Investments for venture capitalists got squashed in 2008, and the outlook for initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) doesn't look much better for this year. But at least ...

(AP) -- Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the ...

Erick has been discovering and working with startups his entire professional career as a technology journalist, startup event producer, and founder. Erick is President & Founding Partner at Traction ...

AVCAL, the peak industry body for the Australian VC and PE industries has released its 2009 Yearbook and things look grim, at best. Katherine Woodhope, AVCAL CEO , says that while the PE sector is ...

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Vivek Wadhwa, an entrepreneur turned academic. He is a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School and Executive in ...

Given the economic climate, it's no surprise that venture capital investing is down. Last year, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association reported that VC dollars plunged 33 ...

There's no doubt about it: Venture capital funding was scarce in 2009. A report released today by the National Venture Capital Association finds that the double digit declines in investments were ...

LONDON — Venture capitalists invested $17.7 billion in 2,795 deals in 2009, marking the lowest level of dollar investment since 1997, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and ...

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West Michigan's venture capital investment atmosphere is "improving," the state's economic development leader said during an annual life-sciences event last week, but overall, it's "still slow." Expo ...