There will be a lot less money sloshing around China’s tech startups next year—at just the time when they’re going to need it most. VC firms that invest U.S. dollars in Chinese tech startups have raised far less money this year than in the past. Such firms have raised $4.2 billion this year so ...

Heartland Forward releases new report on entrepreneurship across the country with first-of-its-kind calculator The metrics underlying America’s Entrepreneurial States: Supporting Entrepreneurs to Help Drive the Economy show that when it comes to creating and supporting entrepreneurial ecosystems, the coasts win and the heartland lags. Our country was built on the American Dream. Even today –… Continue reading America’s Entrepreneurial States: Supporting Entrepreneurs to Help Drive the Economy

Noom Inc., whose app is designed to help people lose weight by changing their behavior, raised $540 million in a new funding round as it seeks to expand into other realms of personal health.

More than 50 percent are urban, and two in downtown San Francisco attract more than a billion dollars each in venture capital.

The contextual ad-tech company raised $75 million in new funding from Goldman Sachs