They say money can’t buy happiness, but somebody ought to be happy that Bill Gates and his Gates Foundation are putting up $250 million more in the name of global health.
Bill Gates Doubles Funding for Global Health Initiative
Bill Gates announced that the Gates Foundation will more than double its funding for the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, which was launched in 2003.
4INFO Mobile Search lands $8M in Funding
Mobile Search firm 4INFO have secured $8M in funding from VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
FACTORING AS A SOURCE OF BUSINESS FUNDING
Do you supply products and services to commercial customers and are unable to secure traditional bank financing? If so, do you very often have to wait 30 to 90 days or longer for your customers to pay your invoices? Which often leaves you short of the capital you need to effectively operate and build your business.
Should You Buy Advertising With VC Or Internal Funding?
Hi Scott: I read your article in EntreprenuerNewz and was wondering about a few things… We have a small company that started about a year ago. We released our service about a month ago and have had great response and signups for the amount of advertising that we have done (very very little).
Question has come up for us wether it would be wise to get some venture capital to help increase the growth rate of our business.
Funding Just Got Tougher
Funding services just took a BIG hit this past week – with funders pulling out of many types of cases – even ones in progress. This came about primarily due to the Fen Phen case, where now it looks like more cases will be turned down after audit, paying less people, and having no guarantee of paying back funds already advanced. The possibility of the company running out of money is a very real possibility – for anyone looking to get paid in the future.