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House GOP Tax Plan Good Start But More Needs to Be Done to Encourage Entrepreneurial Activity and Startup Creation

All Press Releases, Public Policy, Taxes June 24, 2016/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today issued the following statement after House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, unveiled the House Republican blueprint for tax reform.

“The tax code impacts the entrepreneurial ecosystem in two major ways—one in which tax policy has been effective and second where reform is desperately needed. Startups generally have to operate for years using investment capital to create and develop a novel product or service, and so the investment environment is absolutely critical to entrepreneurship,” said Bobby Franklin, President and CEO of NVCA. Read more

Ratcliffe Bills Make it Easier for DHS to Access Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions

All Press Releases, Cybersecurity, Public Policy, Technology June 21, 2016/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5388, the Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2016, and H.R. 5389, the Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016, introduced by Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. Featured as part of the Innovation Initiative led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the bills would make it easier for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to access innovative cybersecurity solutions by requiring the federal agency to address barriers that inhibit venture-backed cybersecurity startups from delivering their products and services via the federal procurement process. Read more

NVCA Cheers Passage of Bills by Homeland Security Committee to Open Procurement Process to Cybersecurity Startups

All Press Releases, Cybersecurity, Public Policy, Technology June 8, 2016/by actualize

Federal Agencies Unable to Access Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions Due to Difficulties Startups Face Accessing Procurement Process

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) issued the following statement today after the House Committee on Homeland Security passed the Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2016 and the Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016, both introduced by Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. Read more

Fostering Innovation Act Would Help Startups Go Public

All Press Releases, Capital Formation & Regulation, Public Policy May 23, 2016/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today came out in support of H.R. 4139, the Fostering Innovation Act. Sponsored by Reps. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), H.R. 4139 would reduce the significant and sometimes overwhelming costs for small capitalization companies to go public, encouraging more startups to access the public markets. Read more

NVCA Announces Support for STRONG Patents Act of 2015

All Press Releases, Patent Reform, Public Policy March 3, 2015/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today announced its support for the STRONG Patents Act of 2015 after the legislation was introduced in the Senate by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI).

“The right to protect one’s ideas is a bedrock principle of our country and a vital component to the health and well-being of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. I commend Senator Coons and his colleagues for introducing legislation that will bring appropriate reforms to our patent system,” said Bobby Franklin, President & CEO of NVCA. Read more

Patent Attorney Robert Taylor Represents NVCA at Congressional Hearing on Patent Litigation Reform

All Press Releases, Patent Reform, Public Policy February 12, 2015/by actualize

Raises Concerns with Innovation Act and Emphasizes Importance of Maintaining Strong Patent Protections for Entrepreneurs

WASHINGTON, DC – Robert Taylor, Founder and Owner of RPT Legal Strategies PC, an intellectual consulting firm in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, testified today on behalf of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet at a hearing to discuss recent Supreme Court cases related to patent enforcement.

During testimony, Taylor walked lawmakers through the role that venture capital plays in fueling the innovation economy and emphasized the importance of strong patent protections to promote the health and vitality of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

“[M]aking it more costly to enforce patents in order to combat abusive litigation will have the unintended consequence of diminishing—if not extinguishing—the only true incentive that thousands of innovators presently have to invest the necessary time, money and other resources needed to create a new company from scratch,” said Taylor in his written testimony. Read more

NVCA Applauds Upton and DeGette for Their Efforts to Preserve U.S. Dominance in Medical Innovation

All Press Releases, Healthcare Innovation, Public Policy January 27, 2015/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today thanked Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) for releasing a discussion draft of their 21^st Century Cures Initiative. The bipartisan proposal will make key changes to regulatory and reimbursement policies that will help encourage investment in medical innovation so that new treatments and cures are available to patients and the U.S. maintains its position as the global leader in medical research and development. Read more

Bennet-Hatch PATH Act will Promote Investment in Medical Innovation

All Press Releases, Healthcare Innovation, Public Policy January 16, 2015/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today issued the following statement after U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced the Promise for Antibiotics and Therapeutics for Health (PATH) Act to streamline the drug approval pathway as well as encourage the innovation and development of lifesaving antibiotics. Read more

NVCA Recommends Changes to Proposed Tick Size Pilot Program

All Press Releases, Capital Formation & Regulation, Public Policy December 22, 2014/by actualize

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with recommendations to improve a proposed pilot program that allows for the trading of small-cap stocks at wider tick-sizes. Read more

Venture Community Pleased with President’s Executive Order to Expand Visas for Startup Entrepreneurs

All Press Releases, Immigration, Public Policy November 20, 2014/by actualize

ARLINGTON, VA – The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today issued the following statement after the White House unveiled the details of President Obama’s executive order on immigration. Read more

Building Better: Drive Capital & Forge Biologics

blog, Building Better January 21, 2021/by Cassie Ann Kiggen

Welcome to the NVCA Blog series, Building Better, where we celebrate the dynamic relationship between our VC members and their innovative portfolio companies around the nation. For today’s Building Better, we spoke with Molly Bonakdarpour, Partner at Drive Capital, and with Timothy Miller, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Forge Biologics, a Drive Capital portfolio company. Learn […]

NVCA Member Spotlight: Avestria

blog, Ecosystems, Member Spotlight January 14, 2021/by Cassie Ann Kiggen

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Avestria.

Federal Agencies Unable to Access Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions Due to Difficulties Startups Face Accessing Procurement Process

Raises Concerns with Innovation Act and Emphasizes Importance of Maintaining Strong Patent Protections for Entrepreneurs

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