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How To Break Venture Capital
businessinsider.com - 2/24/2009
How To Break Venture Capital
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Over the weekend, Tom Friedman published an op-ed piece in the NY Times arguing that the US government should take the bailout money it is considering handing over to the auto industry and instead give it to the top venture capital firms. It's a typical Friedman piece: boldly urging new economy ...
avc.com - 2/23/2009
A Stimulus Plan For Venture Capital? No Thanks.
— avc.com — Tom Friedman, who I admire in many ways, has an op-ed piece in today's NY Times where... he suggests that the US government take the bailout money they are thinking of giving to the auto industry and instead give it to the top venture capital firms.  ... (more) A Stimulus Plan For Venture Capital? No Thanks.

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inoviacapital.com - 3/2/2009
iNovia Capital
— inoviacapital.com — iNovia Capital manages seed and early stage venture capital funds, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs and... innovators build successful companies in the sectors of information technology, life sciences and cleantech. (more) iNovia Capital
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cmea.com - 3/2/2009
Venture Capital Firm | CMEA Capital
— cmea.com — Partnering with Extraordinary People, Building Great Companies. CMEA Capital is a venture capital firm with a clear... focus on life sciences, high technology, and energy and materials investments. We believe that the most successful venture backed ... (more) Venture Capital Firm | CMEA Capital
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VC Ratings:  A bailout for VCs?

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A bailout for VCs?
VC Ratings — ... Additionally, putting the capital into Rust Belt firms addresses the concerns of creating a new venture capital bubble. Clusterstock's John Carney concludes -- with the help of Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson -- that putting $20 billion into the largest firms might simply inflate valuations of existing portfolio companies. However, Friedman's idea comes from traveling the country on a book tour where he met unfunded entrepreneurs. These guys may not have bad ideas, they just might be nowhere near the financial centers of venture capital. ...

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