The Red Herring reported that after a post-bubble hiatus, angel investors are swarming into the funding mix once again — this from a study released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. The study claims that U.S. angel investing rose by 10% in 2006.
Monthly Archive for March, 2007
John Cook’s Venture Blog recently attempted to list all the Web 2.0 companies in Seattle. I count about 100 on the list. I can’t help but wonder how long the Portland list would be…
The Portland Business Journal reported that UXcomm’s 3rd CEO, Bob Van Steenberg, has left the company.
The Portland Business Journal reported that Serveron received $5 million from several investors.
The Portland Business Journal reported that Portland startup Vesticon has received a $1.03 million dollar Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant from the National Institute of Health.
The Portland Business Journal reported that HemCon has completed a $12 million private equity financing. The financing was provided by Camden Partners Holdings LLC of Baltimore, Md., and Torch Hill Partner of Washington, D.C.
According to the Corvallis Gazette-Times, the Corvallis high school robotics team will go to the national finals — if they can raise $20,000. To find out more, contact mentor Al Baily at albaily@comcast.net.
The Kauffman Foundation eVenturing site has a collection of articles on bootstrapping. From credit cards to SBIR grants to bare-bones budgets and creative debt financing, there are lots of good ideas to check out.
An article in the San Jose Mercury News describes a recent “speed-investing” event at Stanford called VC3. Company founders spent six minutes with each VC – 3 to pitch them and 3 for feedback.
John Cook’s Venture Blog reported that Spaltudaq joins a growing list of Seatlle biotech companies that have closed large venture capital investments in the past few weeks.
