Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Venture Adventure

“Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.” -- Michel de Montaigne (French Philosopher and Writer. 1533-1592)
Venture capital seeks out and promotes promising startup technology businesses.  Many of the startups fail.  Others succeed big time.

To find the likely winners, venture capital firms sift through data of thousands of potential candidates to determine those they deem the most likely to succeed.  Their research involves tens of thousands of hours of inquiry and analysis.

Take advantage of their research.  Visit their Webs.  Scan their portfolios. 

Whether you are …

A potential investor
A researcher looking for a venture capital partner
An executive thinking of acquiring cutting edge technology
A research director gauging the competition

You would do well to monitor what the venture capitalists are investing in.

A good place to begin is the Chevron Technology Ventures site (http://www.chevron.com/ctv). They have some fascinating companies in their portfolio.

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