Monthly Archives: August 2003

13th Annual Great Midwest Venture Capital Conference; Companies Competing for Selection Face September 12 Deadline; www.gmvcc.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 29, 2003–One of the nation’s premier venture capital conferences is headed to Kentucky. The Great Midwest Venture Capital Conference (GMVCC(R)) invites a fewgood companies to take advantage of a golden opportunity to attract investor interest at this […]

Appetite for hedge funds boosts market leader Man Group

SHARES IN Man Group, the hedge fund manager, jumped yesterday after new research suggested it was winning market share in the booming “fund of funds” market. A study by Morgan Stanley suggested that funds of funds are the preferred way […]

Venture capital firm bans University of California from investing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm has barred the University of California from investing in its latest fund, seeking to shield its closely guarded books frompublic scrutiny. Sequoia Capital, which has helped launch high-tech bellwethers […]

Venture Capital Firm Bans Cal Investments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm has barred the University of California from investing in its latest fund, seeking to shield its closely guarded books from publicscrutiny. Sequoia Capital, which has helped launch high-tech bellwethers […]

Venture capital firm bans University of California from investing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm has barred the University of California from investing in its latest fund, seeking to shield its closely guarded books frompublic scrutiny. Sequoia Capital, which has helped launch high-tech bellwethers […]

Venture capital firm bans University of California from investing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm has barred the University of California from investing in its latest fund, seeking to shield its closely guarded books frompublic scrutiny. Sequoia Capital, which has helped launch high-tech bellwethers […]

Local venture fund to merge ; Southeast Community Capital to join forces with Memphis group

Investors deciding the fate of Southeast Community Capital have voted to merge the organization with Memphis-based venture fund Delta Capital Management. A vote count has not yet been finalized, but Southeast principal Tom Rogers said the majority of limited partners […]

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Pioneer, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Launches Canadian Fund: Sees Canada as Critical Market for New Tech Investments

<body.content> <block> <p>REDWOOD CITY, CA, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the pioneering seed stage technology venture capital firm, announced today that they areopening a Toronto-based Affiliate in partnership with Dr. Ilse Treurnicht of Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc.</p> <p>This […]

From Under The Buttonwood Tree…Street Talk with Tom Hayden

AQ is on fire. Technology continues to break to new highs. The NASD Who knows where the top is, but I would be very wary of adding new money at this juncture, and would use any continued strength toget out. […]

Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Aug. 28–City investors were struggling to hold the market above the 4200 level as prices traded in a narrow band. Buyers were thin on the ground as support levels were tested with the FTSE 100 index trading up 10 points […]

Footsie struggles to hold 4200 as buyers lie low ; market report

CITY investors were struggling to hold the market above the 4200 level as prices traded in a narrow band. Buyers were few on the ground as support levels were tested with the FTSE 100 index trading up 4.6 points at […]

Hedgemaster Fink is the Man with muscle

WE’VE all heard of Girl Power, but hedge fund supremo Stanley Fink would like to convert us to Man Power. The company he runs Man Group has metamorphosed from a small sugar broker to a FTSE 100company. Man shares have […]