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The investment analysts at CB Insights have released their quarterly report on venture capital activity, and in terms of deal-flow and funding levels, the news is good. The first quarter

There's a lot of data available online - about companies, about entrepreneurs, about investors. An excellent source is CrunchBase, a free and editable directory. Crunchbase has a wealth of information,

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing released yesterday, the investment firm Sequoia Capital has raised at least $1.3 billion for a new fund. The filing was uncovered in

Venture capitalists say they plan to invest more next year, according to a survey released today by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Dow Jones VentureSource. The survey polled

The website FormDs.com has posted a very interesting map with a breakdown of investment dollars over the course of the past year. The map caught the eye of Boulder-based venture

European startup incubator Seedcamp has launched a new online platform, Seedsummit.org, aimed at connecting startups with European seed investors. An attempt to create a European version of the incredibly successful

A group of banks, investors and technology experts announced today their search for the "nation's top financial technology innovators" who will participate in the FinTech Innovation Lab. Six entrepreneurs will

Andreessen Horowitz has raised another $650 million for its investment fund, the firm announced yesterday. The firm is just shy of 18 months old, started in June of 2009 as

A little less than a month ago, we reported on ChubbyBrain's new Funding Recommendation Engine, a service that will help entrepreneurs find suitable investors. The recommendation engine is based on

Although the number of registered Twitter users has grown to over 145 million, a report released yesterday by investment research firm CB Insights notes that that popularity hasn't translated into

Despite Antenna-gate and Android-boom, it appears as though venture capitalists and angel investors are still pouring money into startups developing iPhone and iPad apps. That's the findings of a recent

On Sunday, VC Fred Wilson answered a commenter's question, "When should a startup seek angel versus early-stage VC investment?" Wilson writes, "I believe entrepreneurs should seek angel money when their

Today marks the fifth anniversary of IP Ventures, Microsoft's program that opens up technologies developed internally at Microsoft to entrepreneurs and new businesses. The IP Ventures team within Microsoft identifies

When angel investor Chris Sacca announced the launch of his new investment firm Lowercase Capital on Friday, he positioned the news with a lengthy essay - the firm's "creed" -

Startup culture is continually growing in the greater public interest, and with that growth comes a sort of celebrity for the founders of the more popular companies. Mark Zuckerberg and

Debate began today in the U.S. Senate on a bill designed to overhaul the financial industry. It's a piece of legislation that could have far-reaching consequences for venture capital investment,

A decade ago, entrepreneurs saw seed funds as a means to an end. There was little effort to brand the separate groups, there were few celebrity angels and the entire

Because today's startup generally requires significantly less seed capital to function, the legal contracts once required for large-scale deals are no longer appropriate. Rather than forcing startups to draft lengthy

When a startup entrepreneur tells the story of his/her mistakes and how they've corrected them, it's endearing. When an investment associate for one of the more prestigious VC firms does

Holding down the proverbial fort for the mid-west, Chicago, the Windy City, is the third largest city in the U.S. and the most populous city that doesn't sit on an

While so much of the startup scene is funded by investment capital, it's tough to know exactly where all of that money comes from. In chasing the power behind the

Foreign startups with their sights set on targeting a U.S. market will be happy to note that as of this morning, Senator John Kerry and Senator Richard Lugar introduced the

As an entrepreneur raising funding, it's easy to get into the mentality of pitching to anyone who will listen, but an active discussion amongst the tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/02/startups-funding-associates.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';investment

It's easy to construct an "us" versus "them" mentality between startups and investors, especially when there are so many disgruntled founders who've had the door slammed in their face. But

Raising funding is hard any way you slice it, but the emergence of cause-base resources is helping pave the way for ethical startups that might have otherwise gone unseen. A