Dave McClure Files For $30 Million Venture Fund: 500 Startups

In January, we broke the news that prolific Silicon Valley angel investor Dave McClure was to set up its own venture capital fund .

Difference Engine Accelerator Prog Launches Its Graduates

Something crazy happened in the last 36 hours. Literally three tech startup events happened in London, each with multiple startups attempting to get real product out into the marketplace. However, while Launch48 and London Startup Weekend happened over the last weekend (and more of them in posts to follow), The Difference Engine , a UK seed accelerator program has spent the last few months, not days, nurturing some early stage startups.

The Difference Engine Brings TechStars/YCombinator Mentality To UK

The Difference Engine is shaping up to be the kind of raw, Web 2.0 incubator the UK has lacked for some time. Whereas Seedcamp tends to take more fully formed early stage startups on, The Difference Engine is closer to having a hacker mentality. When you want to just go and build a product, this might be the kind of programme that appeals

Team Europe Makes Early Investment

Team Europe Ventures , the Berlin-based VC firm focused on early stage Internet companies, has made a minority investment in Infakt .

Atlas Venture Shrinks Back To Boston

We all know the crisis in the venture capital community is starting to have real word effects, but for some it means totally changing how they run. Today Atlas Ventures announced it is moving its entire operation to Boston, bringing together its US and European teams in one place, and reducing its headcount.