Archive | 11. Nov, 2008

Alternative Financing for Startups

Today’s guest blogger is Corey Blahuta, the Austin Managing Director for vcfo, Inc. He can be reached at cblahuta@vcfo or (512)345-9441. For more information see: www.vcfo.com.
My company, vcfo, hosted a great event last Thursday where a panel of experts discussed a variety of alternative financing strategies. It struck me as funny to call these “alternative [...]

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HomeAway Raises a Quarter Billion in Venture Capital

Austin-based HomeAway, the leading online vacation rental marketplace, today announced it has completed a $250 million equity capital raise. Add to this the $209 previously raised and the total amount of capital dedicated to this company is $459M. According to Venture Source, this is the largest minority investment of a U.S. Internet company in the last [...]

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