venture capital

Secondary Market Purchases by Foreign Venture Capital Investors

March 20, 2012 01:46

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a circular that expands the scope of investments that foreign venture capital investors (FVCIs) can make in Indian companies. Hitherto, FVCI investments were permitted either through initial public offerings or through private placements. Under the new...

Business Innovation Zone: Raising Capital Seminar

Rush Nigut
March 19, 2012 12:00

 The Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) is holding its annual Raising Capital seminar at StartupCity Des Moines on March 27 starting at 9:00 a.m. Raising capital for your business is complex and often time consuming. This is a great seminar to get you started. There are several lawyers,...

The March Towards Meaningful Reform for Small and Emerging Growth Companies Moves Forward - House Passes Measures to Open Private Capital Raising and Facilitate an On-Ramp of New IPOs

Sheppard Mullin
March 12, 2012 20:44

Building on months of momentum in Congress, on March 8, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act by a bi-partisan vote of 390-23. A similar bill, S. 1933, has been introduced in the Senate and may be voted on this month. The JOBS Act is intended...

Law Startups in La La Land

Richard Granat
February 11, 2012 16:07

I was at a panel in San Francisco this week titled: Law + Tech - The Unpopulated Multi-Billion Dollar Industry . By "La La Land" I don't mean Los Angeles or California, but rather "to be in one's own world" as defined by the Urban Dictionary.  As I listened...

Venture Capital Funds: Minimum Investment Norms

January 31, 2012 03:16

(The following post is contributed by Ravi Shankar Jha, a final year student at the Dr. RML National Law University, Lucknow. It points to a lacuna in SEBI’s Venture Capital Funds Regulations)Venture capital funds (VCFs) have been envisaged to provide easy capital to start-up firms. In India, VCFs...