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online.wsj.com - 12/8/2008
Venture Capital Hits a Cash-Call Crunch
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Cash-strapped investors are starting to renege on their commitments to venture-capital funds, dealing a blow to an industry that has been the bedrock of Silicon Valley start-ups. From pension funds to rich individuals to once-deep-pocketed financial institutions now in desperate shape, this ...

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VCs Must Woo Unhappy Investors, Too [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... The latest tale of woe out of the VC industry appears today in the Wall Street Journal, on how the limited partners who invest in venture capital firms are backing out of their commitments to fund individual VC funds. The end result of LPs failing to follow through are shuttered companies such as ...

The “capital calls” crisis: separating fact from fiction
VentureBeat — ... , as we’ve reported (as have others). But in Ambric’s case, the issue was just used as an excuse by the company for its demise even though it apparently wasn’t a contributing factor, according to several sources, including Ambric representatives. ...

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