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Venture capitalists invested $128 billion worldwide in 2015, up 44 percent from $89 billion 2014 and the a biggest amount since the dotcom bubble year of 2000, according to the 2015 Venture Pulse Report by data analysis ...

A Chinese investment firm has launched a new500 million ($715 million) investment fund specifically for European startups. London-based Cocoon Networks is a spin-off from China Equity Group, one of the first investors in...

Despite research findings which suggest that marketing experience could be valuable at the board level (see highlights here) , only 2.6% of the over 65,000 board members have managerial-level marketing experience. And in...

Palmer Luckey may still end up in court. U.S. district judge William Alsup has ruled that a breach-of-contract claim against Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey can move forward (via Reuters). In May, Total Recall Technologi...

Advanced Micro Devices reported earnings that slightly beat Wall Street's expectations for its fourth-quarter earnings. But the company continues to lose money and struggle with tough competition from Intel, the world's ...

AlerSense is launching a smart sensor that serves as an early warning system for allergy and asthma air quality alerts. The product demonstrates how the mobile device, big data, and Internet of Things trends are convergi...

Netflix released its earnings statement for the fourth quarter of 2015 today, revealing a record 5.59 million new subscribers (since October), $0.10 in earnings per share, and $1.67 billion in revenue. Analysts had expec...

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Virtual reality might seem inevitable, but we've seen this tech go through a false launch once before. As several hardware and software companies invest millions in the space, everyone seems a bit more cautious. Valve, t...

Hello, VentureBeat readers! I am thrilled to join your community as editor in chief. My first encounters with VentureBeat date to its infancy in 2006, a time when natural language processing promised to revolutionize sea...

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be offering replacement AC power cords to owners of Surface Pro tablets who have encountered problems with the cords that originally came with the devices. "As a result of damage caus...

Facebook's lead ads are getting an update. The company announced that several changes are coming to the ad format that lets people easily sign up for more information around a specific campaign. Starting today, advertise...

The $109 billion specialty food category has something to teach the wine industry. Here's a look at prominent trends that are driving that growth, along with suggestions for how wineries can apply it to their communicati...

Businesses make decisions based off of data, but for some people, data can be difficult to interpret if they don't know what to look for. Popily has a solution launching today that it claims could change how we interact ...

Microsoft's Build conference in San Francisco, easily the company's biggest event of the year, is always popular. But tickets for this year's three-day developer event, taking place March 30 to April 1, were even harder ...

Rarely does one size fit all, and your prospects know it.

After a big update in November, Microsoft is getting back to adding smaller features to the Xbox One. The publisher announced that it's starting to roll out improvements for the Xbox One for anyone in the Preview program...

The virtual and augmented reality future draws nearer, and investors want in. AR and VR attracted $686 million in investment deals in 2015, according to Digi-Capital. This happened in a year when consumer VR finally beca...

Ubisoft is gunning for a transmedia hit with Tom Clancy's The Division. The French game publisher is announcing today that it is creating a live-action short film, Agent Origins, in partnership with Amazon Prime and thre...

Gather announced that it has raised $2.5 million in new funding to help restaurants and venues manage their events. Led by Storm Ventures, the investment will be used to not only improve the product, but also accelerate ...

Amid growing worry the U.S. economy is on the brink of a slowdown, small businesses are trying to stay the course.

A CEO and CMO working together can be one of the most powerful forces for positive change and growth in an organization today. Just listen to the CMO of Philips Healthcare talk to McKinsey about what he and the Philips C...