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Exit activity for venture-backed companies moved closer to levels seen prior to the recent economic downturn, according to figures released today by industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. 514 companies achieved

The electric car startup Tesla Motors made history this morning: the first IPO for an American car company since Ford in the 1950s. Eyes are on the company for a

Earlier this week, we reported on the fact that the first quarter of the year saw venture capitalist investments drop from the end of last year, but start at a

Though rising numbers from the final quarter for 2009 had many hopeful that 2010 would see a rebound of venture capital funds, new data from the Nation Venture Capital Association

Web-video management startup Brightcove announced Monday that it had secured an additional $12 million in venture funding and hopes to make its first public offering as soon as next year.

New data released from the National Venture Capital Association shows further evidence of a rebounding acquisitions and IPO market for venture-backed companies in the first quarter of 2010. We mentioned

I've learned a lot about startup culture since I started writing about it at the beginning of January, and there is a trend that I have noticed that is different

An initial public offering, or IPO, is when a company opts to trade its shares publicly on the stock market - a decision that can be a risky investment. At

There is a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about the recent $100 million investment in Twitter at a $1 billion valuation, but most of it based on speculation. Twitter

There doesn't seem to be a week that goes by without someone lamenting the sorry state of the venture capital market or our favorite exit ramp: the IPO market. Granted,