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Karen Wilson at the OECD

It’s not easy tracking angel investment data, so says Karen Wilson in her new book written for the OECD, Financing High Growth Firms, The Role of Angel Investors. I’ve seen her present her research at conferences in Warsaw, Ottawa and Cambridge; today she’s assembled all of it into the book. Would you be surprised to [… Read More]

Venture Capital vs. Angel Investing

The NVCA‘s Head of Research, John Taylor, joins Tech Coast Angels Chairman Emeritus, Dave Berkus, for a lively discussion about the latest trends in early stage investing. During Dave’s introduction he mentions 87 investments, so I have to digress to talk about the latest startup he sent into Screening, AdventureLink. One feature of this funding [… Read More]

Ray Schuder, AMD

Creating a video conferencing product? Image processing? 3-D technology? Something that requires lots of processing power? If so, you might fit well with AMD‘s new Strategic Venture Fund. Ray Schuder was tapped to come on board; he tells me all about it. Show #340

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Berkus, Skaist and Parsons: The Relevance of Venture Capital

Dave Berkus makes his 21st appearance on the Show, joining Stradling’s Mark Skaist and Transcepta’s Ray Parsons Dave Berkus describes the “Renaissance” that’s happening in venture capital right now. Is this a good thing? Or a pretty predictable precursor of another bubble? Today we cover what I recently proposed as the Five Keys to Success [… Read More]

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Versant Ventures’ Bill Link

Versant Ventures‘ Bill Link describes the history of medical device venture investing in southern California. Show #62 (41:54) Listen Tweet

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