Venture Capital Funding Flat

Posted by Timm | Funding | Monday 24 November 2008 11:54 pm

No surprise given the sluggish economy, but venture capital (VC) funding for U.S. startup companies remained flat in the second quarter.  According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), venture capitalists invested $7.4 billion in 990 deals.

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Funding a Software Startup

Posted by Timm | Funding | Monday 24 November 2008 11:49 pm

Launching a startup software company is like legal gambling:  The stakes are high, the odds are against you, but with persistence and good luck, you could strike it rich.  But as the saying goes, you have to spend money to make money, and software startups can burn through cash like a brush fire through Silicon Valley.  So the trick is to find enough capital to fund your startup until it can sustain itself with customer revenue, without giving up too much ownership and control to your investors.

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