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Articles from the Venture Capital Category
Health Care IT Funding Nearly Doubles in 2013
eWeek | January 17, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
The health care IT sector also raised $648 million in debt and public market financing, bringing total corporate funding raised by the sector in 2013 to almost $3 billion.
VC Investing to Health Healthcare
Tech Crunch | January 15, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
The U.S. healthcare system is sick, but increasingly early stage investors are spending money on new technology companies they believe can help provide a cure.
If Santa pitched a venture capitalist
USA Today | December 20, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
A conference room at a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The firm’s partners — VC below, for venture capitalist — are discussing a potential investment from an entrepreneur who recently pitched them. Also attending is a chief executive of …
Venture capital will thrive even if tech IPOs don’t
CNN Money | December 19, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
Here are two basic facts about business cycles: (1) They exist, and (2) people often dispute that, particularly in the midst of a prolonged top or bottom.
Digital Health Insights Report for the 50+ Market
StartUp Health | AARP | December 12, 2013
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
StartUp Health and AARP announce the first ever digital health funding insights report evaluating the 50+ market. This report highlights the encouraging rise in health innovation among a growing population with increased medical needs.
The Unicorn VCs are Increasing Their Early Stage Investment Focus – Not Decreasing It
CB Insights | December 10, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
Since 2010, unicorn VCs have invested in at least half of their portfolio companies at or before the Series A stage. And it looks like their appetite for early stage deals is increasing
The Four Key Players of Venture Capital
The VC Insider | November 28, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
Typically one thinks of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist (VC) as the two main players in venture capital. That’s all there is, right? VCs need entrepreneurs to invest in, and entrepreneurs need money from VCs to grow their businesses.
Medicine isn’t a science yet, but data will make it so
Venturebeat | November 24, 2013
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
Legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla ruffled a lot of feathers last year with his prediction that computers would soon replace a majority of the tasks that human doctors currently perform.
Unicorn VCs – The Best Invest Early
CB Insights | November 22, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
Startups that exit for over $1 billion are a rarity. They’re so rare that folks have come up with nicknames to describe these rare beasts (unicorns and thunder lizards to name two). Since building a billion dollar company or unicorn …
10 Must-Haves to Get Venture Capital
Forbes | November 20, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
Think you want to raise venture capital? You’d better be prepared to deliver a pretty big return on investment to VCs. Before you waste your time and that of the VC by asking for a meeting, make sure your business …