Read more venture capital stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5256/venture-capital.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:28:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73150/critics-lash-gores-green-profiteering.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl Gore is going to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" thanks to investments in firms that will profit from policies he advocates, his critics say. The ex-VP is a partner in a venture capital firm that stands to make huge profits from investments in green technology, causing accusations of...http://www.newser.com/story/73150/critics-lash-gores-green-profiteering.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 5:54:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69636/twitter-hits-1b-valuation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwitter soared to $1 billion in valuation in its most recent round of venture capital funding, TechCrunch reports—up from $250 million in a round earlier this year. CEO Evan Williams shared the results with Twitter employees during a recent meeting. Sources say the company will raise about $50 million;...http://www.newser.com/story/69636/twitter-hits-1b-valuation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 9:16:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67930/no-wedding-gifts-please-just-fund-my-startup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Silicon Valley couple has forsaken a traditional wedding registry for venture capital, Gawker reports. “The World's First Start-up Wedding Registry” doesn’t ask guests for appliances or candlesticks; instead, they can give enough to “feed an outsourced engineer for a day” or pay a month’s worth of utilities for the...http://www.newser.com/story/67930/no-wedding-gifts-please-just-fund-my-startup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67450/tech-employees-want-to-cash-in-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook’s recent deal to let employees sell some of their stock to private investors has sent Silicon Valley scrambling, as workers at other start-ups ask for similar deals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Start-ups rely on the promise of future stock sales to lure and retain talent, but with the...http://www.newser.com/story/67450/tech-employees-want-to-cash-in-early.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 14:29:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63675/netscape-pioneer-forms-venture-cap-fund.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarc Andreessen, the tech pioneer who co-founded Netscape, launched a boutique venture capital firm today, intent on investing in “anything that involves chips and computers.” Though Andreessen and business partner Ben Horowitz have been dropping angel investments around Silicon Valley for years, they’ll now have much more capital at their...http://www.newser.com/story/63675/netscape-pioneer-forms-venture-cap-fund.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 11:14:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56702/gore-righties-bond-over-non-embryonic-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome conservatives see recent investments by Al Gore’s venture-capital group into stem-cell research involving a non-embryonic variety as a tacit denial of that more invasive method, the New Scientist reports. Gore’s company has put $20 million into a project researching treatment with induced pluripotent stem cells, which do not require...http://www.newser.com/story/56702/gore-righties-bond-over-non-embryonic-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 15:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55632/venture-capitalists-start-to-regain-their-nerve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVenture capitalists are starting to get their confidence back after an exceptionally timid year, the New York Times reports. A key index shows the administration's efforts to stabilize the economy have given investors glimmers of hope. "There is some degree of stability in the financial markets and that allows a...http://www.newser.com/story/55632/venture-capitalists-start-to-regain-their-nerve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 8:31:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54828/google-launches-100m-venture-capital-fund.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle will launch a venture capital fund next year with an initial capitalization of about $100 million, reports the Wall Street Journal . Unlike other corporate funds that back companies in their own industries, Google Ventures will look beyond the Internet to also invest in biotech, health care, and environmental technology....http://www.newser.com/story/54828/google-launches-100m-venture-capital-fund.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 5:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50797/twitter-snags-35m-in-venture-capital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVenture capital partners have poured another $35 million into Twitter, reports Bloomberg. The microblogging site said it still has money in the bank from its last round of financing, but the offer was too good to turn down. Twitter—which has grown ninefold in the last year but still lacks...http://www.newser.com/story/50797/twitter-snags-35m-in-venture-capital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Feb 2009 8:27:05 CST