Monthly Archives: May 2003
“Measuring Risk” by Christopher Tarrach – Portfolio Manager, Tarrach Holdings
Most investment fund managers attempt to quantify risk through a variety of numerical measures. When discussing risk in their portfolios, they will use terms like �standard deviation,� �Beta,��Sharpe Ratio,� and many others to give the listener a sense of how […]
Mountain View, Calif., Company to Launch Address-Book Software
May 21–Mountain View’s Plaxo is expected to announce today the launch of its free software, Plaxo Contacts 1.0, that enables users to easily and promptly update their computer’s address book. The company, founded by Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, and […]
Venture Capitalists to Speak on “Venture Capital and the State of Michigan” at Leadership Policy Conference
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 21, 2003–A panel of experts will discuss “Venture Capital and the State of Michigan” to raise the level of understanding of venture capital and its impact oneconomic development at the Leadership Policy Conference. The roundtable discussion […]
Harvard Business School Holds Seventh Annual Business Plan Contest; Winning Teams Tackle Problems of Industry, India
BOSTON, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) — Today’s economy requires a “special type of entrepreneur,” said one of the judges in the final round of the seventh annual Harvard Business School (HBS)Business Plan Contest yesterday. The six contending student teams — […]
SEI Plans Two Public, SEC-Registered Hedge Funds
OAKS, Pa., (HedgeWorld.com) – SEI Investments Management Corp. began the process for selling at least two registered hedge funds of funds by registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SEI registered two feeder funds planned to be sold publicly, SEI […]
Horizon Funds Adds Futures Program to Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund
TORONTO (HedgeWorld.com) – Cornerstone Trading Co. Inc. is the second investment program to be added to the Horizons Tactical Hedge Fund, a Canadian retail hedge fund. With seed assets of C$150,000 (US$111,128), the hedge fund is allocating two-thirds of its […]
Acopia Networks Raises $30 Million in Series B Financing; Round led by STAR Ventures and St. Paul Venture Capital, and Includes Charles River Ventures and Accel Partners
CHELMSFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 21, 2003–Acopia Networks, Inc., a developer of unique Adaptive Resource Networking products, today announced that the company has closed $30 million inadditional funding. This Series B financing brings the total capital raised to over $40 million and […]
Strongbow offers hedge fund
Strongbow Capital Management has launched a shareholder activist hedge fund, Strongbow Capital Ltd. The $18.8 million fund will use a twin-pillar investment strategy of purchasing large blocks of shares in deeply undervalued companies along with an aggressive pursuit of shareholder […]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column
May 21–Bob Lozano raised millions of dollars for his first company, Paylinx Corp., during the Internet boom. Times have changed, but he’s not too worried about funding his second venture, TsunamiResearch. Lozano is one of 20 entrepreneurs who are going, […]
NFR Security Taps New Chief, Acquires $7.5 Million Infusion
NFR Security Inc. plans to announce today a new round of venture capital funding and a new chief executive to lead a sales and marketing expansion effort at the Rockville software firm. Neil Selvin, a former Silicon Valley technology executive […]
Mice ready to move on acquisitions
Nuneaton-based exhibitions and conferences goup Mice Group, yesterday said it was close to securing pounds 80 million in new banking facilities from Barclays Bank which it will use to makeacquisitions. Some of the funds raised may be used to buy […]
Media: The road back from hell will be paved with good inventions
When will the investment money come back? That is the question I have been asked most often by producers, software designers and content creators since the tech bubble not only burst but wasconsigned to the ninth circle of hell – […]