Although they have remained silent for the good part of 2013, venture capitalists are now going back to China as the IPO market opens, but strategic investors are offering tough competition, The Wall Street Journal blog Venture Capital Dispatch reported.
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Vietnamese mobile game Flappy Bird hits top spot on app stores
Flappy Bird, a mobile game created by Hanoi-Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen of dotGears Studios, hit the top spot of free mobile apps in the Google Play and iOS app stores, mainly because it is very challenging and frustrating.
Evergreen funds are good for Asian private equity - venture capitalist
A venture capitalist is urging Asian investors to consider placing bets in evergreen funds, and said that these type of funds are a good fit for them.
NFL seen tapping into wall street professionals for top posts
A surge in hiring former Wall Street professionals to top positions in sports leagues such as NFL has been seen in recent times, thanks to the fact that sports leagues like the NFL are billion-dollar generating enterprises.
American finance app Mint integrates with Coinbase for faster bitcoin and finance tracking
Mountain View, California-based personal finance app Mint is integrating with San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet service Coinbase to help clients track their bitcoins along with their other financial accounts.
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For the first time, tech companies like Google Inc and Apple Inc will be allowed to give information about government requests for customer data, Bloomberg data.
Orlando, US-based online interactive education startup Treehouse launched a new course that aims to teach beginners how to create and design iPhone apps through tutorials and tests.
Dell announced that it will start carrying MakerBot's 3D printers and scanners - a deal that may remove 3D printing in the niche industry and push the technology into mainstream.
FundersClub, the online network that links accredited investors with promising startups globally, has launched a community news site for private investors called "Venture News," VentureBeat reported.
The forecasts of the ongoing cold weather in several US key cities has made investors increase their bets on US natural gas futures.
According to a private equity official, the private equity industry in Sri Lanka is interested in backing small and mid-sized firms that have a winning business model and a plan for growth, the Lanka Business Online reported.
Despite the limitations experienced by the Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies, HP security and payments expert Slava Gomzin sees the digital currencies making its way to more brick-and-mortar stores.
Chairman Jifan Gao of Trina Solar Ltd said that there will be an acceleration in the rate of consolidations in the solar manufacturing industry in the next three years, Bloomberg reported.
India's private equity industry is growing and fund managers are getting seasoned industry veterans to help manage their portfolios and add more value to their investments, The Financial Express reported.
