Tom Stein

Following the recent arrival of several new seed-focused funds, Index Ventures has launched Index Seed, with plans to seed about 10 startups a year in deals as small as $50,000

Venture investment in Irish startups picked up last year, and some believe more VC is just what is needed to help pull the country out of an economic depression

VCs have backed at least 20 companies that help homeowners manage their energy consumption by tapping into the smart grid, but some wonder if consumers will embrace the technology

Venture-backed startups are coming up with increasingly innovative ways to inject themselves into the $174 billion market

Several successful startup founders have launched four new venture funds, which they say will be more entrepreneur friendly than traditional VCs

VCs face the daunting task of convincing Congress that carried interest should continue to be taxed as capital gains

Kleiner, Matrix and Maveron are among the firms that put nearly $100M into eight private shopping startups last year

Alan Patricof and other VCs look back on their most satisfying deals, their duds and the ones that got away

Founder of Boise, Idaho-based Highway 12 Ventures drew inspiration from Lewis and Clark

With fewer new cars being sold, startups are cropping up to help consumers maintain their vehicles and not get ripped off by repair shops