PERA establishes capital fund for Colorado businesses
The Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association announced today that it has established the Colorado Mile High Fund to provide easier access to capital for Colorado-based businesses. Colorado PERA, with more than $40 billion in assets, said it will earmark capital for businesses that have a nexus in Colorado and currently have the support of a [...]
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Continue reading …Venture capital funding in biotechnology and medical device industries decreased 39 percent during the second quarter of 2012, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report, “Dollar Drought.” The VC investment equaled $1.4 billion, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2010. Deal volume was also down, dropping 6 percent from earlier this year to 174 deals. [...]
Continue reading …Venture capital funding in life sciences – including biotechnology and medical device manufacturing – decreased 22 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011 in the first quarter of 2012, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. Venture capitalists invested $1.5 billion during the that quarter. Deal volume was also down, dropping 11 percent during the same period. When [...]
Continue reading …Following two quarters of growth, venture capital funding in the life science sector fell 18 percent during the third quarter of 2011, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers report. According to the report, venture capitalists invested $1.8 billion in 170 life sciences deal – which includes biotechnology and medical device industries. It’s the lowest number of deals since [...]
Continue reading …Venture capitalists seem to be testing the waters once again, despite the volatile economic conditions. Investors put $8.4 billion into 765 deals in the third quarter, representing a 29 percent increase in investment and an 8 percent increase in the number of deals compared to the same time period in 2010. “Venture investment rose, putting [...]
Continue reading …Po Squaw Valley USA, the iconic Lake Tahoe-area resort that has been home to some of the country’s top downhill skiers, is joining operations with neighboring Alpine Meadows in a deal to be announced Tuesday. The merger comes as Tahoe resorts and business leaders are studying a bid for the Winter Olympics, perhaps for the [...]
Continue reading …The burden of regulating mid-size investment advisers will shift from federal to state agencies this year, a time when state budgets have been slashed and resources are limited. The Dodd-Frank financial reform act mandates this regulatory shift for midsize investment advisers, or those who have between $25 million and $100 million in assets under management. [...]
Continue reading …The ongoing fright-show in the commercial and residential real estate markets has some investors returning to the soil. Lucky for them, that might be the best place to start. The booming farmland market in the Midwest has some murmuring about asset price bubbles in states like Iowa and Nebraska. That growth seems to have bled [...]
Continue reading …The greatest job growth in alternative energy is in the manufacturing side of the industry. That’s the word from a comprehensive report from a group of MBA students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, who conducted a study of regional alternative energy issues. The results show that renewable energy jobs pay well – [...]
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