About the Lipper Current

The Lipper Current connects innovators, developers and investors to advance the innovation economy.

About the Publisher

Development Capital Networks

Subscribe

The Lipper Current Weekly is our free e-newsletter capturing the week's best news.

Archives

Lipper Current Weekly Recent Headlines MoreLIP Guest Columns
Search over 20,000 industry resources dating back to 2000:

News for Innovators, Investors and Developers
Lipper Current Weekly : The pulse of the innovation economy
Front Page Innovators Investors Developers
 
July 3, 2012   |   Vol. 4, Issue 26
 
FEATURE
University Gap Funding: Mind the Gap
June 30, 2012 | Innovosource
The “gap” in gap funding refers to the shortage in capital and other commercialization support to transition early-stage technology to the marketplace. To address the need, many research universities either directly manage or partner with government agencies, early stage investors, or corporations to create research, proof of concept, and pre/seed-stage gap funds that assist in de-risking, or commercializing technologies and start-ups.
Read More

In Health Care Ruling, Investors See a Mixed Blessing
June 29, 2012 | New York Times
Hospitals will gain millions of paying customers. Insurers, by contrast, could face crimped profits from restrictive rules. Medical device and pharmaceutical companies will bear new taxes and other higher payouts, but they were already expecting such costs. That, at least, was the immediate view of the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday that upheld the nation’s health care overhaul.
Read More

Related:
Consumer Questions on Health Care Act, and the Answers

Health Law Deadlines Under Pressure

States Face a Challenge to Meet Health Law’s Deadline

Small Businesses Need to Educate Themselves on Healthcare

Five States that Will Have the Most Healthcare Jobs over the Decade


Take That Crowdfunding Cynics! Rally Raises Largest AngelList Deal Ever
June 29, 2012 | Pando Daily
It’s not every day you get 200 emails in a single hour, offering you money. But on May 15, Tom Serres had electronic bling flying at him from all angles. And it just kept coming. He could barely keep up. His assistant quickly dropped everything and for eight straight days entered thousands and thousands of offers of cash into a spreadsheet.
Read More

Related:
Crowdfunding Is About to Expand Past its Small-startup Roots


A Sea of Job-Seekers, but Some Companies Aren’t Getting Any Bites
June 28, 2012 | New York Times
After the latest, disappointing unemployment figures, policy makers and economists continue to debate how American companies might create more jobs. But business owners and recruiters say thousands of jobs around the country are sitting vacant, particularly at small and midsize companies. “Companies all over are having a difficult time recruiting the kind of people they’re looking for,” said Robert Funk,
Read More

Related:
Tech Companies Compete Fiercely for Job Candidates

US Manufacturing Shrinks for First Time in 3 Years


JOBS Act Tangled in Red Tape, Coming 2014 at the Earliest
June 30, 2012 | Pando Daily
It was naive to think that the startup world could change the financial industry as quickly as it wanted to. The Securities and Exchange Commission and FINRA — the two organizations tasked with implementing the JOBS Act — are unlikely to meet Congress’ end of the year deadline, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
Read More

Related:
Dude, Where's My JOBS Act?


Corporate VC Investing Drops in Q1, Mobile Funding Poised to Jump

VCs Are Looking for "the Novelty, the Breakthrough, the Next Big Idea"

Cincinnati: Finding the Next Billion-dollar Business

Institutional Venture Partners Announces $1 Billion Fund

New Milwaukee-based Venture Capital Fund in Formation

Institutional Venture Partners Raises $1 Billion Fund

As I.P.O. Shows Life, ServiceNow Jumps on First Day

Boulder's TechStars Launches Program Focused on Veterans

Connecticut Innovations Begins Search For Next Wave Of Tech-Based Entrepreneurs

Industry Ventures Closes $65m VC Fund-of-Funds

Indianapolis Tech Firm Apparatus Opens New Technology Center

Wisconsin's Economic Agency Off to a So-so Start

Startups Who Sell to Other Startups

Mayor Intent on Making Chicago a ‘Start-up City’

Provo Named Best in Country for Business and Jobs

Female Tech Execs Start to Crack 'Silicon Ceiling'

Frenemies: SecondMarket Brushes Off Facebook

The JOBS (for Middle Market Private Equity?) Act

Top Detroit Tech Companies Launch Program to Beef Up Talent

Knoxville Startup Firm Banking on Bright Future with LED Lighting Systems

On-Demand Car Services Driving Off With Venture Funding

Minnesota For-profit Schools in Cross Hairs

Mobile Is Where The Growth Is

Financial Giants Are Moving Jobs Off Wall Street

New Group Helps Iowa Startups and Entrepreneurs Connect with Investors

Another Thing Immigrants Do for the Economy: Invent Cool Things

University Leaders Pen Immigration-Support Letter

Western Colorado Struggles as Energy Jobs Fade

A Second U.S.-Supported Maker of Solar Panels Will Close

Natural Gas Gold Rush: Is Your State Next?

Michigan Debate over Constitutional Amendment to Raise Standard for Renewable Energy

OSU Researchers Help Food Entrepreneurs Find Sweet Successes

MSU, Detroit Agree on Farm Research Plan

Ohioans Agree: Advanced Energy Technology Crucial to Economic Survival

More Headlines

Advanced Search


Lipper Current Weekly host
Cimarron Capital Partners - A venture capital and private equity fund of funds manager


Development Capital Networks
Published by Development Capital Networks, the Lipper Current connects innovators, developers and investors to advance the innovation economy.

Learn More


Need your news faster? Visit LipperCurrent.com: fresh stories added every morning, 7 days a week!


WBT 2012 San Diego: Call for technologies. Final application deadline, July 13th.


Competitive Intelligence Through Patent Landscaping


Technology Transfer Tactics: the monthly advisor on best practices in tech transfer. Sign up now for a free 3-month trial.
Lipper Current Weekly is a publication of Development Capital Networks, LLC.