It’s no secret in Silicon Valley that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs get the hottest IPOs. From LinkedIn, Groupon and Zynga last year to Yelp and Facebook this year, it’s been a two-horse race. The irony is that startups and...
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Frank Quattrone (seen here at a conference in 2010) sparked a debate yesterday about who's to blame for the underwriting "duopoly."
In IPO ‘Duopoly,’ VCs Blame the CEOs Who Blame the VCs
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SugarCRM Moves Closer to IPO With $33 Million Financing Round
With the IPO window open for business software makers, SugarCRM inched closer to going public in what may be its last private financing round. The Cupertino, California-based company said today that New Enterprise Associates, Silicon Valley Bank and Gold Hill...
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HireArt and Coderwall both aim to replace the run-of-the-mill resume with online applications that do a better job measuring an applicant’s skills.
McKinsey Alums Target Tech Talent War With Y Combinator Startups
The investors assembled at Y Combinator’s Demo Day in Mountain View are no strangers to the challenges of finding top engineering talent in Silicon Valley. So the crowd was especially attuned to pitches from HireArt and Coderwall, which are working to...
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The AirBnB of auto repair? Translation: Where customers can find the right mechanics in their neighborhood.
The Airbnb of Car Repair? Welcome to Y Combinator Demo Day
Internet startups are notorious for calling themselves the (insert hot company here) for (insert sector of your startup here). For example: the Facebook for students, the Groupon for travel, or the Twitter for businesses. But the companies presenting at Y...
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The feeding frenzy of investors at Y Combinator's event gave some startups the upper hand.
Standing Room Only at Y Combinator Event Puts Startups in Driver’s Seat
It’s a reversal of roles in Silicon Valley’s startup scene: Investors are clamoring for face time with entrepreneurs. Hundreds of tech’s most prominent backers packed into an auditorium at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, today to hear two-minute...
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Steve Blank is teaching science entrepreneurs how to take their lab-created products into the market.
Can Startup Guru Steve Blank Help Save the Sciences?
After eight technology startups, several books and a decade of teaching, some would say that Steve Blank has turned the art of creating a tech company into a science. Still, he never thought his skills would be desired by actual...
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ODesk has 300,000 businesses using its software to help find, hire and pay contracted workers in remote locations.
T. Rowe Price Deepens Startup Bet With Investment in ODesk
T. Rowe Price is bolstering its bet on technology startups, and no longer just the ones that get all the headlines. Following investments in Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and Angie’s List among others, the mutual fund company today led a $15...
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OpenView Venture Partners, left to right, George Roberts, Adam Marcus, Scott Maxwell and Brian Zimmerman.
OpenView Shows It’s Not All About Facebook and Groupon for VCs
For venture capital funds not focused on social networking, mobile apps or e-commerce, there’s still hope when it comes to fundraising. OpenView Venture Partners took less than three months to raise its latest $200 million fund, and all of that...
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Kiva Systems Inc. robots sit at an Acumen Brands Inc. warehouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Bain Capital’s Kiva Investment Lifts Venture Profile in Silicon Valley
The best way for a venture capital firm to make a splash in Silicon Valley is to turn a signature investment into a big time profit. It looks like Bain Capital Ventures has arrived, thanks to Amazon.com’s $775 million acquisition...
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Bruce Springsteen speaks at this year's SXSW in Austin.
SXSW Bears No Resemblance to Austin’s Technology Scene
South by Southwest Interactive is known as the place to find the next big social startup, be it Twitter, Foursquare or Airbnb. But what is Austin, the event’s host city, known for? Something far less sexy: business software companies. Putting...
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