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Charles Baker Joins Cambridge-based VC firm General Catalyst Partners

Filed in archive News on March 3, 2011

Charles Baker Joins Cambridge-based VC firm General Catalyst Partners
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Republican Charles Baker has joined Cambridge-based VC firm General Catalyst Partners as an 'executive in residence.' His goal will be of helping the VC firm identify new opportunities in health-care, especially in Massachusetts, and get involved in them. He will concentrate mainly on working with small and midsized health-care service providers for the VC firm that has USD 1.7 billion under management across five funds.

Baker's hiring to the VC firm has everything to do with his impressive track record in building Harvard Pilgrim and has nothing to do with politics, says General Catalyst managing director David Fialkow. Bakers too states that his decision to join the private sector VC firm is rooted in several discussions with business owners that he was engaged in through last year's campaign. These conversations have pushed him to take up a catalyst role helping companies grow rather than a leadership role at a large organization.

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Six Telecom Startups receive $26 Million Investment from Intel

Filed in archive Venture Capital on February 14, 2011


Intel, The Santa Clara chip giant has invested $26 Million in 6 mobile startups, including two from Silicon Valley. The startups that received the funding are CloudMade Inc., InVisage Technologies Inc., Borqs Ltd., Kaltura Inc., Secure Key Technologies Inc., and Vision OSS Solutions. These startups work in business verticals like mobile phone hardware, software and application companies.
The decision to invest in startups was announced by the company on Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Even though they did not disclose the specific amount invested in each startup.
CloudMade Inc. and InVisage Technologies Inc. are both based in Menlo Park. Borqs is China-based, Kaltura is based out of New York, SecureKey is located in Toronto, and VisionOSS in the U.K.

Six Telecom Startups receive $26 Million Investment from Intel
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Pros and Cons of Venture Capital

Filed in archive Misc on January 29, 2011

Pros and Cons of Venture Capital
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What are some of the pros and cons of venture capital investment? According to Shesh Mani, Portfolio Manager of Blackstone Group, one advantage is that VC is not a loan that has to be paid back. This gives you leverage to expand your business opportunities using other people's money. Another advantage of venture capital investment is that you can "expand your business and obtain market before someone beats you to it."

Deepak Tripathi, Portfolio Manager of Sun Group cites a disadvantage: "You are no longer the sole owner of your company and may lose control." In addition, a VC may direct your company toward an IPO of publicly traded shares at a pace that may not be best for the long run.

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