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Venture Capital Jobs

Job Concerns Split Evenly Among Venture Capitalists

February 22, 2010

Concerns about their job security are almost evenly split among venture capitalists, between “somewhat concerned” at 40 percent and “not concerned” at 47 percent, according to the recently-released 2010 JobSearchDigest PEVC Compensation Report. Those who were somewhat concerned mentioned fund raising concerns, the risk of being downsized, and the future of the VC industry overall […]

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Q4 Points to Subtle Shift in Venture Capital Jobs

January 25, 2010

Overall 2009 was a dismal year for venture capital investment, with a 31 percent drop, from $31 billion down to $21.4 billion, worth of deals completed. That’s according to reports that track venture capital funding from the MoneyTree Survey from the National Venture Capital Association and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. However, the industry saw a bit of […]

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Cautious Optimism for 2010 Venture Capital Jobs

December 27, 2009

The National Venture Capital Association has released Venture View 2010, its annual survey of more than 325 venture capitalists across the U.S. Among the findings: most respondents predict slightly more dollars going into more companies in 2010. But the prognosis for the entire asset class is a gradual pullback in size, over the next five […]

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Focus Your Venture Capital Job Search Here

December 14, 2009

Green ventures, web technology and health care. Those are the most attractive sectors for venture capital projects moving forward, according to Terry McGuire, co-founder and general partner of Polaris Venture Partners and chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). New social media ventures and certain aspects of the consumer market are also growing, according […]

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More Optimism for Venture Capital Jobs

November 30, 2009

There is more optimism in Silicon Valley these days as a modest rebound in venture funding hints that the tech sector may be a leading indicator of economic recovery. Mercury News reports that Bay Area start-ups landed nearly 50 percent of venture capital dollars in the last quarter, with clean-tech companies raking in the largest […]

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Hot Sectors for Venture Capital Jobs

November 9, 2009

Four sectors will lead the field for venture capital investment and job creation according to Rebecca Foreman Janjic, a partner at the Framingham, Mass.-based recruitment firm of Polachi, Inc. In an interview with Troymedia, she singles out: clean technology, mobile applications, consumer Internet/social media and infrastructure software. A venture capital job candidate with experience in […]

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Biggest Venture Capital Deals of the Year

October 26, 2009

After much angst over the drop-off in VC deals in 2008, activity appears to be heating up. The Wall Street Journal recently revealed the top 10 VC funding deals of the year, using data from Dow Jones VentureSource. It’s a must-know list for anyone interested in discussing the industry during their interview for a venture […]

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Venture Capitalists Deserve More Credit

October 15, 2009

Venture capitalists have been getting a bad rap in the press lately, either for lackluster 10-year returns, not supporting enough innovation, or even contributing to the financial meltdown. However, Paul Kedrosky, an investor, writer, and entrepreneur well known for his blog, Infectious Greed, and his columns for TheStreet/RealMoney, has a pointed defense of the industry […]

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California is the Place for Green Capital Jobs

September 30, 2009

There’s no better place for growing green technology start-ups and creating green-collar jobs than California. That’s the opinion of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a rebuttal published by Reuters to political rival Meg Whitman, who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008. Both are thinking […]

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Signs of Life in Silicon Valley Hiring

September 23, 2009

After a virtual freeze in IPOs and exits, a report by BBC says that buy-out and start-up activity in the Valley is heating up, and investors are taking notice. Recent deals have included the purchase of Mint.com by Intuit for $170m, Adobe buying Omniture for $1.8bn, Skype selling to a private equity syndicate for $2bn […]

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