Whether Google should use its cash pile to become a technology venture fund is an entirely different question of course.
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In addition, 35 teams will compete in the Social Venture Competition, and so will 29 teams in the Technology Venture Competition.
This year NYU divided the entrants into three categories: Social Venture, New Venture and Technology Venture. each one houses innovative and diverse ideas.
Each is designed to do a lot of the hand-holding necessary for an early stage technology venture without taking up lots of resources.
In addition, contestants of the Social Venture Competition needed to address the social impact of their ventures, while those of the Technology Venture Competition were asked to describe their core technology.
The company attracted two traditional technology venture capital firms.
Additionally, the cable companies and Verizon Wireless have formed an innovation technology joint venture for the development of technology to better integrate wireline and wireless products and services.
Britain does not have a technology-focused venture-capital industry anything like as bounteous as that which serves Silicon Valley.
Markets for desal are broad: large water technology corporations, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, research groups, consulting engineering practices, and government agencies.
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Opscode hired Mitch Hill, formerly of Accenture, and most recently served as CEO of Avanade, a technology services joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft.
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In fact, before coming to Washington, President Medvedev visited California and Silicon Valley to explore new partnerships in science and technology and in venture capital.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, and leaders from technology firms, venture capital and research universities recently announced a joint effort to position the Bay State as a hub for job creation in data science.
Ontario is already one of the top regions globally for producing innovative water technology, said venture capitalist David Henderson, managing director of XPV Capital in Toronto, thanks to the Great Lakes historically attracting water-intensive industries.
Investors: Hopewell Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Walker Ventures and Adena Ventures.
Castlight was the brainchild of two health care technology veterans and a venture capitalist.
These are just some of the reasons now is a great time for financial technology startups and why venture capital is flooding in to the sector.
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Another new venture in technology journalism, Kernel Magazine has also launched in recent weeks, though with a more gossipy brand of reporting than that promised by Matter.
The start up out of Finland is launching tomorrow at Arctic 15 , an exclusive venture and technology event focused on technology companies only in the Nordics (and Estonia).
Ian Sigalow, Partner at Greycroft, Chris Moore, Partner at Redpoint Ventures and Roger Lee, General Partner, Battery Ventures provided the following perspectives from their panel titled Technology Trends: A Venture-Capital Perspective.
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"Start-Up Nation" recounts and dissects how Israel, in just 60 years, has thrived as an economy, creating an environment where talent and technology have attracted more venture-capital dollars per person than any other country in the world.
In yet another sign of the growing influence of the secondary markets, Alex Ferrara, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, is leaving the top-tier venture capital firm to join Millennium Technology Value Partners, a firm that buys private shares from employees and venture investors in companies like Facebook, Twitter, and eHarmony.
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Technology developed by the joint venture will be based on established solutions from the founding companies.
Here is a more detailed look at venture-backed technology IPOs in particular in 2012.
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He was an artistic genius able to translate that art into a world few artists ever venture into: technology.
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It is a joint venture between tidal technology provider Atlantis Resources Corporation, International Power and investment bank Morgan Stanley.
As for Mr McKenna, he plans to launch a venture with another technology: a way of repairing plastics without remoulding them.
More than 10 years ago, before the Internet bubble popped in 2000, Silicon Valley venture capitalists and technology professionals all looked to China as the goal of any leading Internet company.
YouNoodle co-founder Bob Goodson says he ditched the idea of making predictions in 2010, and instead applied his knowledge of large-scale data analysis to launch a new venture that identifies technology trends for large companies and governments.
Scott Milleison, who runs the Sports Finance Group at JP Morgan Private Bank, was recently guest on Forbes SportsMoney on the YES Network, where he discussed the new owners in sports that have come from venture capital, technology and private equity industries are increasing team values.
Among the eclectic choices: a computer game that solves scientific problems, a nonprofit co-founded by actor Matt Damon that leverages donor funds to provide microloans to clean water projects and a venture by Japanese technology giant Mitsubishi that makes ships move more efficiently through the ocean, cutting down on CO2 emissions.
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