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HBD Venture Capital announced yesterday, 29 November 2007, that it had invested R25 million in the highly successful African food, art, music and retail business, moyo.
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WASHINGTON—-Allied Capital Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed the structuring and syndication of $73.5 million in senior credit facilities for PharMEDium Services, LLC .
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TVM Capital, which operates an office in Boston, reports opening a New York office while hiring two investors and promoting a third.
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U.S. venture capital firms invested a record $2.6 billion in clean technology in the first nine months of 2007 — a 46 percent jump compared to the $1.8 billion invested in all of 2006.
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New company in portfolio ? Points set for growth capital investment/Venture Capital/Private Equity Mannheim (euro adhoc) – November 30, 2007: At Leonardo Venture GmbH …
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The $2bn Global Strategic Equities Fund (GSEF) founded and sponsored by Dubai International Capital LLC (DIC), the international investment arm of Dubai Holding, today announces that it has formed an advisory board of global business leaders.
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News; TSX: TOC – News) over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the eighth paragraph, first sentence, should read “GreatPoint Energy, Inc.” rather than “Greenpoint Energy Inc” and that second sentence should read “GreatPoint” rather than “Greenpoint” as originally issued inadvertently.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CleanTech investments by US venture capital firms reached $2.6 billion from 168 deals in the first three quarters of 2007, according to data from Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association.
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SAN DIEGO—-L.A. Fairchild Denim Bar announced today that Avalon Capital Group, Inc., a wholly owned private investment company owned by Ted Waitt, co-founder of Gateway Inc., has made a significant investment in the next phase of growth of the L.A.
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New Delhi, Nov. 28 The Indian auto industry is not as hot a proposition as it was last year, going by the sharp drop in private equity deals in the sector.
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Eola Capital today closed on a $50 million acquisition of two Orlando office buildings located north of the central business district in Maitland Center. The purchase increases Eola Capital’s acquisition volume for 2007 to just over $600 million and increases the company’s total assets to more than $1.6 billion with over 10 million square [...]

Laser Energetics, Inc. announced today that the toxic convertible debentures that the Company previously issued to Cornell Capital Partners LP have been paid in full.
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Matthew J. Hawryluk, a second-year MBA student at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, was named the William G. McGowan Scholar for the 2007-2008 academic year.
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Challenged with making its television and newspaper businesses adapt to an increasingly online world, Belo Corp. has hired venture capital and technology veteran Edward Olkkola as its senior vice president of business development, the Dallas-based media company said Monday.
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Venture capital and private equity fund management firm, Venture Partners Botswana (VPB),which currently manages the CEDA Venture Capital Fund, is in the process of raising money for a second fund which will be capitalised to the tune of 150 million euros.
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DALLAS , Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) announced today that it has named Edward E. (Ed) Olkkola senior vice president/Business Development.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—-Somera Capital Management has entered into a joint venture with Aslan Realty Group to acquire Legacy Key, a 350-unit garden-style apartment community in the desirable Sandy Springs area of Atlanta.
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PARIS & ATLANTA—-biospace med, the orthopaedic imaging company, announced today the closing of $18 million in venture capital financing led by NBGI Ventures and Credit Agricole Private Equity .
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Stem cell technology pioneer, Plasticell, has secured an investment of £250,000 from The Capital Fund. Established in 2002, The Capital Fund is a £50 million venture capital fund that backs fast growing small and medium-sized companies in the Greater London area, and is the largest of the nine UK regional venture capital funds. [click link [...]

QUESTION: I am interested in starting a business in Collier County, but have limited financial resources. What are my options for obtaining a business loan?
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The booming life sciences industry has led two of the state’s newest funds to become its busiest. (RHT)
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Local venture capital firms say a proposal in Washington to increase taxes on carried interest could put the kibosh on innovative start-up companies in Middle Tennessee.
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Many women are wrestling with the weight of indecisiveness or the lack of direction in venturing into business. However all it takes to make your ideas tangible is guidance and courage to take the steps, writes PATIENCE ATUHAIRE
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“Now pay attention, 007!” In the James Bond novels and films, it fell to technical expert Q to invent the gizmos and cunningly concealed weapons that helped the British spy cheat death and save the world.
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SAN JOSE ? 11/23/07 ? Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a multi-year, $16 billion expansion in China with investments in manufacturing, venture capital, and education.
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Editor’s note: Charlotte Beat is a regular feature on Wednesdays. CHARLOTTE…A new venture fund called Lighthouse Capital plans to open offices in Charlotte, the Research Triangle and Atlanta focusing on information technology and communication investments, says Daniel Friel, managing director.
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ISLAMABAD (November 23 2007): The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has enhanced the capital requirement for the Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) and categorised NBFCs into two groups/clusters where first group would cover asset management companies (mutual funds) and second leasing, investment banking and housing finance units under new NBFCs Rules-2007.
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At Second Avenue Partners, being a bit of an oddball is a good thing.
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