Venture

Internet investments: Venture banking on social networks

Social networking has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years and the sector’s biggest player, Facebook, is this week set to announce it has 500 million users. However, there remain doubts...

unquote | 19 Jul 2010 | secure
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Venture investors need to be aggressive

Venture: Aggressive investing needed in recession

Venture capital was, like other forms of investment, hit hard by the recession, with both volume and value falling during 2009. John Bakie speaks to Intel Capital’s president, Arvind Sodhani, who says innovation does not stop for a recession, and believes...

unquote | 07 Jul 2010 | secure

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Report: Nordic private equity is warming up

While buyout markets in the rest of Europe are only showing modest signs of stirring, activity levels in Europe’s most northerly region are picking up nicely, indicating that the two-year winter for local buyout investors may be giving way to spring...

unquote | 23 Jun 2010 | secure

General Motors forms its own venture capital fund

Venture Capital: Corporates rev up their investments

US car giant General Motors has become the latest corporate to enter the venture fray, recently announcing it had established a $100m fund to invest in early-stage companies. Like traditional VC investors, this and other corporate funds will, no doubt...

unquote | 09 Jun 2010 | secure

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Biotech IPOs under investor microscope

The recent flurry of biotechs seeking to raise capital on the public markets could prove mistimed as question marks are raised over investor appetite. François Rowell investigates.

unquote | 12 Apr 2010

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Q&A: Early-stage evolution

Bart Diels, partner at Belgian investor Gimv, speaks to Francinia Protti-Alvarez about how the venture market in the Benelux region has adapted to the changing economic climate.

Benelux unquote | 17 Feb 2010 | secure

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Q&A: The fundraising fulcrum

Francois Rowell speaks to Mounir Guen, CEO of placement agent MVision, about the fundraising climate in 2010.

France unquote | 17 Feb 2010

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Trimming down: Northzone reflects new reality for venture funds

While the newly-launched Northzone fund is in many ways a rare success for European venture fundraising in the current market, its modest target reflects the continuing difficulties in securing commitments. By Rikke Eckhoff.

unquote | 16 Feb 2010 | secure

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Secondaries players to fill later-stage gap

A lack of LP appetite has left a void at the later-stage end of the European venture market. Could secondaries players hold the key, asks Emanuel Eftimiu

unquote | 29 Jan 2010 | secure

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