Frank Slootman, the former chief executive of Data Domain, is joining venture firm Greylock partners.
She co-founded her Manhattan-based venture firm StarVest with three others two of which are women in 1998.
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It took Masayoshi Son's venture firm just 30 minutes to agree to fork over the funds.
The venture firm says it generated a better than 15x return on their investment.
Today I spoke with Tim Woodward, a managing director at cleantech venture firm Nth Power.
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That Friday morning in early February, she pitched a startup idea to the venture firm Sequoia Capital.
Tjan says he learned this question was essential while hiring for his Boston venture firm, Cue Ball.
Venture firm GGV Capital does this with its joint China and U.S. approach to growth technology investing.
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Banatao the investor initially put his own money to work, then joined Mayfield Fund, an established venture firm.
If a venture firm subsequently believed that the value of an investment became impaired a markdown would be taken.
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Silicon Dragon has been hearing too about a new, large RMB fund from a significant Silicon Valley venture firm.
Kirsch approached the venture firm seeking funding for his idea in December 2011.
Among the big winners: LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman, his venture firm Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Gardner, a cardiologist by training, started the company with Julie Yoo, who he worked with at venture firm Highland Capital.
For a U.S. venture firm to succeed in China, Robinson points out that it takes local staff and on-the-ground market intelligence.
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He then started a venture firm called Venture Frogs with college pal Alfred Lin, who's now chief financial officer of Zappos.
The Foundry is backed by Split Rock Ventures and Morganthaler Ventures, each a well-known venture firm with significant life sciences experience.
Since its 2008 founding the Toronto-based venture firm has backed 12 companies in areas like mobile ads, mobile payments and mobile video.
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But some say the connection with a venture firm is worth it.
Austin Ventures, a big venture firm in Texas, recently created an incubator.
When we called Fred Luddy, (at the time) the CEO of ServiceNow, he was getting calls from every venture firm under the sun.
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The pre-drinking session features Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape and other tech companies, and now the leader of venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.
For the entrepreneur there is a buyer beware and attention that needs to be taken on selection on which venture firm to go with.
Paul Holland of Foundation Capital, a venture firm, points out that many municipalities in America have promised to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels.
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Again, investor dollars are used to further the interests of the venture firm and the industry executive may be left out in the cold.
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" But he says his venture firm, Andreessen Horowitz, doesn't pay much attention to entrepreneurs' ages because venture is "so much an exception game.
While no sales have been struck, Mr. Mullins, who is also a senior associate at venture firm Shasta Ventures, say some matches are forming.
Other large holders include venture firm Draper Fisher with 26.3%, Generation IM Climate Solutions Fund, with 7.5%, and Bay Area Equity Fund, with 7.4%.
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Rebtel picked Index because it was a well-respected venture firm in Europe and it chose Balderton due to its U.S. presence and track record.
So when evaluating a venture firm, what should you look for?
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