has grown to become the world's largest independent ad network serving over 100 Billion mobile more...
Are You Creative Entrepreneur? Want To Raise Funds? Try HelpersUnite
By ajay at November 10, 2011 | 12:08 pm | 0 Comment
HelpersUnite aims to help raise funds for all type of projects , whether they are creative, entrepreneurial, charitable or related to life events (such as funding for education or medical bills). Apart from that they would also help you to make your event successful.As they can help you to bring (in) people to your special event. Events can include concerts, more...
VCs: Rejected Your Startups For Funding? Then Try Some Alternate VC Funding Options
By ajay at November 7, 2011 | 12:18 am | 0 Comment
Started a new startup company and looking for some VC funding? Got disappointed after going to some VCs.Why? Have they rejected your startup for funding? Yes? Then why dont you try out some other alternate VC funding options. For instance, peer to peer lending options for funding your startup.Peer to peer lending is good alternate of VC funding. You can more...
Top Ten: Tips To Get Funding From Angel Investors
By Martin at November 5, 2011 | 12:29 am | 0 Comment
Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. Yet according to the latest data from Gust (formerly AngelSoft), only about 3 out of 100 companies who initiate the formal request process actually get funded. The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening more...
Good News!Venture Investment Into U.S. Companies Rises in Third Quarter of 2011
By VisionwizTeam at October 21, 2011 | 5:30 pm | 0 Comment
Investors put $8.4 billion into 765 deals for U.S.-based venture companies during the third quarter of 2011, a 29% increase in investment and 8% increase in deals from the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. The median amount raised for a round of financing during the third quarter was $6 million, up from the $5 million median a year more...
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Private equity fundraising stumbles; Venture fundraising weak
By VisionwizTeam at October 10, 2011 | 5:46 pm | 0 Comment
U.S. private equity fund-raising slipped in the third quarter, raising concern that fund-raising is starting to lose momentum. Thanks to a strong start to the year, however, fund-raising is still on pace to top the $95.9 billion raised in 2010. According to Dow Jones LP Source, 110 U.S. private equity funds raised $24.8 billion in the third quarter, accounting for 27% more...
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Start-Ups Go Overseas to Fulfill IPO Goals; Acquisitions Drop
By VisionwizTeam at October 3, 2011 | 4:53 pm | 0 Comment
The liquidity markets for venture-backed start-ups tightened in the third quarter, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Ten U.S.-based venture companies went public in the third quarter but the pace of initial public offerings (IPOs) slowed dramatically, from six in July to four in all of August and September. During the third quarter, 122 venture companies more...
New gaming company( Rumble Entertainment) got funding
By ajay at September 16, 2011 | 8:40 am | 0 Comment
Rumble Entertainment, a new gaming company based in Silicon Valley, announced that it has closed a seed round of funding and assembled a renowned founding executive and development team with expertise from Electronic Arts, Blizzard, Playdom and Zynga. Rumble: Rumble will develop premium free-to-play games that are instantly accessible, playable across a variety of more...
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Skype Acquires GroupMe
By ajay at August 23, 2011 | 8:34 am | 0 Comment
Skype today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services that helps users stay in touch and make decisions. GroupMe was founded in 2010 at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon and is headquartered in New York, New York. Terms of the acquisition will not be disclosed. Through the acquisition of more...
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Google’s Masterstroke:Google to acquire Motorola
By VisionwizTeam at August 15, 2011 | 11:03 pm | 0 Comment
Google's master stroke when today they have announced to acquire Motorola. Is this smart move by Google? Well,it seems so at first glance. Why?Let's read what Google has to say about this deal. Google explained( in detail) on their blog post about why they have acquired Motorola. Quote: "Today, more than 150 million Android devices have been activated more...
8 Tools That Every Entrepreneurs Should Use To Get Funding
By ajay at August 15, 2011 | 11:41 am | 0 Comment
8 Tools That Every Entrepreneurs Should Use To Get Funding 1. New approach to investing in young entrepreneurs FIG offers a pragmatic new approach to investing in young entrepreneurs.It would help you to build a professional business plan and provide you with the best resources to do so. It would also introduce you to their strategic partners who can give you more...
Ernst & Young’ s Report: Technology Deals Moving Upwards Despite Market Slowdown
By ajay at August 11, 2011 | 12:06 pm | 0 Comment
According to Ernst & Young’s latest quarterly Global Technology M&A Update, big-ticket deals drove the aggregate value of global tech M&A to US$52.1b in Q2 2011, nearly doubling the deal value from an already strong first quarter. The surge was powered by industry consolidation and by ongoing disruptive innovation in areas such as cloud computing, smart mobility, more...
Bloomspot unveils new performance-based model for local offers; closes $40 million in capital
By ajay at August 10, 2011 | 8:46 am | 0 Comment
Bloomspot is an online offer platform for customers seeking to discover their next local favorite, today launched a performance-based business model that takes responsibility for the profitability of its merchant partners. Basic Idea: The company is closing the redemption loop by delivering complete transparency around consumer spend and return, and now guarantees more...
Lady Gaga turned VC and invested $7.5m in Turntable.fm
By VisionwizTeam at August 3, 2011 | 12:26 pm | 0 Comment
Lady Gaga has put her eye on new social music service(Turntable.fm) where she has invested chunk of money.According to BI, Lady Gaga & Kanye West are investing around$7.5 million in Turntable.fm. What Is Turntable: Turntable is a new social music service that revolves around listening to music with others, giving thumbs up to tracks you hear that you like, and more...
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China-based companies with venture backing raised $3.2 billion through 145 deals
By VisionwizTeam at August 2, 2011 | 6:32 pm | 0 Comment
In the first haif of 2011,China-based companies with venture backing raised $3.2 billion through 145 deals, a 1% decline in deal activity and 2% decline in capital invested over the same period in 2010, according to venture capital industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. Initial public offerings (IPOs) of venture-backed companies were similarly in line with the more...
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Why GMT has Invested £38.5 million in Meeting Zone?
By ajay at August 1, 2011 | 1:32 pm | 0 Comment
GMT Communications Partners , the European TMT-focused private equity group, has announced that its acquiring MeetingZone, the fast-growing independent conferencing and collaboration service provider, for a total consideration of £38.5 million. What is MeetingZone: MeetingZone, is focused on providing powerful, effective, reliable and intuitive conference call more...
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Miami start-up Shooger secures $5 million
By ajay at July 28, 2011 | 10:45 am | 0 Comment
Shooger, the mobile community of deal-hunters, has just secured a $5 million investment from Hudson Capital Group.Shooger is a rapidly growing network of real people who share local finds that help save people time, money and give them the latest inside scoop. The investment will enable Shooger to expand its sales and marketing capacity as it continues to innovate its more...
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