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  1. Norwest Venture Partners

    Infobox Company company name Norwest Venture Partners company logo Image Norwest Venture Partners logo.png ..., India and Herzelia, Israel. History Norwest Venture Partners traces its roots back to 1961 with the formation of the Northwest Venture Fund, a private equity and venture capital affiliate of Norwest ... acquired by Oracle , Appnomic Systems and Tivoli Systems acquired by IBM . Norwest Venture Partners provided venture capital to PeopleSoft and NVP s George Still, served on the company s board of directors ... 04 17 daily2.html Norwest Venture Partners forms new early stage fund . San Jose Business Journal ... External links http www.nvp.com Norwest Venture Partners company website http us.sulekha.com Sulekha.com Invested Business Venture capital firms Merchant banking private equity groups Category Companies based in Palo Alto, California Category Venture capital firms Category Investment banking private ... EXECUTIVE CHANGES Norwest Venture Capital Management . New York Times, November 28, 1988 ref Investments NVP makes early to late stage venture and growth equity investments in both ... venture capital investor although they will partner with other venture capital firms, corporate partners ... Palo Alto, California , United States industry Private equity products Venture capital assets 3.7 billion homepage http www.nvp.com www.nvp.com num employees 50 2010 Norwest Venture Partners NVP is a global, multi stage investment firm focused on investments in early to late stage venture and growth ... back to 1961, manages more than 3.7 billion in venture capital and has funded over 450 companies ... articles 38 20Venture Capital and High Technology Entrepreneurship.pdf Venture Capital and High ... 1960s, Minneapolis was an early site for both venture capital and high technology business and the venture ... and venture capital The Northwest Growth Fund grew under the leadership of CEO Robert Zicarelli including ... focuses on investments in Israel. Partners Promod Haque ref http www.forbes.com lists 2008 99 biz ...   more details



  1. Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Infobox company company name Lightspeed Venture Partners company logo Image Lightspeed Venture Partners logo.png 200px Lightspeed Venture Partners logo foundation 1971 founder Stephen H. Weiss , Roger Weiss, Philip Greer, Stephen Peck key people Ravi Mhatre location Menlo Park, California Menlo Park , California , United States industry Private equity products Venture Capital assets 2 billion homepage http www.lightspeedvp.com www.lightspeedvp.com Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on early stage investments in IT companies. ref name BusinessWeek Cite web url http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp?privcapId 471694 title Lightspeed Venture Partners accessdate 2008 11 20 ref The firm is based in Menlo Park, California and has raised approximately 2 billion of investor capital since inception across eight venture funds. History The firm was founded in 1971, originally as Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners by Stephen H. Weiss as the venture capital arm of a larger investment management business. In October 2000, its name was changed to Lightspeed Venture Partners, as part of a spin off from Weiss, Peck & Greer, following the sale of the investment management business to Robeco . ref name BusinessWeek In 2008, Lightspeed closed an 800 million fund, which brought the firm s committed capital to over 2 billion. ref name Yahoo Cite web url http au.biz.yahoo.com 080512 43 1qleb.html title Lightspeed Venture Partners Closes 800 Million Fund VIII accessdate 2008 11 20 ref Significant Investments Lightspeed Venture Partners significant ... External links http www.lightspeedvp.com Lightspeed Venture Partners company website refbegin http lsvp.wordpress.com Lightspeed Venture Partners company blog refend Venture capital firms Category Companies established in 1971 Category Venture capital firms Category Companies based in Menlo Park, California Category American venture capital firms ...   more details



  1. Polaris Venture Partners

    Infobox company company name Polaris Venture Partners company logo Image Polaris Venture Partners logo.png ... Polaris Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early stage investments ... of the firm s differentiating factor. citation needed date January 2011 History Polaris Venture Partners was founded in 1995 1996 by Jon Flint , Terry McGuire , Steve Arnold Venture Capitalist Steve Arnold , who were partners of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. BEDCO . history of private equity and venture ... for their respective vintage years. Polaris Venture Partners V, which was closed in 2006, raised 1 billion of investor commitments. 1996 80m Polaris Venture Partners 1998 175m Polaris Venture Partners II 2000 470m Polaris Venture Partners III 2002 900m Polaris Venture Partners IV 2006 1000m Polaris Venture Partners V See also Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. Alta Partners Alta Communications References ... A Generation Gap in Venture Capital Gupta, Udayan. http books.google.com books?id xU7f9Jtq 3UC&pg PA269 Done Deals Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories , 2000 http www.highbeam.com doc 1G1 77251355.html Venture Capital Firms Prepare for Next Generation of Partners http www.ta.com news news detail.asp .... refend External links http www.polarisventures.com Polaris Venture Partners Venture capital firms Category Companies established in 1996 Category TA Associates Category Venture capital firms US ... 1996 founder Jon Flint , Terry McGuire , Steve Arnold Venture Capitalist Steve Arnold location Waltham, Massachusetts , United States industry Private equity products Venture capital key people num employees 35 ref name whoweare http www.polarisventures.com WhoWeAre Default.asp Polaris Venture ... bi coastal venture capital firms in the US, which dissolved in 1996. One of the contributing ... founders, left BEDCO in 1995 and began raising their first independent venture capital fund. Clarify ... name whoweare Investment funds Since 1995, Polaris has raised five venture capital funds with over ...   more details



  1. Clearstone Venture Partners

    Clearstone Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on IT investing with offices in Santa Monica, CA , Palo Alto, CA , and Mumbai, India . Founded in 1997, as Idealab Capital Partners, Clearstone is responsible for the early stage funding of many successful startups including PayPal IPO, acquired by eBay , Overture.com IPO, acquired by Yahoo , Internet Brands CarsDirect NASDAQ INET , NetZero United Online NASDAQ UNTD , MP3.com IPO, acquired by Vivendi , Meru Networks NASDAQ MERU , Integrien acquired by VMware , Ankeena acquired by Juniper , Kazeon Systems Acquired by EMC and Mimosa Systems acquired by Iron Mountain . Managing Directors Bill Elkus, Founder Jim Armstrong William Quigley Sumant Mandal Erik Lassila External links http www.clearstone.com Clearstone Venture Partners br Space before templates US private equity company stub Venture capital firms Category Venture capital firms Category American venture capital firms ...   more details



  1. Bessemer Venture Partners

    Infobox Company company name Bessemer Venture Partners company logo Image Bessemer venture partners logo.JPG 224px Bessemer Venture Partners company type Limited liability company foundation 1911 key people location Menlo Park, California , United States industry Venture Capital products Investments assets homepage http www.bvp.com www.bvp.com num employees Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley , New York , Massachusetts , Israel , China , and India . Bessemer Venture Partners is the longest standing venture capital practice in the United States. Between 1911 and 1975, the team operated as part of Bessemer Trust Bessemer Securities Corporation , established in 1911 to invest Henry Phipps s share of the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Steel . Since 1975, Bessemer Venture Partners has operated as a standalone partnership with Bessemer Securities Corporation as its primary limited partner. Since its inception, BVP has provided capital to such companies as http www.criteo.com Criteo , Ciena Corporation , Flarion , Knewton , Parametric Technology Corporation , Skype , Staples Inc. , VeriSign and VERITAS Software . Of this group, over 100 Bessemer companies have gone public, including American Superconductor , Ciena Corporation , Gartner ... , Zoosk , LifeLock , Hunch website Hunch , and LinkedIn . Other notes Bessemer Venture Partners is widely known in the venture capital industry for the publication of its anti portfolio http www.bvp.com portfolio antiportfolio , a light hearted retrospective by the firm s partners of missed ... section date July 2010 External links http www.bvp.com Bessemer Venture Partners official website br Extra space before templates Venture capital firms Category Venture capital firms Category Companies based in Menlo Park, California Category American venture capital firms Category Companies established in 1911 US private equity company stub fi Bessemer Venture Partners ...   more details



  1. Insight Venture Partners

    infobox company company name Insight Venture Partners company logo Image IVP logo.jpg 250px company type Privately held company Private founder Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock foundation 1995 location New York, NY assets 5 billion num employees 50 industry Private Equity , Venture Capital homepage http www.insightpartners.com www.insightpartners.com Insight Venture Partners is a New York based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. The firm focuses exclusively on software and Internet enabled businesses and currently has a capital base of approximately 5 billion. ref http www.privateequitywire.co.uk articles detail.jsp?content id 119932 Insight Venture Partners Closes Sixth Fund ref The firm s Executive Advisory Board includes Robert Rubin Chairman of Citigroup and 70th Secretary of the Treasury and Stephen Friedman PFIAB Steve Friedman Chairman of the United States President s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and former Chairman of Goldman Sachs . References reflist External links http www.insightpartners.com Company Home Page Venture capital firms Category American venture capital firms Category Privately held companies based in New York Category Companies established in 1995 ...   more details



  1. Institutional Venture Partners

    Infobox company company name Institutional Venture Partners company logo Image Ivp logo.PNG 220px Institutional Venture Partners company type Private Company Private foundation 1980 founder Reid Dennis location Sand Hill Road industry Venture Capital assets 2.9 billion homepage http www.ivp.com www.ivp.com num employees 15 Institutional Venture Partners IVP is a US based private equity investment firm focusing on later stage venture capital and growth equity investments. IVP is one of the oldest venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road founded by Reid W. Dennis in 1980. The firm manages over 2.9 billion in committed capital, including its 13th and latest fund which IVP closed at 750 million in September 2010. http dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 2010 09 01 institutional venture announces 750 million fund Investments IVP has invested in more than 300 companies since its inception, including ArcSight ARST , Ask Jeeves IACI , Aspect Communications ASPT , Road ARDI , Business.com RHD , Clarify CLFY , ComScore SCOR , Concur Technologies CNQR , Danger company Danger MSFT , Digital River DRIV , Form Factor FORM , Foundry Networks FDRY , Juniper Networks JNPR , LSI Corporation LSI , Mobile 365 SY , MySQL JAVA , Netflix NFLX , Polycom PLCM , Quigo TWX , Seagate Technology STX , Spiceworks Privately owned , Synchronoss SNCR , TiVo TIVO , Websense WBSN and Zynga. IVP invested in Twitter in February 2009. ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9C01EFD8133FF935A25751C0A96F9C8B63 Twitter ... 2010. ref http www.crunchbase.com financial organization institutional venture partners . CrunchBase ... IVP website http www.crunchbase.com financial organization institutional venture partners Crunchbase entry venture capital firms Category Venture capital firms Category Companies established in 1980 fi Institutional Venture Partners ... bits.blogs.nytimes.com 2008 11 11 vacation rental site raises 250 million in venture funds ?scp 7&sq ...   more details



  1. Helion Venture Partners, LLC

    Venture Partners Company Website venture capital firms Category Venture capital firms US private ...notability Companies date December 2011 unreferenced date December 2011 Helion Ventures Partners is a 350 million venture fund based in Mauritius. It invests in early to mid stage companies in India in sectors such as Outsourcing, Internet, Mobile, Technology Products, Retail, Education and Financial Services. Helion is advised by a team of advisors based in India. The advisors help the fund to select companies to invest in. And post investment the advisors work with the companies in areas such as finance, HR, technology, marketing and operations. Portfolio Companies Azure Power br Brand Calculus br QwikCilver br Humming Bird br YLG br Mast Kalandar br Agni Property br Global Talent Track br Attano br Vienova br NetAmbit br Eye Q br Jivox technology br Komli Media br MakeMyTrip MakeMyTrip.com br PubMatic br redBus br http www.letsbuy.com Letsbuy.com br http www.Yepme.com Yepme.com br http www.hoopos.com Hoopos.com br 9.9 Media br GETIT br ngpay br Shubham Housing Developmnent Finance Company br Kirusa br SMS GupShup br Amba Research br Anantara Solutions br Hurix Systems br Mindworks br Unitedlex UnitedLex br Zmanda References http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp?privcapId 28461729 Helion Venture Partners Bloomberg Businessweek http economictimes.indiatimes.com news news by industry telecom mobile social network sms gupshup valued at rs 1000 cr on venture capital fundings articleshow 9803064.cms Mobile social network SMS GupShup valued at Rs 1,000 cr on venture capital fundings The Economic Times http www.vccircle.com 500 news helion venture partners invests in baby products e tailer hooposcom Helion Venture Partners Invests In Baby Products E tailer Hoopos.Com VC Circle http www.moneycontrol.com news topic helion ventures Helion, Nexus invest in Eye Q Super Specialty Hospitals Moneycontrol.com http www.iamwire.com tag helion venture partners ...   more details



  1. Terra Venture Partners

    Infobox company name Terra Venture Partners company logo File Terra Venture Partners Logo.png Terra Venture Partners logo type foundation 2006 location city Jerusalem location country Israel locations industry Venture capital parent homepage http www.terravp.com www.terravp.com Terra Venture Partners is an State of Israel Israeli venture capital fund focused on clean technology . Terra Venture Partners was Israel s most active venture capital fund in 2009 in terms of first investments. ref http www.globes.co.il serveen globes docview.asp?did 1000539293&fid 942 IVC First investments plunge 50 , Globes , February 15, 2010, accessed December 14, 2010. ref The fund, established in 2006, ref Ankori, Merav http www.globes.co.il serveen globes docview.asp?did 1000268872 Cleantech fund Terra raises 15m , Globes , October 29, 2010, accessed December 14, 2010. ref currently has 25 million under management. ref http www.newenergyworldnetwork.com clean energy investor profiles newnet investor profile astorre modena terra venture partners.html NewNet Investor Profile Astorre Modena, Terra Venture Partners , NewNet , November 12, 2008, accessed December 14, 2010. ref Terra was founded by Astorre Modena and Harold Wiener as a fund dedicated to investing in early stage Israeli cleantech companies. However, the fund is relatively flexible on the definition of cleantech. Most of the fund s companies are focused on energy efficiency and storage, rather than the traditional cleantech fields such as solar power. ref Cohen, Yoni http www.greentechmedia.com articles read faucets gearboxes and batteries inside israels most prolific investors Faucets, Gearboxes and Batteries Inside One of Israel s Most ..., in hospitals, and in airports. ref http www.terravp.com portfolio Terra Venture Partners portfolio ... 2.4B solar ink market by 2015. ref http www.terravp.com portfolio Terra Venture Partners portfolio ... Terra Venture Partners Homepage Venture capital firms Categories Category Venture capital ...   more details



  1. VantagePoint Venture Partners

    Infobox Company company logo Image VantagePoint Logo.png 200px VantagePoint Venture Partners company name VantagePoint Capital Partners company type Private Company Private Ownership foundation 1996 location San Bruno, California , United States industry Venture Capital assets 4 billion ref Capital raised since inception in 1996 ref homepage http www.vpvp.com www.vpvp.com num employees Approx. 40 2008 VantagePoint Capital Partners is a firm with investments in the cleantech , information technology and healthcare sectors. Founded in 1996, by Alan E. Salzman and Jim Marver, the firm has raised over 4 billion with more than 1 billion dedicated specifically to CleanTech. VantagePoint is based in San Bruno, California with offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. Strategic partners VantagePoint has established strategic partnerships with a number of global corporations, including Air Products , Best Buy , BP , DuPont IBM , Jabil Circuit , Procter & Gamble and Scottish and Southern Energy . ref name vpvp.com www.vpvp.com ref Portfolio companies CleanTech Managing Directors Stephan Dolezalek, David Fries, Alan E. Salzman, Patricia Splinter and Marc van den Berg Information Technology Managing Directors Tom Bevilacqua, Bill Harding, Richard Harroch and Jim Mills Healthcare Managing Director Annette Bianchi Asia Managing Directors Melissa Guzzy, Alan E. Salzman class wikitable Sector Portfolio Companies Include CleanTech 1366 Adura Technologies AlertMe Amprius Angstrom Technologies Better Place ... assisted edit http findarticles.com p articles mi pwwi is 200007 ai mark02013847 VantagePoint Venture Partners IV Holds Initial Close On 1 Billion , July, 2000. External links http www.vpvp.com VantagePoint Venture Partners company website br Venture capital firms DEFAULTSORT Vantagepoint Venture Partners US private equity company stub Category Venture capital firms Category Companies based in Silicon Valley ja fi VantagePoint Venture Partners ...   more details



  1. U.S. Venture Partners

    Infobox Company company name U.S. Venture Partners company logo Image USVP Logo.png 185px USVP logo company type foundation 1981 founder Bill Bowes, Stu Moldaw, Bob Sackman key people location Menlo Park, California , United States industry Venture Capital products assets homepage http www.usvp.com www.usvp.com num employees 40 U.S. Venture Partners USVP , is a venture capital investment firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley focusing on investments in an array of segments including semiconductors , software as a service , communications, storage, wireless, Internet 2.0 , Cleantech , Medical devices and pharmaceutical s. Since its inception USVP has invested more than 2.7 billion ref name usvp.com cite web url http www.usvp.com title usvp.com accessdate August 2011 ref in over 450 companies ref name usvp.com across a broad range of industries. Seventy four of these companies have completed an initial public offering . History Founded by Bill Bowes, Stuart Moldaw and Robert Sackman in 1981 ref name usvp.com , U.S. Venture Partners was an early entrant to the burgeoning venture capital industry in Silicon Valley in early history of private equity the late 1970s and private equity in the 1980s early 1980s . Bill Bowes, who is the last remaining founding partner at USVP had worked as a venture capitalist prior to USVP working with companies including Cetus , Raychem Corporation and Dymo Industries . At USVP Bill led the firm s investments in Sun Microsystems, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Applied Biosystems, Devices for Vascular Intervention, Glycomed and Ventritex. Bill was also the founding shareholder of Amgen and the company s first Chairman. He had previously worked for investment banking Blyth Eastman Dillon & Company and later Paine Webber Blyth Eastman ... and other . ref http www.usvp.com html vers portfolio alpha.html US Venture Partners ... Venture Partners company website Private equity firms Category American venture capital firms Category ...   more details



  1. Venture Philanthropy Partners

    advert date July 2011 primary sources date July 2011 Venture Philanthropy Partners VPP is a high engagement philanthropic organization based in the DC metro area. It was founded in 2000 by Mario Morino , Raul Fernandez entrepreneur Raul Fernandez , and Mark Warner to invest in high performing nonprofits in the National Capital Region. Since then, it has made over 40 million in direct investments in nonprofits serving children and youth. VPP has a high engagement model with its nonprofit partners, and provides technical support along with its grants. It makes investments in three areas Early Childhood, Education, and Youth Transitions. Its investment partners, past and present, are currently serving more than 42,000 children and youth around the National Capital Region. Mission VPP s mission is blockquote We aim to help strong leaders make their organizations as effective as they can be. And we hope to demonstrate the value of making strategic, engaged, highly leveraged investments to build and strengthen nonprofit organizations. ref name mission http www.vppartners.org about us mission VPP s mission ref blockquote Approach VPP s approach differs from traditional grantmakers in that it does not ask for grant applications, but seeks out high performing organizations with the capacity to grow to serve more children and youth. It focuses on general operation support and not on programmatic expenses, another deviation from the traditional grantmaker model. Its investments are tailored to increase the capacity of nonprofits so that their growth can be sustained once the investment life cycle is complete. Once VPP finds a potential nonprofit partner, it goes through a due diligence ... http www.newschools.org NewSchools Venture Fund http www.redf.org REDF http www.seachangecap.org SeaChange Capital Partners http svpi.org Social Venture Partners References Reflist Category Organizations ... leveraged an additional 32 million in funds for these investment partners, creating a more than 1 1 ...   more details



  1. Jerusalem Venture Partners

    Infobox Company company name Jerusalem Venture Partners JVP company logo Image Madpis.jpg 250px JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem company type Limited liability company foundation 1993 key people Erel Margalit small Founder and Managing Partner small BR Kobi Rozengarten small General Partner small BR Gadi Tirosh small General Partner small location Jerusalem , Israel New York City New York , United States industry Venture Capital products Investments assets homepage http www.jvpvc.com www.jvpvc.com num employees Jerusalem Venture Partners JVP is an Israeli based Venture capital in Israel venture capital firm, with offices in the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem and in New York City . History JVP, founded by Erel Margalit in 1993, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in incubation and early stage investments in private companies. the JVP Fund currently runs investments of approximately 930 million dollars in eight funds, and specializes in investments in media, internet, mobile telephony, advertising and gaming industries. JVP has overseen at least 24 successful exits, more than any other Israel based investor. The firm has led some of the most successful exits in Israeli history, including the IPO of QlikTech Qlik Technologies currently valued at more than 2 billion ... of an Israeli company ever to that point. ref cite web title JVP Venture Capital url http www.jvpvc.com ... magazine selected Margalit as the top ranking non American venture capitalist on its prestigious Midas ... Magazine named him the best venture capitalist in Israel. ref cite news title ... the main venture capital firm, the Media Quarter also includes JVP Media Labs , a technological early ... cultural and business scenes in Israel. ref cite web title JVP Venture Capital url http www.jvpvc.com ... Software Business Intelligence Software June 2010 IPO on NASDAQ 2bn Market Cap See also Venture ... Venture capital firms Category Companies of Israel Category Investment companies of Israel Category ...   more details



  1. Norwest

    for the sniper Henry Norwest Refimprove date January 2007 This article details the history of Norwest ... company name Norwest logo Image Norwest logo.png 150px Final logo of Norwest type genre Financial ... divisions subsid slogan homepage footnotes intl Norwest Corporation was a banking and financial ... web title Wells Fargo and Norwest to Merge url https www.wellsfargo.com press merge19980608 date 8 June ... thumb right Northwest Bancorporation used this logo until 1983 when it became Norwest Prior to the 1970s ... , London , Nassau, Bahamas Nassau , and Luxembourg . 1980s, and restructuring into Norwest Banco was beset ... name. The change occurred in 1983, when Northwest Bancorporation became Norwest Corporation. Tellingly ... loan operation. Dial was renamed Norwest Financial Services Inc. in 1983. While these restructuring ... . It would be six years before Norwest would be able to move into its new quarters at the Norwest ... starting in 1981, Norwest began feeling the effects of its heavy farm loan portfolio 1.2 billion, or seven percent of its overall loan portfolio. Norwest had another 1.2 billion in loans in foreign markets, which caused additional problems in the early 1980s as Norwest, like most U.S. banks, had made many bad loans overseas. As a result, Norwest saw its non performing loan s increase 500 percent from 1983 to 1984, to more than 500 million. Further trouble came from the bank s mortgage unit, Norwest ... States. In the summer of 1984, Norwest Mortgage lost nearly 100 million from an unsuccessful ... 1984 the head of Norwest Mortgage was fired because of the hedging losses. By early 1995 substantial portions of Norwest Mortgage were divested, including operations involved in servicing mortgages ... mortgages. In the wake of Norwest s poor performance in 1984, Morrison resigned and was replaced ... and CEO of Norwest s banking group in early 1996 he was named to the additional posts of president and COO of Norwest Corp. in January 1989 . The new managers began slashing away at Norwest s bloated ...   more details



  1. Norwest United

    Infobox football club clubname Norwest United image Image Norwest United Logo.gif caption fullname Norwest United Association Football Club founded 1984 ground Huapai Domain Ground , Auckland , br New Zealand capacity owner John Widdows chairman Colin Corkill manager Gregg Kay league US1 Premiership season 2011 position US1 Premiership, 6th pattern la1 pattern b1 unknown pattern ra1 leftarm1 FFFFFF body1 FFFFFF rightarm1 FFFFFF shorts1 FFFFFF socks1 FFFFFF pattern la2 pattern b2 unknown pattern ra2 leftarm2 FFFFFF body2 FFFFFF rightarm2 FFFFFF shorts2 FFFFFF socks2 FFFFFF Norwest United AFC is a semi professional association football club in Auckland , New Zealand . They are corrently competing in the US1 Premiership . References http www.ultimatenzsoccer.com Database id1179.htm UltimateNZSoccer website s Norwest United page External links http www.unitedsoccer1.org.nz index.php?id 140 US1 Norwest United s page http www.norwestsoccer.org.nz Norwest United Official website US1P NewZealand footyclub stub Category Auckland association football clubs ...   more details



  1. Henry Norwest

    Unreferenced date November 2010 Henry Norwest Military Medal MM & Bar May 1, 1884, in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta August 18, 1918, at Fouquescourt , Somme , France was a distinguished Canada Canadian sniper in World War I . Military career A former ranch hand and rodeo performer, he served for a short time with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police until September 1915 when he joined the Canadian army. In his nearly three years of service with the 50th Battalion, CEF 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion , the lance corporal achieved a documented sniper sniping record of 115 fatal shots. While Norwest was an outstanding marksmanship marksman , the thing that set him apart from others was his superb stealth tactics and his expertise in the use of camouflage . As a result of his exceptional abilities his superiors frequently sent him on reconnaissance missions into No Man s Land or behind enemy lines. In 1917, Norwest earned the Military Medal during the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the following year he was awarded the bar to his Military Medal. Only three months before the war ended, Norwest was on a mission to find a German Empire German sniper s lair when he was killed by the enemy sniper. His Ross Rifle is currently on display at The Military Museum in Calgary . The rifle which he carried on August 18 was a replacement of the one taken by the German sniper as a trophy. Personal life Nicknamed Ducky , Henry Norwest was Metis people M tis of Cree France French origins from the Hobbema reserve in Alberta . Married and the father of three children, he is buried in the Warvillers Churchyard Extension Cemetery, Warvillers , Somme , France . External links http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 7622 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online WWISniper Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Norwest, Henry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1884 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1918 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Norwest, Henry ...   more details



  1. Venture

    Wiktionary venture Venture may refer to VENTURE NOTC, the Canadian Naval Officer Training Centre based in CFB Esquimalt , British Columbia In automobiles Chevrolet Venture , a General Motors Corporation minivan. VentureOne , a concept car by Venture Vehicles In business Joint venture , a strategic alliance between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together Venture department store , a defunct discount department store operating across Australia Venture capital , general term for financing startup, early stage, and turn around type businesses Venture Management , an emerging business management discipline Venture philanthropy , an emerging approach that attempts to make philanthropy more effective Venture Stores , a former chain of retail stores headquartered out of O Fallon, Missouri Venture Magazine a management magazine VentureSoft , a consulting corporation In entertainment Venture arcade game , a video game Venture TV series , a Canadian business television show on the CBC network Venture Science Fiction Magazine , a US science fiction magazine published in 1957 1958 and revived in 1969 1970 The Venture Bros. , a US animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network A Venture , a song by the U.K progressive rock group Yes band Yes and featured on their 1971 album The Yes Album Errant Venture, an Imperial Star Destroyer in the Star Wars universe USS Venture, a Galaxy class starship in the Star Trek universe SS Venture, a ship registered ... film and its King Kong 2005 film 2005 remake SS Venture, an InGen owned ship featured in Jurassic Park The Lost World Venture, a strategic card game by Sid Sackson In Scouting Venture Scout , a section of the Scout Movement, mostly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations Venture Scouts Scouting ... Scouts of America Australian Venture , a Jamboree style event held for Venturers in Australia every 3 years Venture patrol, a program in Boy Scouting Boy Scouts of America In Motorcycles Yamaha ...   more details



  1. Norwest Business Park

    File Driving westbound on Norwest Boulevard.jpg thumb right 250px Office buildings along Norwest Boulevard, the park s main arterial road The Norwest Business Park is a business park in the suburb of Bella Vista, New South Wales in Australia . Norwest Business is bordered by Windsor Road to the East, and Old Windsor Road to the West, with Norwest Boulevard stretching the length of the park between the two main arterial roads. It is growing every day with new companies moving in to serve the people of Hills District Sydney The Hills District . Over 400 companies are located in the park employing more than 25,000 people. The complex consists of several office buildings, Australia s largest ice skating rink, a Shopping mall shopping centre , a Crowne Plaza Crowne Plaza Hotel , two Filling station service stations , Hillsong Church , Virgin Active gym, medical centre, banks, child care centres, drive through post office, waterways and landscaped public open spaces. Projected employment is 32,000 by 2031. The park is 172 Hectares in area and currently has 800 businesses. Occupied space is currently 500,000m2 with Potential for a total of 1.7Mm History The park was established in 1983, during the Sydney housing boom. Farms had previously occupied the area. The park grew with the expanding population of the area, and the first business to be constructed was the Bella Vista Coles supermarket ... thousand staff. Cafes and restaurants also serve the park. Other large scale corporations in the Norwest ... opened up with an exit at the western end of Norwest Boulevard this gave the business park greater ... of traffic flow from the motorways brought traffic congestion. Norwest Boulevard, Windsor and Old Windsor ... for Norwest Business Park is Norbrik near the corner of Old Windsor Road and Norwest Boulevard and Edgewater ... in April 2012 with construction expected to start in 2014. Services Norwest Private Hospital Woolworths supermarket Woolworths References and external links http www.norwestbusinesspark.com.au Norwest ...   more details



  1. The Partners

    about comedy series the book The Partners book Infobox television show name The Partners image Image The partners.jpg 230px caption Don Adams and Rupert Crosse as The Partners genre Situation comedy Sitcom writer Earl Barret br Bruce Howard br Laurence Marks American writer Laurence Marks br Ed Simmons director Don Adams br Earl Bellamy br Richard Benedict br Gary Nelson director Gary Nelson starring Don Adams br Rupert Crosse composer Richard Hazard br Lalo Schifrin country United States language English num seasons 1 num episodes 20 executive producer Arne Sultan producer Arne Sultan br Lee Wolfberg cinematography William Cronjager br Meredith M. Nicholson runtime 26 min. company Don Lee Productions br Universal TV channel NBC audio format Monaural first aired Start date 1971 09 18 last aired End date 1972 09 08 status Ended The Partners is an American Situation comedy sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971 through September 8, 1972 on NBC . ref cite book last Brooks first Tim coauthors Marsh, Earle title The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 Present date 1979, 1981 edition 2 pages 578 isbn 0 345 29588 9 ref Synopsis The program featured Don Adams and Rupert Crosse as bumbling detectives Adams Lenny Crooke being the more inept of the two . Veteran actor John Doucette played the exasperated Captain Andrews, a character not unlike the Chief portrayed by Edward Platt in Adams earlier Get Smart . Dick Van Patten who later gained fame as the father on Eight Is Enough played the sycophantic desk Segeant Higgenbottem. Adams real life cousin, Robert Karvelas best known as Agent Larabee from Get Smart had a recurring role as Freddie, a character who compulsively ... notes Unlike many television programs of its day, The Partners eschewed a traditional opening ... My Three Sons against The Partners , but substituted All in the Family at the last minute. Episode ... links imdb title 0066697 tv.com 11108 The Partners DEFAULTSORT Partners, The Category 1971 television ...   more details



  1. Venture Development

    s priority, as with a venture capital organization. JumpStart s charitable gifts from funding partners ... firms have limited partners. References references Category Venture capital uk ...Cleanup date May 2009 Venture development describes economic development activity that is focused on using best practices and activities of experienced business mentoring and pre angel and venture capital investing in order to help create venture and angel capital ready firms which have the promise to create ... and jobs. Communities that do not have recent significant history or a critical mass of current venture backed firms are beginning to pursue venture development as a way to help their local economies begin to transform their ability to create and support such organizations. Venture development organizations ..., universities, research institutions, foundations, and individuals. Why is Venture Development Important? Venture backed firms now account for a significant portion of current jobs in the U.S. economy. ref National Venture Capital Association s 2006 edition of Venture Impact The Economic Importance of Venture Capital Backed Companies to the U.S. Economy ref Employees from venture backed companies represent 9 percent of all private sector U.S. employment and the revenues from venture backed companies represent 17.6 percent of U.S. GDP U.S. companies that received venture capital resources from 1970 2006 now account for 10.4 million jobs and 2.3 trillion in revenue in the U.S. economy Venture backed companies also grow much faster revenues and employees versus non venture backed companies ... not have a significant set of venture backed firms will suffer on a competitive peer basis when evaluating economics such as job growth and per capita income. Example of Venture Development JumpStart Inc. http www.jumpStartinc.org is a non profit venture development organization in Northeast Ohio that has exemplified the venture development model since its inception in 2004. JumpStart is a non ...   more details



  1. Venture philanthropy

    Definition of Venture Philanthropy http www.msnbc.msn.com id 13556127 Forbes Article http www.svpi.org news studies and reports Report on Social Venture Partners Impact http foundationcenter.org ...one source date September 2011 Venture philanthropy takes concepts and techniques from venture capital finance and high technology business management and applies them to achieving philanthropic goals. ref http tierwriting.com 2010 03 about venture philanthropy About Venture Philanthropy ref Venture philanthropy is characterized by Willingness to experiment and try new approaches . Focus on measurable results donors and grantees assess progress based on mutually determined benchmarks. Readiness to shift funds between organizations and goals based on tracking those measurable results. Giving financial, intellectual, and human capital. Funding on a multi year basis typically a minimum of 3 years, on average 5 7 years. Focus on capacity building, instead of programs or general operating expenses. High involvement by donors with their grantees. For example, some donors will take positions on the boards of the Non profit organization non profits they fund. There are three models for engaging in venture philanthropy. The first is traditional foundations practicing high engagement grantmaking ... staff. Good examples of this type of venture philanthropy are the Robin Hood Foundation in New ... they are given annually . Examples of this model are the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund in San ... . Some other examples of venture philanthropy foundations include http www.sv hk.org Social Ventures Hong Kong , Social Venture Partners, Venture Philanthropy Partners , The Children s Investment Fund Foundation CIFF , NewSchools Venture Fund, Grassroots Business Fund , Acumen Fund , and New Profit Inc . See also Givewell Alfanar Venture Philanthropy References Reflist External links http news.com.com ... Category Venture capital Category Social finance de Venture Philanthropie ...   more details



  1. Venture capital

    several prominent venture capital firms including Greylock Partners founded in 1965 by Charlie Waite ... partners of which serve as the managers of the firm and will serve as investment advisors to the venture ... members. Investors in venture capital funds are known as limited partners . This constituency ... partners and other investment professionals of the venture capital firm are often referred ... Venture partners Venture partners are expected to source potential investment opportunities bring in deals ... to several years for venture capitalists to raise money from limited partners for their fund. At the time ... the partners already know. Main alternatives to venture capital Because of the strict requirements ... property. Limited partners of venture capital firms typically have access only to limited amounts ...Financial market participants History of private equity and venture capital Venture capital VC is financial ... startup companies . The venture capital Collective investment scheme fund makes money by owning ... , etc. The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding round as growth funding ... of the company. Venture capital is a subset of private equity . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital. ref name PrivCo cite web title Private Company Knowledge Bank url http www.privco.com knowledge bank private equity and venture capital ref In addition to angel investing and other seed funding options, venture capital is attractive for new ... debt offering . In exchange for the high risk that venture capitalists assume by investing in smaller and less mature companies, venture capitalists usually get significant control over company decisions, in addition to a significant portion of the company s ownership and consequently value . Venture ... businesses created in the USA, and only 600 800 get venture capital funding. According to the National Venture Capital Association , 11 of private sector jobs come from venture backed companies ...   more details



  1. Social venture

    A social venture is an undertaking by a firm or organization established by a social entrepreneur that seeks to provide systemic solutions to achieve a sustainable, social objective. Background Social ventures may be structured in many forms, including sole proprietors, for profit and not for profit firms, non governmental organizations , youth groups, community organizations, and more. Typically, government organizations are not considered to be social ventures, yet even government organizations can adopt entrepreneurial practices, possibly partnering with independent organizations, to explore innovative methods for providing social services. Elkington and Hartigan define three models for social ventures leveraged nonprofit, hybrid nonprofit, and social business. ref Elkington, John and Pamela Hartigan 2007 . The Power of Unreasonable People How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. Boston, MA Harvard Business School Press. ref In the leveraged nonprofit venture the entrepreneur uses external partners for financial support in providing a public good . On the other hand, the hybrid nonprofit venture recovers a portion of its costs through sales of its goods or services. The social business venture generates profits, but rather than return those profits to shareholders, like commercial ventures, it reinvests those profits to further the social venture and the resulting social benefits. The distinguishing characteristic of the social venture versus the commercial venture is the primacy of their objective to solve social problems and provide social benefits. The social venture may generate profits, but that is not its focus. Rather profits are a possible ... profit with its web based platform provided as a public good. Yet Kiva partners with microfinance ... by other pharmaceutical companies due to their lack of profitability. iOWH also partners with the for profit ... using the dmoz template. No more links DEFAULTSORT Social Venture Category Social enterprise ...   more details



  1. USS Venture

    Three vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Venture The first USS Venture SP 616 Venture SP 616 was a steam yacht leased by the Navy from 1917 to 1919. The second USS Venture PC 826 Venture PC 826 was also a yacht , originally built in 1931, acquired at the end of December 1941, used for patrols and convoys along the East Coast, and sold in 1946. The third USS Venture MSO 496 Venture MSO 496 was a Minesweeper ship minesweeper in service from 1956 to 1971. For the fictional starship, see USS Venture Star Trek . Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Venture, Uss Category United States Navy ship names pl USS Venture ...   more details



  1. Venture Management

    Unreferenced date April 2007 Venture Management is an emerging business management discipline. This discipline is focused on the skills and practices required to manage the rapid growth of new business in highly dynamic environments. These environments are often characterized by rapid technology change. Venture Management techniques apply equally well to Venture Capital funded firms, self financed firms, and new ventures that are managed with a large degree of independence within a large established firm. External links A definition of http www.1000ventures.com business guide mgmt corporate v venture.html venture management as contrasted with traditional management. Example of syllabus from university level http www.cba.unl.edu outreach ent eclasses ENTR421 11082004.pdf venture management course MBA program focused on http www.worldwidelearn.com una online mba degrees.htm New Venture Management http www.americanventuremagazine.com articles 676 American Venture article on venture management International consultancy assisting ventures of all sizes http www.venturemediagroup.com Venture Media Group Category Venture capital Category Business process management ...   more details




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