First-quarter venture capital investments jump 35%

Earlier this year the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) awarded its prestigious “Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year” prize to Ben Franklin TechVentures.  

Research Recap submits: Venture capitalists invested $733.3 million in the clean technology sector in the first quarter of 2010, a 68% increase from the first quarter of last year, according to data released by Dow Jones VentureSource.

Venture capitalists and investors are continuing to pour money into startups.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Investments by U.S.-based venture capitalists fell 12 percent last quarter to $6.49 billion, according to consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters, underscoring the toll an uncertain economy is taking on the venture industry. Venture capitalists spread their cash across 890 companies in the third quarter, compared with 992 companies a year earlier. In the year earlier period, they invested $7.34 billion. Software companies continued to dominate, raking in $2.09 billion, down slightly from $2. ...

By Renaissance Capital IPO Research: The US IPO market continued to show positive signs this week, as the number of upcoming pricings increased to 11. Six companies, representing an even mix of the basic resources, technology and oil & gas industries, moved ahead with their deals this week.

Investing in startups rose 35 percent in the first quarter, with both venture capitalists and bigger corporations loosening their wallets and dollars flowing to emerging entrepreneurs.

TORONTO – TMX Group, backed by some of the country’s largest banks and pension funds, is poised to make both small and large acquisitions, the exchange group’s chief executive said Tuesday. “We are not standing still. We are focused on growth and prepared to act when the opportunity makes sense,” Tom Kloet said, laying out a strategy that includes both organic growth and the acquisition of key assets to “advance” the business.

By Ganaxi Small Cap Movers:New York-based Orbimed Advisors is the world’s largest healthcare investment company, with approximately $5 billion in assets under management.