Jul. 29–Venture capital investors are starting to put more money to work, according to data released Monday, but Illinois companies are getting a slim 1 percent of the nation’s total financing. Nationwide, U.S. venture capital firms invested $4.28 billion during […]

Jul. 29–Six major creditors of Enron, including J.P. Morgan Chase and Citigroup, could be moved to the back of the payout line because of their complicity in deceptive transactions that led to thecompany’s demise, a court-appointed examiner said in a […]

Jul. 29–Florida’s venture-capital drought continued during the second quarter even as other parts of the country showed the first signs of an investment rebound, an industry survey released todayreports. Fourteen Florida companies received $45.6 million in venture capital during the […]

SINGAPORE: Oil prices dipped below US$30 a barrel yesterday as Iraqi crude output slowly increased, but many traders stayed out of the market ahead of an OPEC meeting later this week. US benchmark crude was down 21 US cents at […]

Jul. 29–Venture capital investment rose nationally during the second quarter this year, ending nearly two years of quarterly declines and giving some industry observers hope that funding levels havestabilized. Investment in Connecticut companies rose to $114 million — its highest […]

Intelliden Corp. has defied the odds. Again. For the second time in just over a year, the Colorado Springs software startup company secured millions of dollars in venture capital funding. Intelliden said Monday it received $12.5 million in financing during […]

Jul. 29–Intelliden Corp. has defied the odds. Again. For the second time in just over a year, the Colorado Springs software startup company secured millions of dollars in venture capital funding. Intelliden said Monday it received $12.5 million in financing […]

Seattle venture capitalists are feeling much more optimistic these days. But the second-quarter venture capital numbers – released in two separate reports this week – don’t necessarily reflect theupbeat attitude. The number of Washington start-up companies that attracted venture capital […]

Jul. 29–Florida’s emerging companies raised nearly $45.7 million from venture capital investors during the second quarter, a 20-percent decline from the $57.4 million raised in the first threemonths of the year. Nationally, the results of the PricewaterhouseCoopers/Thomson Venture Economics/National Venture […]

SOUTHAMPTON, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 29, 2003–SPI (Southampton Photonics), a developer and manufacturer of high power fiber lasers and components for the industrial, aerospace, analytical,sensing, and communications sectors, today announced that it has completed its Series B funding. The capital will be […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Venture capitalists invested slightly more money in the second quarter than they did in the first quarter, heralding a possible turning point in the industry’s three-year slump,according to industry data to be released today. The $4.28 billion […]

One Colorado Springs company received an infusion of money in the second quarter as venture capital investments nationwide stabilized after 12 consecutive quarterly declines, according to a report tobe released today. In Colorado, the amount of money invested during the […]