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Zynga

Zynga gets another $180 million, expect more game addicts on Facebook

Zynga is the company responsible for all those spam like games, such as FarmVille or MafiaWars. All these games are targeted to Facebook and they make money by showing advertisements. All these social type of games target the very basic human emotion of achievement. Most … Read More

Sao Paulo Copan

Venture Capital Firms in Brazil, 2009

This is a special blog post dedicated to Brazil’s venture capital firms. Before getting into the list, I want to make it clear that private equity investments are much stronger than venture capital investments. There may be four reasons for a small venture capital market … Read More

Little start

Venture Capital Firms in Canada – November 2009

This is a complete list of all the VC firms in Canada. = A must see.   = A firm dedicated mostly in early stage companies. VC firms only AVAC Ltd. Avrio Ventures Management Corp. Brightspark Capital Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture Capital … Read More

Private Equity Firms in Canada – November 2009

This is a complete list of all the Private Equity firms in Canada. = A firm dedicated more to Private Equity or late stage startups.  = A mix firm with investment in VC and PE. PE and VC firms 32 Degrees Capital Aberdeen Gould Annapolis … Read More

Related Companies and Services to Venture Capital and Private Equity in Canada

Other Firms Related to PE & VC industry (Some of these companies may be venture capital and private equity firms but they were also investing heavily in other areas in finance, such as asset management, etc.) AccuVal Associates, Incorporated Acorn Partners Merchant Bankers Adventity Inc. … Read More

Entrepreneur's Guide to Preparing a Winning Business Plan and Raising Venture Capital

Some Books that I Need to Finish Before Starting my MBA

I need to finish these books before starting my MBA in Canada in September!           Share and Enjoy:

Startups and Venture Capitalists Beware

Read it later: Startups and Venture Capitalists Beware

  I found an interesting post from Matt Eventoff (http://www.matteventoff.com) about how entrepreneurs should be careful of how to communicate to venture capitalists.  He tell us that entrepreneurs should get a central message and practice the presentation.  Basically, a lot of entrepreneurs do not get … Read More

Shrinking Canada VC market

Shrinking Venture Capital Market in Canada

      The Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association released a report yesterday (May 12th) that the venture capital market continues to fall in the first quarter of 2009, continuing the shrinking trend from 2008. In the Canadian landscape, only $ 275 million … Read More

Origins of the Colors

All posts related to Venture Capital Method!

    This is the post for all the current material about Venture Capital Method!   Venture Capital Method: Valuation Considering Schedule Slip in the Startup Venture Capital Method: Valuation Considering Multiple Rounds of Investments Venture Capital Method: Valuation Considering Granting Stock Options to Management … Read More

TheStartup - European startups and entrepreneurs

Link: TheStartup, European Startups and Entrepreneurs

  TheStartup is a blog about European startups and entrepreneurs, it is a quite new website and it looks promising. Some of the highlights in the website: European Founders Capital, a 20m fund for european tech startups yellowBird creates the first 360° immersive video theStartup … Read More

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Link: ResultsON – Brazil Startup Magazine

This is a free online and offline magazine about Brazilian startups. Portuguese only! http://www.resultson.com.br/ Share and Enjoy:

A guide in Tibet

Canada Venture Capital Industry Guide

This is a complete guide of all the most important resources about venture capital industry in Canada. It is a good way to start your research about VC industry if you are in Canada.    What Venture Capital is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital   Associations, Networking and Groups … Read More

Some interesting sites: 2009 April 12

Load Impact - check how well you website can handle heavy workload @ http://loadimpact.com/ Seedcamp – check an entrepreneur event where you can meet with a lot of interestign people with interesting ideas @ http://seedcamp.com/ Chocolate Cookies – I made some cookies today with this recipe @ http://www.joyofbaking.com/ChocolateCookies.html … Read More