BizJournals: “Venture capital investment in U.S. cleantech companies grew 73 percent to $1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2011 versus the same period in 2010, with the gains driven largely by deals in the energy storage sector, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis of data from Dow Jones VentureSource. Investors put...
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Washington Post: “Miami health-care executive Larry Duran orchestrated one of the largest Medicare frauds in U.S. history, submitting more than $205 million in phony claims and landing a record-breaking 50-year prison sentence for his crimes. But another piece of Duran’s scheme also caught the eye of prosecutors. They say he extended his fraud by his lobbying...
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As we move into the latter half of 3Q 2011, news and reports from the previous quarter from many sectors within the financial world are being released and reviewed. One such industry, that may be of special concern to those in the many countries currently experiencing economic problems, is that of venture capital. This...
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  A report issued by Earlybird Venture Capital on Thursday indicates that European VC may be outpacing the U.S. on several key data points. The report, which brought information collected from Earlybird as well as other prominent statistical sources, seeks to make the case that European VC is no longer playing second to the...
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was recently ranked the #1 Silicon Valley venture capital firm (in terms of number of deals in 2010) in a list released by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal on Thursday. The remaining of the top 5 were, in order, New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, North Bridge Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. All...
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At a meeting of venture capitalists at MIT last month, according to a report from ScienceBusiness.net, the focus of the industry is making a shift to respond to a recent unsteadiness within the sector. Among the strategies discussed at the event, which was held on the 65th anniversary of the U.S. venture capital industry,...
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Net-related media investing has, in recent years, made a strong recovery from the apparent lull it has experienced since the dot-com bust. Returns are higher than ever, and a large portion of those returns are thanks to innovations in “new media” such as Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, and others. Where, though, is the money coming...
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With a $7.7b investment total for 1Q 2011, VC funds have experienced their best quarter for funding in a decade. Additionally, capital going into funds almost doubled from same period last year, rising dramatically from the previous figure of $3.9b. In a show of a possible increase in investor appetites for new ideas, early...
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According to data from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), 14 venture-backed companies went public in the first quarter of 2011. In doing so, they raised roughly $1.4b, a record high not seen since pre-crisis years. M&As have maintained a steady jump from ’09 figures, and in IT alone 74 deals have already accounted...
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It’s a promising rise for a sector that by 2009′s figures looked to be out of commission, but Cleantech can account for 23% of the total venture investments within the U.S. for 2010. This is a 46% jump from the previous year’s figures, and tops figures from 2008 to establish what appears to be...
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