Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Harvard Business School Holds Seventh Annual Business Plan Contest; Winning Teams Tackle Problems of Industry, India
BOSTON, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) — Today’s economy requires a “special type of entrepreneur,” said one of the judges in the final round of the seventh annual Harvard Business School (HBS)Business Plan Contest yesterday. The six contending student teams — […]
Venture Capitalists to Speak on “Venture Capital and the State of Michigan” at Leadership Policy Conference
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 21, 2003–A panel of experts will discuss “Venture Capital and the State of Michigan” to raise the level of understanding of venture capital and its impact oneconomic development at the Leadership Policy Conference. The roundtable discussion […]
Mountain View, Calif., Company to Launch Address-Book Software
May 21–Mountain View’s Plaxo is expected to announce today the launch of its free software, Plaxo Contacts 1.0, that enables users to easily and promptly update their computer’s address book. The company, founded by Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, and […]
St. Paul, Minn., Electronic-Ordering Firm Gets New Venture Capital
May 20–SPS Commerce, a St. Paul company that helps retailers and distributors do business with small suppliers via the Web, said Monday that venture capitalists were giving it $18 million to expandand acquire competitors. The financing from eight venture capital […]
Zenit Launches Bucephale-Managed Fund of Funds in Italy
MILAN, Italy (HedgeWorld.com) – The first hedge fund of funds to be offered at a lower investment minimum in Italy was launched on May 19 by Zenit Alternative Investments SGR, which hired BucephaleGroup as investment adviser. Zenit will launch a […]
Media: The road back from hell will be paved with good inventions
When will the investment money come back? That is the question I have been asked most often by producers, software designers and content creators since the tech bubble not only burst but wasconsigned to the ninth circle of hell – […]
Mice ready to move on acquisitions
Nuneaton-based exhibitions and conferences goup Mice Group, yesterday said it was close to securing pounds 80 million in new banking facilities from Barclays Bank which it will use to makeacquisitions. Some of the funds raised may be used to buy […]
Nexaweb Secures $4.3 Million in Funding for Breakthrough Smart Client Platform
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 19, 2003–Nexaweb Technologies Inc. today announced that it completed its first round of institutional financing from Boston-based venture firms Egan-ManagedCapital, Masthead Venture Partners, and Velocity Partners. Nexaweb has created a breakthrough application platform that enables the delivery […]
Extraprise Appoints New Member to Its Board of Directors
BOSTON and LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 19, 2003– Yury Parad, a 30-year Veteran of the IT Industry Brings Experience as a Software Executive, Systems Integrator and Venture Capitalist Extraprise(R), the internationally recognized Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consulting firm, today announced that its […]
Ofek Capital Corp. -OFCC- Retains TheStockbroker.com as Investor Relations Counsel
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 19, 2003–Committed to significantly increasing shareholder value, Ofek Capital Corp. (Pink Sheets:OFCC) announces it has retained TheStockbroker.com, Inc. to provide afull range of investor relations services to the Company. TheStockbroker.com will commence and maintain proactive programs aimed at […]
iLumin Announces Wachovia Strategic Ventures as New Investor
iLumin Software Services, Inc., today announced it completed its Series A round of financing with an investment from Wachovia Strategic Ventures. Other Series A investors include DB Capital Venture Partners, MidOcean Partners, Rock Creek Capital and Softbank. The investment amount […]
Key Gains Distribution through Papamarkou
NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Key Asset Management has formed a strategic alliance with New York-based manager Papamarkou Asset Management, which provides investments services to high-net-worthindividuals and families, endowments and foundations, pension funds and trusts. At the same time, Key Asset […]