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Are Enterprise IT startups the next big deal for VCs?

Original post by Tom Foremski via ZDNet The consumer web has a bright future, says Dave McClure (above). Dave McClure, the highly successful Silicon Valley Angel/Micro VC investor, published a passionate post about the prosperous future for the consumer web, and criticized other investors for moving away from the sector. Mr McClure writes: Recent articles by the WSJ, Fred […]

Silicon Prairie now prime startup territory

Origianl post by Joe McKendrick via smartplanet Earlier this month, we reported on the emergence of Kansas City’s “Startup Village,” spurred by the Google Fiber broadband project. However, there may be more at work than Google’s intervention: there are many other tech hotspots are springing up across the US Midwest, from Iowa to Nebraska. As observed by The New […]

Angels earn their wings

Original post by Josh Pichler via CINCINAT.com Twelve years ago, the Queen City Angels were five guys who would meet at restaurants to talk about investing in local startups and who, group chairman Tony Shipley jokes, hadn’t gotten the memo that the dot-com bubble was about to burst. Now three funds and 54 diverse companies later, the validation-stage […]

Simon Says: Tour the Top 10 Startup Cities in the U.S.

Original post by Marissa Feinberg via FORBES Simon Walker is in the middle of whirring about the top 10 startup cities in America in order to answer every entrepreneurs’ burning-est question:Where is the grass greenest? Even the most brilliant ideas and talented teams need rich, fertile ground to grow. So what city has the best coworking spaces? […]

Silicon Roundabout’s Likely attracts two early-stage investors to target international growth

Original post by growthbusiness.co.uk A social data analytics business based in London’s Tech City has netted £1 million of investment from a duo of firms. Likely has banked a seven-figure investment round, with contributions coming from New World Private Equity and Charlotte Street Capital. The one year-old business operates a system which allows customers to ‘better understand’ how […]