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Metreo Recognized in Top 100 Private Companies List; Pricing Optimization Gaining Market Traction

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Metreo Inc., (www.metreo.com), a leader in price optimization software, today announced its inclusion on the first-annual AlwaysOn Top 100 PrivateCompanies list. AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and business, compiled the list […]

Former webMethods CTO and EAI Pioneer Jim Green Joins Launch of Composite Software

SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003– Startup to Simplify the Delivery of Information Applications; Announces $5.2 Million in Funding Composite Software, a next stage Enterprise Information Integration (EII) solution provider, today launched the company and announced the appointment of former […]

DivXNetworks Named to AlwaysOn(TM) List of Top 100 Private Companies

DivXNetworks Inc. (www.divxnetworks.com), the company that created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX(R) video compression technology, today announced its inclusion on the first-annual AlwaysOn (AO) Top 100 Private Companies list. AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and business, compiled […]

IndUS Business Journal: Despite a significant drop, Asian Indian-founded companies increase their share of venture capital distribution in the United States, raise $1 billion

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Although venture capital received by Asian-Indian founded companies in the United States dropped by $700 million in 2002, they still managed to raisean impressive $1 billion. U.S.-based Indus companies collected $1.02 billion in 2002 as compared […]

IndUS Business Journal: Despite a significant drop, Asian Indian-founded companies increase their share of venture capital distribution in the United States, raise $1 billion

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 23, 2003–Although venture capital received by Asian-Indian founded companies in the United States dropped by $700 million in 2002, they still managed to raisean impressive $1 billion. U.S.-based Indus companies collected $1.02 billion in 2002 as compared […]

The Orange County Register, Calif., Small Business Column

Jun. 23–If you’ve ever wondered how professional, private investors choose the companies in which to bet their money, you’ll want to attend the Tech Coast Venture Network Forum, 6 p.m. Thursday atthe University of California, Irvine, University Club. Representatives of […]

Hedge Funds to Total US$1.5 Trillion by the End of the Decade, Report Says

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Although its growth is less explosive than in previous years, the hedge fund industry is still gaining ground, according to the 2003 World Wealth Report published byMerrill Lynch and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. The annual […]

Firm Hires ADP to Administer Hedge Funds of Funds

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Sands Brothers Asset Management, New York, hired ADP/OMR to handle the fund administration for its hedge funds of funds. ADP’s fund administration group, which is part of Automatic Data Processing Inc.’s brokerage services group, will be […]

Take My Venture Fund — Please

Private-equity investors are dumping billions of dollars of mistakes into the secondary market. Some scavengers will get rich. By the Numbers | Buyer’s Market With twice as much for sale as there are dollars to spend, brave souls can get […]

Venture funding pulled back again in ’02 / The list: Venture capital firms

Local venture capitalists saw their investments in Orange County startups drop 14% to $91 million in 2002 from a year earlier, according to this week’s Business Journal list. Six of the 22 venture capital firms on the list, including two […]

Startups break healthcare’s venture funding dry patch

The second quarter’s drought of venture funding for healthcare startups broke last week when San Clemente-based Opus Medical Inc. raised $13.6 million in a third-round investment. Opus plans to use the money to market its AutoCuff device, which is used […]

How a VCT or an EIS can shrink your Revenue bill

VENTURE Capital Trusts and Enterprise Investment Schemes are often talked of in the same breath because both offer generous tax incentives to encourage sophisticated private investors to invest inhigher-risk small trading companies. Both offer 20 per cent income tax relief, […]