Saints Capital: Offering Secondary Market Liquidity

I recently had a very interesting conversation with Ken Sawyer, founder of Saints Capital, a new fund that offers secondary market liquidity to small companies and their shareholders. Let’s look at a few examples.

It’s A “Dry” Cold… (Part 2)

By Calvin McElroy, Guest Author [Second part of Cal’s review of the Canadian Venture Finance scene]

Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 1)

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Jerry Rawls, the CEO and co-founder of Finisar, about his experiences during the past two decades. While technology companies are accustomed to volatile market places and constant change, Jerry guided Finisar through arguably the most volatile market environment in history. In this interview he takes us through

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India Needs More Incubator Funds

Yesterday, I spent an hour chatting with Subrata Mitra, one of the Partners at Indian seed fund Erasmic, which has been in the news recently for attracting Google as a Limited Partner. I have been writing often about the Indian seed investment situation: Concept Arbitrage, Venture Capital in India, Too Much Money, Too Few Deals

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Powerpoint Financing

Here’s an article from today’s New York Times on how entrepreneurs are shunning venture capital, and choosing to bootstrap their companies. While that is a very good strategy for web 2.0 plays where very little money is needed, and a 12-18 month exit is in the cards, is it necessarily the right strategy for all

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