O ne day in 1959, Greb Industries, a family-owned shoe company in Kitchener, Ont. , secured a licence to start selling a new kind of shoe in Canada – Hush Puppies. Full Article at Globe and Mail
WASHINGTON - An effort in Congress to eliminate a generous tax break for hedge fund managers, private-equity specialists, and venture capitalists, which could be taken up next week in the House Ways and Means Committee, is being met with resistance by... Full Article at Boston Globe
BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) - China's top economic planner has issued guidelines to channel central government money into new venture capital funds to support the high-technology sector. Full Article at Reuters
CHINA'S central government yesterday announced it is to join local governments and private investors in a pilot program to facilitate venture capital funds for innovative and high-technology industries, and industrial restructuring. Full Article at Shanghai Daily
Pure venture capital, which is early stage companies, has really never been stronger.
For the past 18 months, the pension funds, wealthy families, individuals and other big sources of venture capital have completely reorganized their investment model
In doing venture capital deals, private equity deals, you have to get nine or 10 partners on board -- at least -- and so it's a collaborative process, a group process ... I actually think you get better results that way, because everybody has something to add.
Venture capital investment increase in Q3 2009 driven by clean technology sector, according to the MoneyTree Report