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Few firms make a difference

Switzerland-based non-profit organisation World Economic Forum in its Global Entrepreneurship and Successful Growth Strategies of Early-Stage Companies report found the top 5% of the 380,000 companies contribute 72% of total revenue and 67% of total jobs.

Apr 20, 2011

Taiwan started patents bank

The intellectual property bank is to be set up with NT$500m ($17m) from venture capital firms and local equipment companies HTC, Acer and Asustek Computer under the supervision of Taiwan's semi-official Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Apr 12, 2011

Long-term investing to shrink

World Economic Forum and consultancy firm Oliver Wyman's report finds long-term institutional investing to shrink and will affect company strategy.

Mar 30, 2011

Galleon trial update

Press reports on trial of Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group.

Mar 23, 2011

Call for venturing tax break in UK Budget

Requests for the Corporate Venturing Scheme (CVS) tax break to be brought back in the UK.

Mar 23, 2011

Huawei loses 3Leaf vote

Barack Obama will have to decide after Huawei declined to sell on 3Leaf assets as part of a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Feb 16, 2011

EU's 'miniscule' chance of using research

Academic behind part of European Union's innovation policy fears continent will miss corporate venturing's input.

Feb 8, 2011

Leaf drops for Huawei investigation

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is scrutinizing Huawei's deal for server technology firm 3Leaf, which the Chinese telecom gear maker completed in May, for US national security implications, according to newswire Reuters.

Jan 29, 2011

Facebook boost to overseas investors

US-listed investment bank Goldman Sachs has withdrawn its offer to sell shares in social network company Facebook to its American clients after regulatory pressure.

Jan 19, 2011

SEC examines Facebook deal

The SEC is reviewing Goldman Sachs as private companies can only have 499 investors before being required to disclose financial data, whereas the investment bank wants to create a special purpose vehicle to allow any number of clients to invest up to another $1.5bn in Facebook under just one investor's name.

Jan 7, 2011
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