Enterprise search rival of Autonomy and Fast sees investment as a way to forge technology and business ties to semiconductor and business software giants.
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Red Planet Capital launches with VIP board culled from the private and public sectors.
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Christopher Darby will lead CIA-backed VC firm after stints at chip maker and @stake.
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Top stories for the week of June 24 2006: CallMiner Scores $10M; $20M Round to Speed ISPs
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Sigma Partners leads funding round for the speech analytics software firm.
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Senators waste little time grilling CIA head nominee on his role in domestic surveillance.
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In-Q-Tel downplays chatter about the spy agency’s venture arm.
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Red Herring magazine’s finance news briefs for the week of May 8, 2006.
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Amit Yoran quits after four months on the job running the CIA’s venture capital arm.
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Biometrics market grows up as a major firm in the new industry buys another.
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Amit Yoran is picked to lead In-Q-Tel.
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The United States’ first homeland security incubator ramps up as spooks turn toward the private sector in a post-9/11 world.
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A variant of the Sober worm disguised as an email from the intelligence agencies threatens computers.
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Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell joins Providence Equity less than a month after Kleiner Perkins took on his father.
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The CIA’s venture capital investment arm is regarded as a success, but it remains largely unstudied. Other government agencies looking to start their own VC wings should learn from the accomplishments—and shortcomings—of In-Q-Tel.
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In-Q-Tel CEO Gilman Louie talks about the radical idea of CIA-backed companies and balancing the desire for returns with the need for secrecy.
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Big Blue gets impersonal; VC sued for alleged $100M fraud; Satellite imagery changes search.
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