There the amount of money dedicated to venture-capital funds continues to explode.

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Erel Margalit is the founder and head of JVP, Jerualem Venture Partners, a leading Israeli venture capital firm dedicated to building world class media technology companies.

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We have excellent prospects for internal and external growth, a flexible business model a competitive cost of capital and a fantastic cohesive team dedicated to delivering value for stakeholders.

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And most VCs dedicated to cleantech collectively shifted their focus to more capital-efficient deals, Woodward said.

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This partnership will not have a new venture fund dedicated to Glass, since the firms have enough capital to invest, Maris said.

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Mark Bloomfield is president and CEO of the American Council for Capital Formation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to public policies supportive of saving and investment to promote long-term economic growth, job creation and competitiveness.

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While the bank reported that its core Tier 1 capital ratio grew to 10.5% from 9.4%, it dedicated a large chunk of its report to the proposed Basel III and the negative repercussions it would have on its business.

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