Tag Archives : Financial Services

Serial entrepreneur Andrew Birt’s AngelCube will begin to accept applications for Melbourne-based start-ups to become the first group of participants for his latest venture AngelCube from 29th July. AngelCube is [...]

Prospectiv Direct, which operates a daily deals site aimed at women and families called Eversave, has been acquired for $30 million. Prospectiv is an online performance marketing company with an [...]

i/o ventures has unveiled the second class of companies from its program. i/o ventures is an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on mentorship. They work closely with founders [...]

Intuit today announced it has acquired mobile Web banking technology assets from Mobile Money Ventures, or MMV, a leading global provider of next-generation mobile financial solutions. The transaction is expected [...]

An angel investor or angel (also known as a business angel or informal investor) is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible [...]

The Top 30 with links to their Twitter Accounts Brad Feld Foundry Group James D. Robinson III RRE Ventures Peter Sinclair Leapfrog Ventures Mark Suster GRP Partners Howard Morgan First [...]

Greenstart is a startup accelerator for cleantech. We help the most promising cleantech startups achieve greater success, faster. The companies we select receive seed funding, three months of mentoring, valuable [...]

Hire the absolute best people you possibly can Find a couple trusted, experienced advisors/mentors. Start simply, prioritize, and maintain focus When fundraising, ask people for advice, not money Create several [...]

Venture Capital firms screen through hundreds–if not thousands–of investment “opportunities” each month. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, it’s important to avoid mistakes and and make the best presentation of [...]

9flats.com, the European leader in peer to peer apartment rentals, has announced today that it has completed a major investment round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures. [...]

Ben Yoskovitz is a founding Partner at Year One Labs, an early stage accelerator in Montreal. He previously founded Standout Jobs (and sold it).Ben has been an entrepreneur for 14+ [...]

I have signed up for a copy of the 7 Steps to Successful Startup by Naeem Zafar, a member of the faculty of Haas Business School at the University of [...]

* Start with zero-based budgeting. * Cutting deeper is the formula to survive, and this is an era of survival of the quickest. * Make sure you have one year’s [...]

Everyone knows that passion is an essential ingredient of being a successful entrepreneur. But John Bradberry in his book talks about the pitfalls of passion or what he calls the [...]

Martin Zwilling is a veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech professional, and angel investor Startups ask me “How much money should I ask for?” The simple answer is the [...]