Nigerian Times

Top Firms for Early Stage Companies No. Deals in 2007* VC Location 19 Maryland Technology Development Corporation Columbia, MD 16 Draper Fisher Jurvetson Menlo Park, CA 15 Ben Franklin Technology Partners Southeastern PA Philadelphia, PA 15 Innovation Works, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 14 New Enterprise Associates Baltimore, MD 13 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA Bethlehem, PA 13 First Round Capital West Conshohocken, PA 12 Mohr Davidow Ventures Menlo Park, CA 11 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Menlo Park, CA 10 Domain Associates LLC Princeton, NJ 10 General Catalyst Partners Cambridge, MA 10 Intel Capital Santa Clara, CA 10 Village Ventures Williamstown, MA 9 InterWest Partners Menlo Park, CA 9 Labrador Ventures Palo Alto, CA 9 Polaris ...

Nokia Supports Social Innovation Camp Nigeria In line with its established reputation for Innovation, Nokia is partnering with a social enterprise venture, Co-Creation Hub to provide a platform for young Nigerians to come up with business ideas that also address some of Nigeria’s social issues. Co-Creation Hub had sought entries from Nigerians on how they can use mobile technology to set up businesses that address issues like the quality of Education, Health, combating corruption, and deepening democracy. The entries were pruned to 6 out of which three winners have emerge after a 48-hour camping at the Pan-Africa University, Lagos. Nokia along with other organizations like TBWA/Concepts will allow the winners use their platforms to transform the ideas into thriving businesses. Segun Fodeke, a software developer won the first prize with her idea on how mobile devices can be used to track the performance of elected government officials against the promises they make when seeking election...