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Venture capital funding's 'general trend is steady'

"2012 appears to be shaping up similarly to 2011, but there remains an underlying economic challenge in the U.S. and even more so in Europe that has potential to pull things down," says Triangle venture capitalist David Jones.

North Carolina venture deals sluggish in '11 but VCs remain upbeat

Deal making totaled only $325 million across 47 deals, the lowest total since 2005 when one excludes the recession year of 2009. Life science deals dominate the fourth quarter.

Transenterix landed $15M in 4Q for its Spider surgical system

National VCs ready to talk business with RTP entrepreneurs

Southern Capitol Ventures assembles a panel of four venture capitalists to discuss the state of investing in 2012. They also are looking to make deals.

Whirlwind VC courtship marries WeddingWire, Southern Capitol

Inside a venture deal, Part Two: The Maryland-based website linking couples and wedding services chose Raleigh-based Southern Capitol as its first outside investor after years of friendship and a fast engagement.

Bells ring for WeddingWire, Southern Capitol: Inside a VC deal

Will the Maryland startup and the Raleigh venture capital firm build a successful marriage? After a courtship of five years and "building a deep relationship," the two firms take the plunge.

WeddingWire

Wedding site lands investment from Raleigh VC firm Southern Capitol

Maryland-based WeddingWire is an online wedding planning resource site that helps link couples and wedding service providers.

WeddingWire

Entrepreneurs to talk bootstrapping as alternative to raising capital

Southern Capitol Ventures' next Entrepreneur Series event will feature four tech CEOs who will discuss ways to grow companies without investors.

Local venture capitalists play matchmaker in ShareFile deal

Southern Capitol Venture's Jason Caplain and David Jones were behind-the-scenes players in the sale of fast-growing ShareFile to Centrix - They introduced the firm's leaders to each other. The VCs didn't invest in ShareFile, which its founder bootstrapped with his own financing.

Citrix Systems to acquire fast-growing ShareFile

The Raleigh-based startup, a provider of web-based secure file transfer software and services, will be made part of a cloud computing service offering from Citrix.

Sharefile's new logo

For Cary entrepreneur, $91M deal cash-out wasn't an option

Steve Malik sold Medfusion to Intuit but remains at the helm of Intuit's health division. Why? He loves his job. "If you have an idea, a dream, a notion, a passion, pursue it," he says. "If you love your job, you'll never work a day in your life."

Steve Malik

Southern Capitol's Entrepreneur's Series event to focus on health IT

A former top executive at Microsoft and several local information technology executives will discuss trends and opportunities in the healthcare IT space.

Startups, emerging firms have shovel ready jobs

In a gloomy economy, the Council for Entrepreneurial Development's second annual emerging company showcase puts the spotlight on 25 N.C. companies that known how to grow their business and create jobs. Meanwhile, tech startups and emerging growth firms also are looking to hire.

Want to succeed in business? Try listening and hiring smart

At an entrepreneurial event for tech executives, a Wall Street analyst notes that the best CEOs are those who learn how to listen and who hire people as smart if not smarter than themselves. "No matter how brilliant you are," she says, "many brains are better than one."

Software-as-a-service is focus for entrepreneur event

Southern Capitol Ventures' latest panel discussion features four Triangle success stories in the SaaS space as well as several national VCs and insight from a top Wall Street analyst.

Entrepreneur event to focus on SaaS opportunities

Southern Capitol Ventures is taking a look at software as a service (SaaS) as it resumes its Entrepreneur's Series program on Sept. 19.