Jason Caplain Interview
TechJournal South interviews Jason Caplain on his experience in Atlanta last week. Sounds like some folks are getting followups.
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Somebody Has To Say It
UPDATE: Scott has a full writeup. Good job Scott and Michael on pulling together the Capital Connections event on Wednesday night. The fact that 180 entrepreneurs and investors showed up for the gathering in and of itself speaks for what a great job they did and the need for this type of gathering. Mixing entrepreneurs […]
Continue reading →Q1 2007 PwC MoneyTree
This morning was the PwC “Shaking the MoneyTree” presentation. As is the norm Wes Getman of PwC led things noting the following highlights from the report. Big venture capital first quarter nationally, at $7.1 billion, the largest since 2001. Early stage deals down on a national basis with 71 deals completed, down 40% from Q4. […]
Continue reading →Open VC & ATDC Info Session
Charles Ross and I have been talking with Jason Caplain from Southern Captial Ventures about his open call to Atlanta Entrepreneurs to sit down with him for 15 minutes on May 17. The end result of those discussions is that the sessions are being held at the ATDC. If you have an interest in the […]
Continue reading →VC Calling Atlanta Entrepreneurs
Jason Caplain has announced that he is bringing venture captial open house day to Atlanta on May 17. You can send him a note to get on the agenda. He is tightening the focus on this session to e-commerce, software, wireless, digital media and healthcare IT companies. If you get on the schedule it would […]
Continue reading →The Y Combinator Model
I started a bit of chatter that led to a bit more in these parts for the need for a Y Combinator in Atlanta. It dawned on me that lots of the FoG faithful may have no idea what this means. On their web site it explains that Y Combinator “is a new kind of venture […]
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April 17, 2007 | Comments | Tweet | Posted in Accelerators, Entrepreneurship, Internet, Venture Capital
CardioMEMS Prices IPO
ATDC graduate company CardioMEMS, a medical device maker, filed an updated S1 last week setting a range of $12 – $14 for its six million share offering. CardioMEMS will trade on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol “SENS.”
Continue reading →Angel Groups Optimistic
A recent survey by the Angel Capital Association is upbeat. Thanks to Shachar Oren of Neurotic Media for the tip.
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If any aspiring entrepreneur believes that Southern Capitol Ventures may be a good fit with what they are working on, Jason Caplain has a call out to entrepreneurs to come see him on April 20.
Continue reading →Startup Lounge Podcast
When you have a little time mosey on over to the Startup Lounge and listen to my conversation with Scott Burkett and Michael Blake. Or better yet go to iTunes and subscribe to the series. It runs just over an hour so give yourself some time or some mundane task to do while you listen […]
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