Category Archives: HedgeCo News

FAME releases guide on venture capital

AUGUSTA – The Finance Authority of Maine has released an information guide on venture capital. The guide, “Financing Bright Ideas: A Primer on Venture Capital in Maine,” provides facts on what venture capital is, how to get it and what […]

Helpful tips for entrepreneurs

Helpful tips for entrepreneurs Start-ups need to work on their pitches for cash, venture capitalist says By JASON GERTZEN [email protected], Journal Sentinel Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Wisconsin entrepreneurs looking for money could stand to polish the pitches they take to […]

Qualcomm to Invest Millions in Chinese Startup Companies

Jun. 4–Hoping to spread its brand of wireless technology, Qualcomm said yesterday that it will invest as much as $100 million in startup companies in China. The money is part of the $500 million venture fund the company started in […]

Capital IQ Tailors Company Database Tools for Hedge Funds

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Capital IQ, which developed a company and deal information system for investment banks and private equity funds, will offer a new version of the software with additionalfeatures designed partly for hedge funds. Hedge funds have been […]

Capital IQ Tailors Company Database Tools for Hedge Funds

NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – Capital IQ, which developed a company and deal information system for investment banks and private equity funds, will offer a new version of the software with additionalfeatures designed partly for hedge funds. Hedge funds have been […]

Property news: Hedges at the root of many disputes

Hedges are the root of many a neighbourhood dispute, so homeowners suffering in the shadow of someone else’s overgrown variety may be pleased to hear about a new leaflet, Over the Garden Hedge. Itoffers advice on the type of hedge […]

UNX Launches New Systems for U.S. Equities Trading

A Technology Roundup NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) – MetaECN and FLEXStream are the latest upgraded trading systems from UNX, which offers trading technology predominantly used by hedge funds. Designed to combine the best trading features of numerous trading platforms, MetaECN is […]

Defywire Eyes Expansion With $4.5 Million Round

The last time Jill Stelfox set out to raise $3.5 million for a start-up company, closing the deal took just 90 days and involved meetings with 25 venture investors. Thatwas in 1999. This time it took Stelfox, chief executive of […]

Singapore Regulator Authorizes Two Additional Platinum Funds

LONDON (HedgeWorld.com) – Platinum Capital Management Ltd. received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore for two more funds, after getting the OK earlier this year to sell two otherhedge funds in Singapore. The new funds available to Singapore investors […]

Make Pitches More Focused, Wisconsin Venture Capitalist Tells Entrepreneurs

Jun. 4–Wisconsin entrepreneurs looking for money could stand to polish the pitches they take to investors. Some approach investors who don’t specialize in that industry. Others seek investment from investors who back more mature companies when what they really need […]

Defywire Eyes Expansion With $4.5 Million Round

The last time Jill Stelfox set out to raise $3.5 million for a start-up company, closing the deal took just 90 days and involved meetings with 25 venture investors. Thatwas in 1999. This time it took Stelfox, chief executive of […]

WebCohort Raises $12 Million in Series B Funding; Adds Asheem Chandna to Board

PALO ALTO, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — 06/04/2003 — WebCohort Inc., the leader in next-generation web applications and database security solutions, today announced that the company has raised $12 millionin Series B financing. The round was led by US Venture […]