Clean tech investing surpasses telecom, medical devices in 2006
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Blog: Data shows that venture investing in clean tech jumped 78 percent last year to $2.9 billion with forecast to grow to $19 billion by 2010.
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U.S. wireless companies are investing billions of dollars in networks that deliver video and music to cellphones, but some investors worry whether the new services will turn a profit.
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Services and businesses are boosting tech spending with network equipment purchases, researchers say.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50540)  has announced the addition of Critical Needs of Today's Healthcare  System: Technology Trends and Investments for 2007 and 2008 to their  offering.
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A breakthrough technology is generating hyper growth.
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Venture investment reaches a six-year high before declining in the fourth quarter.
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U.S.-based venture capital investments reached their highest point last year since 2001 with software remaining the strongest category, according to The MoneyTree Report, released this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).VC firms sunk some $29.4 billion into 3,813 U.S. deals in 2007, according to the report.Software-related VC funding once again received the most money with $5.3 billion, compared to $5.1 billion in 2006, according to the report, which used data from Thomson Financial.VC spending on other technology categories also rose. Funding for computer- and peripheral-based interests was $580 million, up from $497 million in 2006; IT services, $1.3 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in 2006; networking and equipment, $1.25 billion, compared to $1.1 billion the previous year.However, semiconductor VC investment fell to $1.85 billion, from $2.14 billion in 2006. Telecommunication also saw a slowdown, falling to $2.14 billion, compared to $2.6 billion in 2006.While the VC market has hardly bounced back from its boom year -- 2000, when spending stood at $105 billion according to NVCA -- it has slowly crawled back to life. A low point came in 2003, when VC investments were a mere $19.7 billion, NVCA data shows.Major software vendors employ varying strategies toward the VC market. While some companies, notably Sun, infuse cash into startup companies through funds of their own, others, such as IBM, take a different tack, working with VC firms to analyze their portfolios and spot companies that could be potential future partners.&quot;We&#39;re not in the venture investment business,&quot; said Claudia Fan Munce, managing director of IBM&#39;s venture capital group and vice president of corporate strategy.&quot;The due diligence process today is much, much heavier,&quot; Munce remarked of the current climate. But as the report&#39;s numbers indicate, venture investing is far from dead. &quot;They&#39;re coming back in a very different way. They&#39;re not just looking at Silicon Valley,&quot; Munce said.According to the study released this week, U.S.-based VCs invested $1.1 billion in India and $1.4 billion in China, record highs for U.S. investments in those nations (The numbers are not included in the study&#39;s aggregate totals, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.).
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The state's three major health insurers yesterday reported 2006 profits for the fourth quarter and full year. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and Tufts Health Plan all benefited from strong investment income.
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Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climb to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas even if the staggering economy falls into a recession.
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Megadeals signalled realignment in the IT industry and foreshadowed the Internet's multimedia future. A much-delayed Vista debuted amid speculation that it would be the last of the old-school, big-bang product launches. As software giants announced support for Linux, and manufacturers switched chip allegiances, the open-source and chip industries were thrown into turmoil. 2006 was a transition year, as IT giants positioned themselves for a new era of global competition in the post-PC era. Here, not necessarily in order of importance, are the IDG News Service's top 10 news stories of the year:
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Blog: IBM's Venture Capital Group is placing its own bets on clean tech in energy efficiency and water conservation.
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By Adam Shell and Matt Krantz Droughts. Hurricanes. Rising temperatures. Melting glaciers. In a world abuzz with talk about global warming, climate change is elbowing aside tech and biotech as the major investment theme of the future.
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Investor's Business Daily - After spending billions to upgrade their infrastructure for broadband communications, telecom firms are fast filling their wireless and fiber networks with video traffic.
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A phone made of recycled materials and a transmission tower that uses 50 percent less energy were two of the green technologies on show at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.
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Investor's Business Daily - Until recently, hearing aid wearers had to manually switch modes on their devices when they used a cell phone.
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Companies can profit, not sacrifice, when protecting the environment.
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Wireless companies are upping their technology bets.