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NVCA Participates in 2014 Energy Datapalooza Event at White House

blog, Energy, Public Policy June 2, 2014/by Emily Baker

Last week, I attended the 2014 Energy Datapalooza event hosted at the White House, a gathering of innovators who are using the power of data to build the clean energy economy. Several venture-backed companies were part of the technology showcase and exhibited at the event, highlighting novel technologies aimed at energy efficiency, utility load management […]

Great news from Washington for new Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory tests!

blog, Healthcare Innovation, Public Policy April 3, 2014/by Kelly Slone

I’m excited to announce that President Obama signed into law on April 1 the “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014,” modernizing the Medicare payment system for clinical lab tests with a market-based payment system. This is an issue that NVCA’s Medical Industry Group has been working on collectively with other stakeholders for several years, […]

NVCA Joins New Push for Immigration Reform

blog, Immigration, Public Policy January 27, 2014/by Emily Baker

NVCA has joined forces with the Partnership for a New American Economy in an effort to increase awareness of the need for comprehensive immigration reform in the run-up to President Obama’s State of the Union address tomorrow. Specifically, we are asking our members to change their profile pictures – on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other […]

Strong year for Biotech IPOs Spurs Optimism for 2014

blog, Exits, Healthcare Innovation, Public Policy, Research January 9, 2014/by Kelly Slone

As the flood of 2013 recaps and 2014 predictions begins to recede, one storyline continues to spur optimism among venture capitalists: the continued improvement in the venture-backed IPO market. In no sector was this trend more notable than in biotechnology. With 42 IPOs, biotech provided nearly half of the venture-backed total in 2013. In fact, […]

NVCA Sponsors Mobile Medical App Roadshow

blog, Healthcare Innovation, Public Policy December 20, 2013/by Kelly Slone

Since the day the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published its final guidance on mobile medical apps last September, app developers have been trying to determine how the FDA guidance impacts their particular apps and business plans. Now, a consortium of six leading universities, more than a dozen industry trade associations and professional societies […]

Moving More EGCs from the On-Ramp to IPOs

blog, Capital Formation & Regulation, Public Policy November 13, 2013/by Jennifer Connell Dowling

This past Monday, NVCA participated in the release of a new report aimed at improving access to public capital for startups and emerging growth companies. Entitled “From the On-Ramp to the Freeway: Refueling Job Creation and Growth by Reconnecting Investors with Small-Cap Companies,” the report follows up on the 2011 efforts of the IPO Task Force, […]

The SEC’s Proposed New Rules on General Solicitation

blog, Capital Formation & Regulation, Public Policy September 25, 2013/by Jennifer Connell Dowling

Among the many bills packaged together in 2012 to form the JOBS Act was a measure that forced the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revisit its long-time ban on “general solicitation” – i.e. advertising – for private offerings. Although it has taken the SEC more than a year to craft final rules lifting the […]

NVCA Weighs In with U.S. Senate on Tax Reform

blog, Public Policy, Taxes July 26, 2013/by Jennifer Connell Dowling

In late June, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) proposed jump-starting tax reform by starting with a “blank slate” that eliminates all tax expenditures – both corporate and individual – in the code. They then asked their Senate colleagues to formally weigh in on which expenditures or credits should […]

Will Coleman Testifies Before Senate on Clean Energy Finance

blog, Energy, Public Policy July 22, 2013/by Emily Baker

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing last week on the current state of investment in clean energy finance and discussed federal programs aimed at the development and deployment of new energy technologies. Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and ranking member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) both discussed the importance of ARPA-E, as well as […]

NVCA Board Member Ray Leach Testifies on Capital Formation

blog, Capital Formation & Regulation, Public Policy July 10, 2013/by Jennifer Connell Dowling

Today, NVCA Board Member and JumpStart Inc CEO Ray Leach testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises at a Hearing on “Reducing Barriers to Capital Formation, Part II” Following the passage of the JOBS Act, the Subcommittee continues to identify additional legal, regulatory, and market impediments that are […]

How Startups and Entrepreneurs Can Power the Economic Recovery

blog, Ecosystems, Venture Investment May 13, 2020/by Ross DeVol

We worked with Ross DeVol, President and CEO of Heartland Forward, on this partner blog post to highlight the importance of entrepreneurs and startups during this crisis and how they could be the engine to get people back to work. It should come as no surprise to the NVCA community that entrepreneurs are critical to […]

Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months – What We Expect & Why It Matters

blog, Public Policy, Research April 28, 2020/by Maryam Haque

The U.S. startup ecosystem has rapidly entered a new chapter of what will be a turbulent period over at least the next several quarters. Investment in the startup ecosystem is expected to drop significantly at a time when the country needs it most for company and job creation towards economic recovery from the global pandemic. […]

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