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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS.

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Quantopian Adds Chief Investment, Compliance Officers Ahead of Opening Fund to Public

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Quantopian announced on Friday that Derek Meisner (pictured) had joined the company as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, to help build what Quantopian CEO John Fawcett called a “compliance and operational infrastructure” as the company prepares to take its hedge fund to the public. The company has raised $23.8

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20 Alums Make the First Forbes Fintech 50

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To make the cut, companies were required to have operations in the U.S. FinovateFall 2011 demo. Personal Capital. HQ: Boston. FinovateFall 2011 demo (under former name BankSimple). While the list excludes financial giants, Forbes included startups acquired by larger companies but operating independently. .

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Is It ‘A Bot Time’ For Payments To Jump On The Bot Bandwagon?

PYMNTS

Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. WeChat was launched in 2011 by Chinese internet giant Tencent.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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From their humble, skunkworks-style origins in Palo Alto to their current offices in Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Seattle, and Boston, they’ve scaled up to attack new projects but keep the same focus on experimentation and innovation that helped them build the first Kindle. Founded: 2011. Founded: 2011. Telecommunications. AT&T.