FEATURE
Software Continues to Eat the Venture Capital World
January 17, 2014 | Xconomy
Venture investments in both software and Internet-specific deals last year amounted to $18.1 billion, or nearly 62 percent of the $29.4 billion total that VCs invested in all industries nationwide, according to the end-of-year MoneyTree Report. Software investments alone accounted for more than a third of the year’s total, as venture firms pumped $10.9 billion into the sector. At the same time, VC funding for Internet-specific companies hit a 12-year high in 2013, with investors sinking more than $7.1 billion into 1,059 transactions nationwide
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This New Kind of Kickstarter Could Change Everything
January 20, 2014 | Time
What if you got to decide your company’s next big project instead of the boss? Some companies are beginning to cede the reins of control to their workers, and they’re looking to an unlikely source as inspiration: crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter. IBM has become one of the most prominent organizations to experiment with enterprise crowdfunding. So far about 1,000 employees in 30 countries have participated in two rounds of IBM crowdfunding.
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UNLV Launches a University Program to Lure More ‘Angel’ Investors
January 18, 2014 | Las Vegas Review Journal
Bill Payne is hoping to get more business owners, doctors, lawyers and investors interested in taking a similar risk to fund angel investor who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs in Las Vegas startups. To do that, Payne and three other investors were recruited to teach a certificate course on angel investing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “I’m not sure there is any other program like this in the U.S.,” Payne says. “This is truly unique.”
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