| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.04.2026 | CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: BlackPeak Co-Leads Almost €30M Alcatraz Round | Company:
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing impact of CEE-born founders on the global stage. Take a look at the latest news in funding, startup milest... |
| 10.11.2023 | AI-generated video tutorials now employer’s best friend – with Guidde | The next step in visual guide development, says startup's CEO Yoav Einav, is personalization
Here’s one more business application for generative AI: how-to video guides to get employees up to speed on new software. It launched on the market... |
| 29.06.2009 | Does a venture capitalist’s size — and network — matter? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
What are the factors driving performance of ventu... |
| 29.06.2009 | Does a venture capitalist’s size — and network — matter? | What are the factors driving performance of venture capital firms? Does their size, or the size of their network, matter?
These are questions people have been asking for a long time. If there were simple answers, institutional investors — t... |
| 03.04.2009 | The VC walking dead: Extended edition | A couple weeks ago, Dan Primack of PE Hub blogged a list of venture capital firms he termed the “VC Walking Dead” — firms that by all indication appear to still be in business but lack the cash to bring new investments on board. This got us... |
| 18.02.2009 | Airband books $3M for its fixed-wireless network | Airband, the Dallas-based provider of a fixed-wireless network for businesses, announced that it brought in $3 million in sixth-round funding from undisclosed investors to continue building out its existing network.
The nine-year-old compan... |
| 30.12.2008 | Sylantro and BroadSoft merge to form VoIP powerhouse | The voice-over-internet-protocol space just got less crowded. Big name BroadSoft has just acquired long-time competitor Sylantro Systems for an undisclosed sum. The merger may portend many to come for VoIP companies in 2009 as the recession... |
| 04.08.2008 | eASIC announces a 45-nanometer custom design process for smaller fish in chips | The hardest thing about starting a chip company these days is the cost. A big team of engineers has to work for 18 months or more to create a custom chip. Then it takes $1 million for the templates, or masks, that the factory needs to stamp... |
| 23.05.2008 | Networking chip firm Arteris raises $7.5 million | Arteris has raised $7.5 million in a third round of financing to fund its networking chip technology.
DoCoMo capital came aboard as a new investor, joining existing investors Crescendo Ventures, TVM Capital, Ventech and Synopsis Inc. in the... |
| 13.03.2008 | eASIC melds custom chips with fast-turnaround approach | Do chip start-ups really exist anymore?
Not seeing many, we were going to propose changing the name of Silicon Valley to Social Networking Valley. But now eASIC, a maker of rapid-turnaround custom chips, comes along to remind us that it’s s... |
| 29.01.2008 | ShoZu raises $12M to connect mobile phones to Web | ShoZu, a London-based company that lets users connect their cell phones to social networking sites, has raised $12 million in a third round of funding.
ShoZu was one of the finalists for “best mobile start-up” in the 2007 Crunchies awarded ... |
| 15.01.2008 | Novalux: Walking corpse from 2000 finally finds grave | Silicon Valley’s Novalux, after eating through about $300 million in capital and debt from at least a dozen investors, has finally found a peaceful end.
The Sunnyvale, Calif. company, which initially wanted to sell laser technology to telec... |
| 14.01.2008 | Struggling venture capital firms Maven, Vanguard, Crescendo | Update: I regret writing this article. PEHub reported that Maven has gone “kaput,” and I cited that report. But it’s not true, and it’s also not true that Maven has given up fundraising. Jennifer Gill Roberts called to tell me her firm cont... |
| 16.08.2006 | Crescendo’s two strikes, and why it matters | Crescendo Ventures is another struggling Silicon Valley venture firm.
Some are asking whether Crescendo should bother even trying to raise a new fund of money to invest. In our assessment, the firm has got two strikes against it. The third ... |
