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Entries tagged "startups"

Quattrone the 'truth-teller' here to save the day

Star tech banker Frank Quattrone likes working with VC-backed startups but isn't likely to ignore big-ticket deals.


More M.B.A. grads pursue entrepreneurship

Recent M.B.A. grads are turning to entrepreneurship because of the slow job market.


The Times on the Zeitgeist of innovation

What kind of companies drive innovation more effectively -- small, nimble startups or big, heavily capitalized corporations?


Stimulus funds give telecoms a headache

Should Verizon and AT&T be worried that the $7.2 billion slated for broadband will end up bankrolling startups to compete with them?


Video: Foley's Garai on tech startup survival

Foley's Gabor Garai speaks to The Deal's Suzanne Stevens about what startups are doing to survive and what investors are doing to protect investments.


Calacanis on two years of 'total pain'

Serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis offers more bleak advice to startups.


Redpoint tells portfolio companies to cut back

The Silicon Valley venture firm gave its entrepreneurs orders to trim 10% of their staff.


U.K. venture firms push for $1.4B gov't fund-of-funds

The government-sponsored fund would keep hundreds of technology startups capitalized now that their private backers can't.


Biotech funding back up, but no IPOs in sight

Dow Jones VentureSource's Q2 data on venture investments comes out midnight Friday, and cash-starved biotech startups, and their VC backers, are eager to know whether the second quarter was as bad as the first. To recap: In Q1, U.S. biopharma venture volume was down 29%. Total dollars in fell 57%, to $817 million, down from $1.9 billion in the first quarter of 2007. ...


VCs join PE firms in raising new funds

March may have started off with a number of private equity funds closing on $19 billion in new capital, but venture capital funds are also getting into the act. Cleantech investor Altira Group LLC announced the closing of its fifth energy fund with $176 million, while peHUB is reporting that .406 Ventures has closed its debut fund with $167 million in committed capital....



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Growth companies and their PE sponsors should be wary of the pitfalls that arise when they layer on tiers of preferred stock.


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Easing the stress of distressed M&A

Corporate buyers face numerous complexities when trying to identify the right moment to purchase a distressed asset.


Editor's Note

Editor's letter: Nov. 16, 2009

Beneath the veneer of Wall Streeters beats the same heart, stirred by the same determinants of behavior.



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