One of the things that entrepreneurs constantly lament on is the lack of capital in soft markets such as Atlanta. However, the money is out there – it is simply a matter of bridging to it. If you are an entrepreneur, angel investor (wannabe or otherwise), or early-stage venture capitalist looking for deals in Georgia …
From the two high flying deals seen with CoalTek (DFJ) and Range Fuels (Vinod Khosla) to at least two dozen either early-stage companies or commercializable technologies coming out of our universities – the great “Georgia greenrush” is really picking up. The Deal’s Stacey Higginbotham just compiled a list of 35 clean technology startups seeking funding. …
The market in Atlanta is challenging. We want desperately to climb higher in the venture rankings; and why not? It certainly is in our best interest to do so. The other day, I came across the following post on another blog. I replaced the actual city in context with the word “SOMECITY” – and the …
If you are interested in learning more about the ATDC, check out Lance Weatherby’s recent post announcing his new information sessions. This would seem to be a good, no-cost way of learning more about the ATDC, and if it is right for your company. Cheers.
In continuing with our torrid pace of podcasting, Mike Blake and I sat down and had a great discussion with Stephen Fleming of VentureLab. Enjoy the latest installment of our StartupLounge.com podcast. We also picked Stephen’s brain on the current early-stage/venture landscape here in Atlanta. We also did a deep dive into XCOR Aerospace (one …
A little bird flew in my window yesterday and told me that Noro Moseley Venture Partners should be closing Fund VI sometime next week. There has been much speculation on the street about the difficulties they’ve had in raising this fund, so it is good to see this finally reach a positive conclusion. Now, the …
I’ve been saying for a while that one of the biggest trends in venture is transparency. Unless you are considered to be a tier 1 global player (and most investors aren’t), you can’t expect to get good deal flow by sitting in your office. You have to be part of the solution, and not the …
For those of you who are playing along at home, one of the many problems we have here in Georgia is that the State’s pension funds are not tappable for investment within the private sector. Georgia is one of the few states that doesn’t allow this. This issue has long been considered one of the …
One of the things that I ponder a great deal are the various ways that we can enhance the startup ecosystem here in Georgia. As I blogged about recently, there is definitely a lot of pent-up energy out there, and I really do feel that we’re on the verge of breaking through. However, one issue …
The Atlanta Business Chronicle is reporting this morning that former dot-com pioneer and CEO of iXL Bert Ellis (my old boss) is embarking on a new venture called Brash Entertainment. The headline reads “Game Startup Raising $150M,” and the article goes on to discuss their model of building video games around popular movie releases. The …