Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Hyde Park Capital Advisors, LLC Announces CyLex Systems, Inc. Sale to Ricoh Company, Ltd.

TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 16, 2003–Hyde Park Capital Advisors, LLC is pleased to announce the sale of CyLex Systems, Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida-based document management software company,to Ricoh Company Ltd. Hyde Park Capital Advisors, LLC, the investment banking subsidiary of […]

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 […]

Unveil Technologies Increases Series A Venture Round to $7.5M with Addition of TD Capital Technology Ventures

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 16, 2003– TD Capital Technology Ventures Joins Sevin Rosen Funds and Solstice Capital in Current Round, Brings Extensive Experience in Speech Technology and Contact Center Markets to Unveil Unveil Technologies, Inc., a provider of enterprise speech self […]

Nanotechnology: the next small thing Investors are piling into a revolutionary new sector, but sceptics say it’s just another bubble in the making. Richard Fletcher and Lauren Mills report

It’s the stuff of science fiction: nanotechnology, a scientific breakthrough which its proponents claim will create computers the size of a grain of sand and miniature robots that will march throughthe body repairing damaged organs. Nanotechnology is no Hollywood fiction. […]

Don’t join the hedge fund club if they’d have you as a member

It’s dull out there. OK, so the market has had a bit of a run. But in America’s new mood of puritanism, making serious wonga is way out of style. Unless, that is, you are fortunate enough to run ahedge […]

Jobs Bill Costing State $75 Million, Losing Jobs

Senate President Jim King is considering repealing a state program that is giving three venture capital companies $75 million in taxpayer money but has so far resulted in a loss of 174 jobs. The “CAPCO” program, originally passed in 1998, […]

Van Global Hedge Fund Index Climbs 3.4% in May Hedge Funds Have Best Month since August 2000

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 13, 2003–The Van Global Hedge Fund Index, a widely cited measure of worldwide hedge fund performance, rose 3.4% net of fees in May, increasing itsyear-to-date return to 6.7% net. According to Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, Inc. […]

Raleigh, N.C., Semiconductor Materials Firm Gets $4 Million in Venture Capital

Jun. 13–RALEIGH, N.C.–Kyma Technologies, a semiconductor materials company, closed on $4 million in new venture capital this week and will add to its staff and production facilities by the end ofthe year. Kyma makes substrates, or wafers, of gallium nitride […]

Private Biotech Firms Attempt to Capture Attention of Venture Capitalists

Jun. 13–Think of it as a beauty pageant for biotechnology companies, where executives dangle promising genes in lieu of twirling batons and everyone gets just eight minutes to strut their stuff. At yesterday’s annual financing forum sponsored by the University […]

Tech Coast Angels to Teach Local Entrepreneurs How to Qualify for Funding at TCVN Forum

TUSTIN, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 13, 2003–Representatives of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA) and the CEO of one of their portfolio companies will share their experience and knowledge in fundingearly-stage companies at the Tech Coast Venture Network (TCVN) Forum on Thursday, June […]

London Pensions Agency Plans UKpound 75 Million Venture

Jun. 13–The retirement savings of London council workers, ranging from probation officers to hygiene inspectors, are to be poured into the potentially risky world of venture capital. The London Pensions Authority, which oversees a UKpound 1.2 billion active pension fund […]

pounds 75m pensions venture

THE retirement savings of London council workers, ranging from probation officers to hygiene inspectors, are to be poured into the potentially risky world of venture capital. The London Pensions Authority, which oversees a pounds 1.2 billion active pension fund for […]