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General news, Finance

VC-Backed IPOs Hit a Brick Wall

First-quarter cash-outs tumble 87 percent to $282.7 million versus $2.2 billion for the same period in 2007.
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Archives, General news, Finance

Venture Centers Gaining on Silicon Valley

Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., which have cleared the billion-dollar funding mark, are on the fast track, survey finds.
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Security, Communications, Internet, Finance

eBay Bids $169M on Fraud Sciences

Israeli security startup becomes latest grab in ongoing acquisition frenzy, coming after companies spent $1.28 billion to purchase 25 VC-backed security firms in 2007.
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Archives, General news, Finance

Q3 a Moneymaker for VCs

Based on trailing 12-month performance, funds post an 8.8 percent increase compared with the previous quarter.
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General news, Finance

VC Bankrolls Jump in 4th Quarter

Fundraising for 2007 hits $34.7 billion, the highest since 2001, according to a new survey.
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Archives, General news, Finance

IPO Market Goes Out With a Bang

Fourth quarter pushes venture-backed issues to $10 billion in 2007, double the 2006 take, but the M&A door has swung shut. In the final quarter, only 45 venture-backed M&A deals were completed, the least since the first quarter of 1998.
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Computers, General news, Biosciences, Cleantech, Finance

Later-Stage Deals Boost VC in Third Quarter

Fast-climbing clean tech helps staples IT and biotechnology put 2007 on pace to notch up the highest funding levels since 2001, surveys say.
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General news, Finance

VC Fundraising Falls 33 Percent

Number of new funds in third quarter plummets 50 percent to smallest total in more than a decade.
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General news, Finance

VC Performance Sags

Venture capital outperformed U.S. stock markets over last year, but funds turned in lackluster results in the first quarter, new data shows.
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General news, Finance

IPOs Roar in 2nd Quarter

M&A deals ebb, but value of stock debuts climbs 212% to $4.3B
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Finance

PE Buyouts Trounce VC Funding

Late-stage funding shows strong growth in the third quarter.
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Finance

Amid Cash Glut, PE Returns Strong

As losses narrow for five-year returns, VCs focus on IPO climate.
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Finance

Carlyle’s Fundraising Tear

Private equity giant raising $15 billion for U.S. buyouts.
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Finance

Q2 VC Funding Hit $6.3B

Second report confirms venture investments in second quarter reached four-year high.
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Computers

Apple Profits Jump 41%

Revenue fell below expectations partly from slow Mac sales, but profits rose 41 percent.
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Communications

Lucent Lowers Guidance

Communications giant expects flat or low single-digit growth as opposed to mid-single-digit growth.
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Biosciences

Genentech Falls 4% on Avastin

Lower-than-anticipated sales of biotech giant’s cancer drug disappoint Wall Street.
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Finance

CalPERS Assets Top $200B

Biggest public pension fund and major venture investor doubles its assets in less than a decade.
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Communications

Verizon Posts Solid Quarter

With its MCI preoccupation ending, carrier has plans to focus on building its wireless strength, perhaps through acquisition.
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Biosciences

Pfizer Q3 Profit Slumps 52%

Stung by falling sales, the pharma giant withdraws its 2006 and 2007 guidance.
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