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SAN FRANCISCO—-CMEA Ventures announced today that Bruce Pasternack has joined the firm as a venture partner. Pasternack’s addition is strategic for CMEA’s Energy & Materials investment practice at a time when this sector is experiencing unprecedented growth in investment opportunities and start up investments can benefit from as much experience as possible to meet the [...]

Venture capital trusts provide a wide range of investments – including marketing pop events, says Paul Farrow Read More at Daily Telegraph…

At an extraordinary general meeting held on December 1, 2007, at IBN RUSHD headquarters in Yanbu industrial city, the SABIC affiliate, the Arabian Industrial Fibers Company (IBN RUSHD) approved the General Investments Fund (GIF) as a partner in IBN RUSHD. Read More at AME Info…

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 [...]

Business Finance and city news online from Interactive Investor (www.iii.co.uk). Plus financial and currency market news and information 24/7. Stock prices, share prices, currency markets news and business finance headlines. Also news from AFX and Reuters. Read More at Interactive Investor…

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) — While I was on vacation in Prague in late September, a number of angel investors and entrepreneurs gathered in a building on posh boulevard Na Pr

Even the best business plan needs start-up money. That’s why York Technical College’s Entrepreneur Network will host financing guru Bill Payne at 6 p.m. Tuesday to present “Let’s Make a Deal — Financing Options for Entrepreneurs.” Read More at The Herald…

HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2007 — Advantage Capital Partners, Inter-Atlantic Group and other investors have invested $9 million in U.S. Fiduciary, Inc., a boutique financial services firm focused on serving high-end financial advisors. Read More at PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance…

With investments in the emerging “clean tech” industry continuing to soar, Silicon Valley companies received more than $2.48 billion in venture capital in the third quarter of 2007 – a sign that the valley’s entrepreneurial culture is thriving despite broader economic worries. Read More at San Jose Mercury News…

NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE — Iptivia, Inc. announced that it has completed a Series A financing round led by Paladin Capital Group with participation from OmniCapital Group and additional investments from the founding team. Read More at Broadcast Newsroom…

DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of Telecommunications Venture Capital Best Practices: Top VCs and CEOs on Telecom Company Growth Plans, Valuations, Exit Strategies, and Raising Rounds of Capital to their offering. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance…

Alternative investments ? such as hedge funds and venture capital ? are the key reason the nation?s wealthiest colleges are achieving such big gains on their endowments, a new Harvard Business School study has found, reports The Boston Globe. Read More at Chronicle of Philanthropy…

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) — Texas Governor Rick Perry and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine want to join California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger in the venture-capital business. Read More at Bloomberg via Yahoo! News…

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., BUSINESS WIRE — Meritus Ventures announced today that it has made three investments in rural central and southern Appalachia in the past five months. Read More at Rural Ground Running …

BEIJING (AP) ? Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a multiyear, $16 billion expansion in China on Thursday with investments in manufacturing, venture capital and education. Read More at Logistics Management…

PALO ALTO, Calif.—-Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. , a premier specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! [...]

Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a multiyear, $16 billion expansion in China on Thursday with investments in manufacturing, venture capital and education. Read More at AP via Yahoo! News…

Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday announced a multi-year, US$7.5 billion series of initiatives to expand in China with investments in manufacturing, venture capital and education efforts. Read More at AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News…

Venture capital has proven to be an effective tool in fostering economic growth and job creation in many developed countries. However, despite the high level of entrepreneurship and the key role SMEs play in Latin America, it’s still a fledgling industry in the region. Read More at Business News Americas…

Venture capital investment in Tennessee companies increased to $12.5 million in the third quarter, up from $1 million a year ago, with all the investments going to Nashville-based companies. Read More at BizJournals…

In order to invest in definitive and planned projects, largely with established developers, a number of real estate private equity funds, of late, have been setting up shops in the country. But now, venture capital funds, seeing the sector’s growth, are providing seed capital to a corporate, which is planning to venture into real estate [...]

Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — RAB Capital Plc, the hedge fund manager best known for its natural resources investments, may double Asian assets to $2 billion within a year, said Rod Barker, director of business development and distribution. Read More at Bloomberg.com…

AUSTIN, Texas—-HelioVolt Corporation, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar products, today announced the final closing of its Series B funding round for a total of $101 million, with investments from Sequel Venture Partners, Noventi Ventures, and Passport Capital. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance…

RoyaltyShare, a premier provider of digital royalty and content management solutions to the entertainment industry, today announced $4M of additional Series B financing from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Trident Capital. Read More at BDMI and … …

Venture capitalists continued to put more money to work with entrepreneurial companies, as overall U.S. venture capital investment climbed 8% in the third quarter of 2007 compared to the same period last year to reach $8.07 billion, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released today by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young LLP. [...]

Summary Gramercy Capital Corp. (NYSE: GKK) today reported funds from operations (FFO) of $22.9 million, or $0.83 per diluted share, and record net income available to common stockholders of $94.8 million, or $3.43 per diluted … Read More at Finanzen.net…

VentureLink LP, manager of the VentureLink Group of labour-sponsored investment funds, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Varghese, Managing Partner, as a Director of the Board for the CVCA – Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. Read More at CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance…

A New York venture capital firm with millions to spend wants to dig deep into the Austin technology scene. Read More at BizJournals…

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—-Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. announced today that the company has closed an equity investment and recapitalization led by Primus Capital Funds of Cleveland, Ohio. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance…

Venture capital investors and business angels on Wednesday claimed they had been unfairly hammered by a measure the chancellor intended to squeeze more tax from private equity bosses. Read More at FT.com via Yahoo! News…