Innovators Find Alternative To Venture Capital
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When Paul Brewer, co-founder of high-tech security company ObjectVideo, gave speeches to business school students about how to find funding, he used to focus about 80 percent of his talk on the art of landing venture capital. Now he spends most of his time on how to attract federal government funding, especially through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The managers of the program are more daring than venture capitalists, said Brewer, because they are more likely to fund an idea at its inception, before it has proved anything.
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Scientists have long known how to turn trees into ethanol, but doing it profitably is another matter. So a wave of public and private funding is pouring into research labs, and venture capitalists have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in cellulosic-technology startups.
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Entrepreneurs visiting a venture capitalist to ask for money sometimes feel like kids asking Dad for an allowance. Ordinarily, they're not in the power position.
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To defeat generic competition, clever companies discovered a new approach.
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Think like a private equity investor, but think for yourself.
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A leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist sees gold in alternative energy.
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Is the market for initial public offerings open or closed? Few questions loom larger for venture capital firms, which risk money on entrepreneurial companies and look for ''liquidity events&quot; that will help them recoup their investments. But more than at any other time in the recent past, the answer may depend on your vantage point.
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The venture capital industry is worried that a proposed increase in taxes on carried interest would hurt their ability to fund start-up companies.
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You don&#39;t have to be Google to challenge the way Wall Street manages initial public offerings. A little southwest Virginia biotechnology company has just gone public using the same innovative &quot;open IPO&quot; process as Google.
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Venture capitalists at the Venture West Summit are fundamentally optimistic about the potential for clean-tech and green-tech investments. But their comments suggest investors are focusing on more-narrowly defined niche markets -- and that a shakeout may be in the works.
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By Jim Mccartney, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 7--Given the long-lamented dearth of venture capital, the news Wednesday that Thomas, McNerney & Partners has raised $375 million in fresh investment funds should cheer Minnesota's biotech industry.
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The firm teaches us a new way to fudge stock options.
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Green tech financiers share tips for spotting sustainable startups.
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Making money in a different world than Wall Street.
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SCIENTISTS at Sheffield University last week made an unexpected discovery: an alternative to Scotland - s tax-dependent model for commercialising academic research.
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Many technology investors are taking investment tips from their children, summer interns and receptionists.
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The software company's investments are showing some promise.