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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2011 To Introduce Techventure Asiasons Innovation Awards

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Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. Norse-Corp.com developed a fraud-detection system using distributed Internet-monitoring tools, and now is looking to sell this to credit card payment networks for their antifraud programs.

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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Startup Professionals Musings

In another report more specifically on Venture Capital Activity for 2012 , CB Insights noted relatively flat but still healthy funding levels, compared to the previous year (down in total dollars by 7.5%, but up in total deals by 7%). The Internet sector is tops for seed deals. Top five states for venture capital.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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Year-End VC Report Shows Strength of Internet & Early Stage Investment

ReadWriteStart

California is still the leading state for venture capital. 60% of the funding in the state when to Internet and Healthcare companies. No surprise, mobile investment continued to grow. Over 50% of the deals in Washington were in early-stage companies, and almost 60% of the deals were to Internet firms.

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Web 3.0+: The Hyperconnected Global Internet

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I overviewed the growth of the global internet and penetration, noting that the future of the Web was going to be driven by emerging countries, as mobile connectivity continues to be more ubiquitous and the West is largely penetrated. Globalization of the Internet. conference in NYC, in September 2010.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. SF Chronicle: Ultralight startups: little capital, just computer. venture capital. management.

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