How can a technology professional move into venture capital? [more inside]
posted by arimathea on Feb 2, 2009 - 10 answers

How will the current credit crisis and bank failures affect the tech industry and particularly the availability and quality of venture capital? [more inside]
posted by jacobian on Sep 18, 2008 - 6 answers

How much ROI would a VC be looking for in a late-stage biotechnology startup? [more inside]
posted by alms on May 16, 2008 - 4 answers

A while ago, I started this open-source project called StupidFilter. Things are proceeding well, albeit a bit more slowly than my initial rather optimistic estimates. Recently, a local venture capital firm contacted me about the project and I've got a meeting with them on Friday. Now, I've got a business plan, and I think it's a pretty good one, but I'm not sure what they'll be expecting or looking for. Anyone have experience with getting a tech startup off the ground with VC funding? [more inside]
posted by signalnine on Feb 16, 2008 - 14 answers

Do you work in venture capital, or have you applied for a job at a VC firm? What was the interview process like?
posted by NotMyselfRightNow on Jan 24, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm looking for ~$10,000 to start a simple business and need to write a business plan. Essentially, I have the best price and the best quality for a new tech gadget than no one is seriously marketing in the US. I'm trying to figure out the business plan's formatting, what topics to cover, questions to answer, information to include. Any samples or suggestions are much appreciated. [more inside]
posted by ac on Aug 30, 2007 - 13 answers

I'm looking for names of prominent technology companies that were founded or took their first round of VC investment in 2002, during the post-bubble nadir. [more inside]
posted by nyterrant on Jul 6, 2006 - 4 answers

How would one search out willing venture capitalists? A client of mine has a business plan, a good market, and a group of capable people, but just found her source of funding has dried up. If she can find one or more investors who can commit to funding, she believes that she can make it happen. But how would we find such people? (For the curious, this is a non-tech venture.)
posted by megatherium on Jan 20, 2006 - 6 answers

How would I go about finding an investor for a game I'm working on? [MI] [more inside]
posted by Savvas on Dec 30, 2004 - 11 answers

Amateur economists, VCs, MBA students: what's a fair price for a google share? Based on what assumptions? [more inside]
posted by rkent on Aug 6, 2004 - 13 answers

If you thought you had a great business idea, but it was too expensive to just go for it on your own, how would you go about getting venture capital funding (in England)? Or would you do something completely different?
posted by reklaw on Jul 16, 2004 - 4 answers

Any Mefites out there in the world of venture capital. I'm interviewing for a research/intern position at a VC firm later this week and having no business training (I will hopefully be getting my M.Sc in Comp Sci later this year), I need to study up on the industry and fast. Anyone got any good advice on some decent introductory sites? What buzzwords should I be using in the interview? How badly will my lack of business skills hurt me and how can I minimise that?
posted by PenDevil on Feb 9, 2004 - 5 answers