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Wireless Venture Capital

Wireless Venture Capital Welcome to our section for useful venture capital resources.






Featured Research Reports

IDT Corporation

IDT Corporation is an innovative and opportunity seeking multinational holding company with operations that span several industries. Through its Telecom subsidiary, IDT provides telecommunications services worldwide to the retail and wholesale markets. IDT Energy operates an Energy Services Company (ESCO) in New York State. IDT subsidiary American Shale Oil Corporation (AMSO) manages IDT`s oil shale ventures. IDT`s Capital division incubates newer businesses, and the Company`s Spectrum subsidiary holds its spectrum license assets. IDT Telecom provides retail and wholesale telecommunications services and products, including pre-paid and rechargeable calling cards, consumer local, long distance, and wireless phone services, and wholesale carrier services. Under the Net2Phone brand name, the Company also provides a range of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communications services. IDT Capital`s operations include receivables portfolio management and collection, brochure distribution, Internet Mobile Group, Net2Phone Ventures and other initiatives.

Published By: SGA Lists
Date Published: Jan 2009

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Payment Card Competitor Tracker: August 2009

Introduction

The Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides expert analysis and opinion on the strategic moves of leading competitors in the payment card market. Produced on a monthly basis, the Tracker is a global product and covers 60 players, including American Express, Barclaycard, Capital One, Citigroup, Discover, GE Money, First Data, HSBC, JCB, MasterCard, Standard Chartered and Visa.

Reasons to Purchase
  • Gain invaluable information on your key competitors in one concise document, and track long-term trends using the interactive news database.
  • Sharpen your strategy by implementing the best market, product, competitor and strategic developments of leading global players.
  • Learn the Datamonitor Cards & Payments Team's view on the most important competitor developments in the month.
Please Note: This product is delivered as a zip file

Published By: Datamonitor
Date Published: Sep 2009

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Useful Resources

Australian Investment Network We have created Australia's largest database of angel investors who are regular investors in various industries involving Australian small businesses and start-ups. You can submit your confidential investment proposal for free and it only takes a couple of minutes. You pay nothing unless an investor wishes to contact you. The $99 fee will allow you contact with the investor and all other investors who wish to contact you.
Business2.0 Venture Capital: Major Players A hand-picked directory of the best business links on the web.
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) The trade association that represents the venture capital industry. It is a member-based organization. Its membership consists of venture capital firms and organizations who manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in young, emerging companies.
VCgate
Venture Capital Directory A powerful and extensive directory of venture capital, private equity, merchant banking, and other investment firms from all over the world. If you are looking for funding, VCgate can help you search more quickly and efficiently. With VCgate, you gain the power to find and contact the firms most likely to partner with you!
Growthink Research Growthink Research is a research firm that tracks and analyzes wireless companies that have successfully raised venture capital funding.
Network World Fusion Venture capital database This is a database of information from the PricewaterhouseCoopers / Network World Venture Capital Survey, listing recipients of funding from venture-capital firms. See who got VC money, how much, from whom and for what, using any of several different search criteria.
PostIdea

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Thinking about funding your current business, launching a new business, a restaurant, a communications firm, or a technology venture? Upload your business plan to PostIdea.com's secure network and get the best funding or partners, to support your venture!
StartupJournal Financing News, articles and resources.
VentureOne Venture Capital and Private Equity Research and Information.
VentureReporter.net Comprehensive database of non-public companies in the world. Tracks every venture capital investment as well as every merger and acquisition of note.

VentureReporter.net on Wireless news and articles.

WirelessMatch WirelessMatch facilitates private equity investment in early stage companies operating in the wireless applications, content and technology markets.

 


Venture Capital Firms

Nokia Venture Partners Launched in 1998, Nokia Venture Partners is a private global venture capital firm and a leading investor into the mobile and IP technology space. With USD$650 million under management, Nokia Venture Partners is backed by numerous value add limited partners. The fund builds partnerships with early stage leading edge mobile technology companies targeting high-growth market opportunities around the world.
Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) The investment focus of Norwest Venture Partners, broadly defined as information technology, includes enterprise software and communications technologies.
Resurgence Capital Portfolio companies are pioneers in the areas of telecommunications, internet infrastructure and security markets with outstanding products, sound business models and experienced management teams. By providing a robust combination of financial, strategic and technological assistance, Resurgence adds substantial value to its portfolio companies
Wireless Ingenuity A venture capital and development firm, Wireless Ingenuity actively fosters the development of Next Generation wireless products and services by facilitating value creation for both entrepreneurs and wireless carriers. Through the various stages of venture fund investment, Wireless Ingenuity helps to accelerate the commercial application of customer-focused products.
Worldview Technology Partners A leading technology venture capital firm. Worldview’s partners bring diverse insights gained by years of operating experience as successful entrepreneurs, senior F100 executives, and venture investors. Focused investment strategy in telecom and Internet infrastructure companies.

 

Recent Venture Capital Headlines

Yahoo Wireless Egyptian-funded Globalive not Canadian enough (AP)
AP - Canada's telecom regulator said Thursday that startup wireless carrier Globalive does not comply with Canada's ownership standards because it is majority funded and controlled by Orascom, an Egyptian telecom company.

ZDNet Orange, T-Mobile merge to create UK's largest carrier
Decreasing revenue and heavy competition trigger the UK's biggest mobile merger, which will give the new joint venture the lead position in the UK with more than 28 million customers

IPO News Ask Startups: Is Employee Retention Overrated?
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Network World RFID vendor Reva Systems raises $5 million from venture backers
RFID infrastructure vendor Reva Systems has raised $5 million in a new round of venture funding.

Network World Buying from start-ups in the challenging economy - good or bad?
One topic that has received a lot of attention in these economic times is the viability of buying from start-ups in 2009. Sequoia Capital, one of the country's leading venture capital firms, has a presentation that describes the state of the economy and highlights what it all means to start-ups. Sequoia makes a number of recommendations for start-ups, including focusing on quality, lowering risk and reducing debt. It is difficult to argue with those recommendations. The problem is that the presentation con...

Network World Two start-ups, Egress and SafeMashups, make debut today
Two start-ups, Egress Software Technologies and SafeMashups, each make their debut today with security products that have a crypto-tech edge to make data flowing across the Internet safer.

Network World Start-ups air cable industry innovations
A panel of five start-ups at The Cable Show '09 pitched technologies designed to change the cable industry.

Network World Venture cash for Internet companies takes a nosedive
Venture capitalists dramatically scaled back investments in Internet-specific companies in the second quarter of 2009, even as the venture industry on the whole showed signs of rebounding.


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