Billions of dollars of electricity is wasted annually by inefficient power-conversion systems. But a fledgling company called Transphorm believes its technology can cut electric bills significantly — and hike mileage for hybri…
Given recent valuations for the likes of Zynga, you’d think investors would be frothing at the mouth for any IPOs in this sector. But only a few players look serious about going public soon, and investors aren’t putting as much…
Travel startup Hipmunk has reportedly received $6 million in venture funding. The round could go a long way towards helping Hipmunk scale into a big player in the market.
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Groupon is planning an initial public offering that would value the three-year-old online coupon distribution site at as much as $15 billion — more than double what Google reportedly bid on the company last year — The New Yor…
Unless you’re ultra-wealthy or willing to chance the vagaries of the secondary markets, you can’t invest yet in hot social networking companies like Facebook, Zynga or Groupon. But soon there may be an alternative: a new fund c…