Liqvid e-Learning Services, an educational software maker based in India, has began talks with different venture capital firms for another round of equity funding, according to sources interviewed by The Economic Times.

Venture capitalists continue to look to Bangalore, Chennai and other companies located in the southern portion of India for deals, The Times of India reported.

A lot of changes are taking place in the venture capital landscape and venture capital funds need to adapt or risk not thriving in the new landscape, The Economist reported.

The mergers and acquisitions activity for companies supported by venture capital has continued to decline even with the sizable acquisition of Nest Labs by Google, The WSJ's Digits reports.

Drugmakers from Europe are getting lured to the Boston-Cambridge area as the biotechnology boom makes it the envy of other biotechnolgy hubs in the world, Bloomberg reported.

Despite a slowdown in venture capital fundraising last year, there were more venture firms that closed capital in 2013 compared to that of the previous year, according to the Wall Street Journal blog Venture Capital Dispatch citing data from DJX LP Source.

The former head of ORIX USA, Jim Thompson, has launched Preston Hollow Capital, an investment company that will target fixed income, venture capital and hedge funds.

For venture capital firm Atomico founder Niklas Zennström , Silicon Valley is not the only technology hub where great firms can come from. He says they can come from anywhere.

Venture capital firms have supported niche e-commerce firms in India like CarDekho.com and Lenskart because they are profitable but require less capital, The Financial Express reported.

As the hype about the Bitcoin dies, a PCWorld report asks if the well for venture funding for the digital currency has come to an end.