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      <title>Osmond targets £500m in buy-out group listing - Financial Times</title>
      <description>Osmond targets £500m in buy-out group listing Financial Times Horizon is planning to buy privately-owned assets, possibly owned by venture capital and private equity groups.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tech venture capital dries up in 2009 - V3.co.uk</title>
      <description>TopNews United States  Tech venture capital dries up in 2009 V3.co.uk Venture capital (VC) investment in early-stage US IT companies suffered a dramatic 35 per cent fall last year compared with 2008.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:04:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Foresight unveils VCT with environmental focus - Citywire.co.uk</title>
      <description>Foresight unveils VCT with environmental focus Citywire.co.uk Venture capital trust (VCT) specialist Foresight is looking to raise £20 million for a new Planned Exit VCT ...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:53:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Venture capital fund in green technologies - Eureka</title>
      <description>Eureka  Venture capital fund in green technologies Eureka Power generation specialist, Alstom and energy management company, Schneider Electric, have announced that they are joining forces to launch a new venture ...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Keiretsu alters presenting fees for seed-stage entrepreneurs - Ethio Planet News</title>
      <description>Ethio Planet News  Keiretsu alters presenting fees for seed-stage entrepreneurs Ethio Planet News A firestorm erupted last week after Internet provocateur Jason Calcanis ripped angel investment groups which charge entrepreneurs to present, with Keiretsu</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scheme to boost credit access</title>
      <description>Business Link is offering to act as an intermediary between banks and businesses to help hard-pressed company owners get access to</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:58:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why the Shrinking Venture Capital Market Matters</title>
      <description>Scott Shane explains why other capital sources can't replace VC investments, adding that the negative impact isn't limited to investors and entrepreneurs</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Loan scheme extension 'makes no difference'</title>
      <description>Attempts by the government to increase the support provided by its flagship Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme have missed the mark, an independent financier has</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:39:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where is the venture capital? - SMEweb</title>
      <description>Where is the venture capital? SMEweb Members of pro∙manchester will today be asking why the venture capital floodgates have yet to open, at a discussion seminar sponsored by Ford Campbell and ...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top equity-backed CEOs in the Midlands named by BVCA - The Birmingham Post</title>
      <description>Top equity-backed CEOs in the Midlands named by BVCA The Birmingham Post The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association CEO award winners for 2009 were chosen by a panel of private equity industry experts and ...</description>
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