Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Washington region’s start-up community has churned up investment dollars in big doses lately as entrepreneurs launch companies that look to shape industries as varied as childhood education, retail marketing and energy consumption. There was $125 million for Herndon-based education provider K12. The District-based daily dealmaker LivingSocial fetched $400 million. Arlington-based energy conservation company GridPoint took in $23.6 million. The deals have made headlines not just for their size, but for what they may signal: a new wave of funding after the economic downturn punctured a hole in the venture capital markets and made money harder to come by. Read full article > >
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A more diverse venture capital ecosystem emerges post-recession
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Washington region’s start-up community has churned up investment dollars in big doses lately as entrepreneurs launch companies that look to shape industries as varied as childhood education, retail marketing and energy consumption. There was $125 million for Herndon-based education provider K12. The District-based daily dealmaker LivingSocial fetched $400 million. Arlington-based energy conservation company GridPoint took in $23.6 million. The deals have made headlines not just for their size, but for what they may signal: a new wave of funding after the economic downturn punctured a hole in the venture capital markets and made money harder to come by. Read full article > >
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A more diverse venture capital ecosystem emerges post-recession
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Posted in 2011, art, border, business, CAP, capital, capital markets, CIA, community, companies, consumption, DEA, dollar, downturn, economic, ecosystem, education, energy, EU, funding, GE, GI, GM, grid, hp, label, market, Media, merge, money, new, News, NIE, recession, red, START, UC, UN, US, Washington, Xe | Comments Off
