Monthly Archives: April 2003
Genteel British Firm Is New Financial Hot Spot
Apr. 17–More money is now managed in St James’s in London’s West End than in Germany’s leading financial centre Frankfurt, according to the Economist magazine. It says the exclusive Mayfair enclave is now home to almost 100 hedge funds — […]
Magnificent seven
WHAT distinguishes them from many other technoreneurs is the willingness to move out of their comfort zone, and to out their shoulder to the wheel. This issue we feature stories of home-grown technopreneurs who have defied the odds to carve […]
HFR Offers New Fund of Funds Indexes
CHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com) – Hedge Fund Research Inc. unveiled four hedge funds of funds indexes, extending the firms HFRI Fund of Funds Index and database. The four sub-indexes are: HFRI FOF Diversified Index, HFRI FOF Conservative Index, HFRI FOF Market Defensive […]
The two-"cycles" of venture capital
“Venture capital is essentially an arbitrage opportunity between the different values ascribed to an asset by the private and public markets.”1 “Joseph ‘Joe Bananas’ Bonanno Sr., former head of one of New York City’s five original Mafia families, .. . […]
London funds to innovate
London is waking up to the need to innovate, backed by a multiplicity of grants and funds and an agency answering to Mayor Ken Livingstone. George Barlow, chairman of the London Development Agency, kicked off the recent London Innovation Conference […]
An innovative region in china: Interaction between multinational corporations and local firms in a high-tech cluster in Beijing
Abstract: The literature on innovative regions has stressed the role of spatial clustering in the endogenous formation, accumulation, and sharing of knowledge in technology hubs in advancedcountries. Little has been written, however, on how spatial clusters may also affect technological […]
Finding the perfect match
BUSINESSES RAISE CAPITAL FOR ALL SORTS of reasons: to expand the production line, to acquire a new business, to reduce the burden of bank debt, to buy out current shareholders … and even sometimesto bridge a difficult period of high […]
Investment firm ventures into Shepherdstown
A Maryland venture capital firm has come to the Quad-state region. Armed with $4 million from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, Walker Ventures has opened an office in the HoxtonBuilding on the outskirts of downtown Shepherdstown. Managing the office […]
Creekpath takes the reins in VC search
WHEN DENNIS GRANT SET OUT TO SECURE A SECOND ROUND of funding for Longmont-based CreekPath Systems, he was as demanding of venture capitalists as they’ve been known to be with startup companies. Listening to the confident Grant, it’s hard to […]