Category Archives: HedgeCo News

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Small Business Column

Jun. 16–If there is a single most important rule for succeeding in business, it probably is to have enough money at your disposal. “Most new businesses fail. And if you look at why they fail, the majority are under-capitalized,” said […]

D.C. Area Low on High Tech

The Washington region has plenty of lawyers but not enough entrepreneurs. Plenty of office space, but not enough business-social networks. Plenty of airports, but not enough new high-tech companies. Despite an explosion of growth in the private sector and a […]

D.C. Area Low on High Tech

The Washington region has plenty of lawyers but not enough entrepreneurs. Plenty of office space, but not enough business-social networks. Plenty of airports, but not enough new high-tech companies. Despite an explosion of growth in the private sector and a […]

Zurich Sells Threadneedle to American Express

LONDON (HedgeWorld.com) – American Express Financial Corp. agreed to buy Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd. from Zurich Financial Services Group for US$570 million in cash. Threadneedle, a manager of US$1.1 billion in hedge funds and US$75 billion overall, will not […]

Sharing ideas with aspiring technopreneurs

AS chairperson of funding and finance committee of Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM), Nazrin Hassan, meets many budding technopreneurs with business ideas they reckon would generatemillions of ringgit in no time. The excitement on their faces at the thought of […]

Venture funding continues its downward trend, but optimism remains

2003 first quarter data on venture funding suggests that investors were hibernating for the winter-or at least their money was. A slow economy, world events, and the Iraqi conflict contributed to arough quarter for emerging growth companies seeking funds. But […]

D.C. Area Low on High Tech

The Washington region has plenty of lawyers but not enough entrepreneurs. Plenty of office space, but not enough business-social networks. Plenty of airports, but not enough new high-tech companies. Despite an explosion of growth in the private sector and a […]

Bright lights

Communications Startups Attract Venture Funding Despite Telecom Slowdown Telecom may be out, but communications startups are in. That’s according to venture capitalists, which have dumped some $60 million in the past year into Orange County startups that make communications technology. […]

Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. Completes $6 Million in First Round of Financing With Charles River Ventures and Flagship Ventures

Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. (www.trustednetworktech.com), a pioneer and leader in Identity-based Access Control(TM) software, today announced that it has completed a $6 million first round of financing co-led by Boston-based Charles River Ventures and Flagship Ventures. With today’s announcement, Jim […]

Two-year dispute over hedge ends in fatal shooting

A PENSIONER was dead and his neighbour was being questioned by police yesterday in what appears to be the latest case of hedge rage. They had argued about a privet hedge dividing two front lawns in a Lincoln cul-de-sac. The […]

D.C. Area Low on High Tech

The Washington region has plenty of lawyers but not enough entrepreneurs. Plenty of office space, but not enough business-social networks. Plenty of airports, but not enough new high-tech companies. Despite an explosion of growth in the private sector and a […]

Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. Completes $6 Million in First Round of Financing With Charles River Ventures and Flagship Ventures

ATLANTA, GA — (MARKET WIRE) — 06/16/2003 — Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. (www.trustednetworktech.com), a pioneer and leader in Identity-based Access Control™ software, todayannounced that it has completed a $6 million first round of financing co-led by Boston-based Charles River Ventures […]