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 Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Green Technology Investments Up In Q2 One area of the venture market is saw a bump in activity, according to publisher Greentech Media: the green technology investment space. According to Greentech Media, investments in the space hit $1.2 billion in Q2, up significantly from the $836M invested in the space in the first quarter. According to the report, there were 85 deals in Q2 versus 59 deals in Q1. Greentech's analysis found that in Q2, solar power deals led in terms of investment category, with $33.4M in 17 deals; automotive and (More info...) posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009(Full story) Google Links Translation Tools To Browser Mountain View-based Google said last night that it has linked its language translation tools to its Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar. According to Google, the newest release of GOogle Toolbar for Internte Explorer now can automatically detect if the language of a webpage is different that your default language, and will automatically translate that page. The firm said the language support will also be available for Firefox, but did not give a timeline for delivery of Firefox support. posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009(Full story) Six Year Low In Exits, Says Report A report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource finds that Q2 of this year was among the worst ever for exits for venture capital-backed firms. According to the report, there was a 57% drop in exits this year, compared with last year, with only $2.8 billion of mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs in the quarter. Dow Jones reported $2.57 billion in mergers and acquisitions of 67 companies in Q2 of this year, down from $6.58 billion and 89 transactions last year; though there were IPOs, they only ra (More info...) posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009(Full story) |
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