[at BusinessWeek] - Founded by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google s China division, business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups amid strong demand for Web technology
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Private equity emerges from the economic crisis, says Towers Watson
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Market conditions are now providing opportunities for private equity managers and their investors in selective areas of the market, according to research produced by professional services company Towers Watson.
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Institutional Venture Partners raises oversubscribed USD750m fund
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Institutional Venture Partners has closed Institutional Venture Partners XIII, a USD750m later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund.
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Start-up seeks to outflank Google in new market
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[at MarketWatch] - While Google Inc. long ago achieved dominance of Internet search-advertising in the U.S. and many foreign markets, start-up OpenX Technologies Inc. is quietly attempting to outflank the goliath in the burgeoning display-advertising market.
Read more »Rex Energy Announces Joint Venture With Leading Japanese Trading Firm
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[at Fox Business] - Shares of Rex Energy Tuesday after the oil and gas company announced its joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp, Summit Discovery Resources II, one of Japans largest trading and investment firms.
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Commercial real estate leads to more private equity clawbacks
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How bad is the commercial real estate market right now? Well, after a Godsend of a run prior to the financial crisis, reality has set in. For Blackstone, the travails have led to clawbacks.
"Some of its managers returned $3 million in carried interest to investors in Blackstone Real Estate Partners International LP during the second quarter, a person with knowledge of the payments told Bloomberg. "They may pay back an estimated $15.7 million this quarter to another fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners IV."
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Real-Time Analytics Startup Chartbeat Raises $3 Million
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[paidContent.org] - Chartbeat, an analytics startup that provides subscribers with a snapshot of how people are interacting with their sites—in real-time—has raised $3 million in a first round of funding from Index Ventures.
Read more »Accel buys stake in e-commerce site
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[at Financial Times] - Accel Partners, the venture capital fund that backed Facebook and RealNetworks RNWK, has taken a significant minority stake in one of Europe s largest private member e-commerce websites.
Read more »Google acquires social networking startup Angstro (Reuters)
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Google Inc has acquired Angstro, a startup that sorts news and information across social networks like Facebook, a spokesman for the leading Web search provider said on Sunday.
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