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A growing number of Silicon Valley venture-capital firms are creating proprietary software in hopes of gaining an advantage and standing out in the increasingly competitive industry.

Venture Capital Dispatch gets a sneak preview of the latest graduates of San Francisco startup accelerator AngelPad.

The Happy Cloud, one of a slew of "cloud gaming" startups trying to bring videogames to new and different platforms, announced Wednesday it had raised a $4.25 million Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Avalon Ventures and joined

Limited partners delivered more rants than raves about the venture industry during a panel at the National Venture Capital Association’s VentureScape annual meeting last week.

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Online design retailer Fab Inc. is in advanced talks to raise $250 million to $300 million in venture capital in a deal that would value the fast-growing but unprofitable company at $1 billion not including the new capital, people familiar with the m

Online design retailer Fab is in advanced talks to raise $250 million to $300 million in venture capital in a deal that would value the fast-growing but unprofitable company at $1 billion not including the new capital.

One of Tumblr’s biggest fans is a venture capitalist who helped steer the blogging service from its earliest days to a deal to be acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion in cash.

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Marketo had a good, good day. Its stock launched on Nasdaq, rising nearly 78% from the opening price of $13 to over $23. Bruce Cleveland and Doug Pepper from venture capital firm InterWest Partners did particularly well. InterWest  had a 33

Tableau Software went public Friday after raising less than $15 million in venture funding.

Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% Friday, promising a massive return for venture backers New Enterprise Associates and Meritech Capital Partners.The post Tableau Shares Soar 64%, NEA’s Stake Worth $940 Million appeared first on peHUB

Venture capital firm InCube unveils a health startup crowdfunding site.

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Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) today announced that it closed on a 4.2 acre parcel of land in conjunction with Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. as part of its Joint Venture Capital Solutions program.The joint venture will be developing a single ten

Luvocracy is a San Francisco-based startup that lets you buy products you “luv” based on recommendations from the people you trust. You can also earn rewards if someone buys a product you�recommend.

At an annual meeting of venture capitalists, a Morgan Stanley managing director gave five tips on how to pitch him. They're helpful for anyone making a big ask.Get over yourself. Be nice.That was just some of the advice venture capitalists got at the

Charles River Ventures backs the Kickstarter darling.

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Semil Shah, an independent consultant for startups and venture capital firms, felt sad when he saw a tweet from Y Combinator Paul Graham throwing a "cheap dig" at investors. Quoting a founder from Y Combinator's winter 2013 class, Graham recently twe

SAP Ventures has more than doubled the size of its HANA fund of fund and expects to shortly close a second venture capital fund larger than its first. The dual moves represent a substantial expansion of its venture activities.The post SAP Ventures Ex

Early-stage company founders hobnobbed with top financiers at the annual National Venture Capital Association conference.

Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo riffs on life in Silicon Valley during an interview at the National Venture Capital Association's VentureScape conference.

Demi Moore is after a piece of Ashton Kutcher's venture capital fund, Google+ gets more Pinteresting, and a tech M&A machine hits the brakes. And so much more!The post peHUB Second Opinion 5.15 appeared first on peHUB.

The National Venture Capital Association hosts World's Largest Office Hours, its first-ever matchmaking eventIt’s not easy for entrepreneurs to get the introductions they need to venture backers. So on May 14th in San Francisco, the National Ve

Tableau's venture capital backers getting ready for a monster return.

Back in 2009, Apptio was famed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz's first investment. Today Apptio announced closing a $45 million fifth round of funding, bringing the company's total to $136�million.

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The National Venture Capital Association convenes for its two-day annual meeting, now called VentureScape, in San Francisco.

Don't expect a game changing tech initial public offering anytime soon. Private tech companies are steering clear of going public as long as they can manage, said Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horo

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Tracy DiNunzio, the founder of online fashion marketplace Tradesy, shares her best advice for accessing startup funding when you are a statistical outlier.

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Networking technology company Cyan posted flat first-day performance in its Thursday IPO. But the offering still stands to deliver moderately positive returns for venture backers, including Norwest Venture Partners and Azure Capital.The post Cyan IPO

Behringer Harvard Holdingsand Prospect Capital Managementannounced today the initial launch of the public offering of Priority Senior Secured Income Fund, Inc., a registered investment program co-sponsored by a joint venture between Behringer Harvard

The electronic currency Bitcoin just got a big vote of confidence from one of the world's most successful venture capital investors. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures just invested in a startup called "Coinbase," which facilitates Bitcoin transact

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This Thursday morning First Read brings you the Midas top ten in venture capital; how Ontario plans to become the next top tech hub and the States where teenagers cannot find work.The post peHUB First Read appeared first on peHUB.

Barbara Corcoran of "Shark Tank" talks about her adventures in televised venture capital.

This week, two widely read pieces have been published about the trials and tribulations of Kleiner Perkins -- and how it plans to regain its spot at the top of the venture capital universe. But neither addresses the biggest issue confronting the 41-y

The MountainWest Capital Network announced over $11 Billion in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private equity and venture capital financing transactions in Utah for 2012.

PARIS, May 8 (Reuters) - Credit Agricole has reached a deal with Italy's Banco Popolare over their troubled consumer credit joint venture Agos Ducato involving a capital injection, the French bank...

PARIS, May 8 (Reuters) - Credit Agricole has reached a deal with Italy's Banco Popolare over their troubled consumer credit joint venture Agos Ducato involving a capital injection, the French bank said on Wednesday.

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Balderton Capital, one of Europe's largest venture capital groups, is in the market for a fifth fund, according to a just-published SEC Form D. The new notice, the first sale of which has yet to occur, does not include the total offering amount.The p