Venture Capital

Mercora and Habbo Hotel illustrate what's happening at both ends of the funding pipeline for start-ups: Money is flowing again not only into survivors of the dot-com boom (Finland-based Habbo Hotel started in 2000) but also to a promising generation of newcomers hoping to grow up and become the next eBay, Yahoo or Google. "We are seeing a real upswing in the number of really interesting new start-up ideas out there," said James R. Lussier, a member of the investment team at Norwest Venture Partners, which doubled its dealmaking activity last year compared with 2003. "We are looking at investment opportunities now that will be significant companies three to five years out." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40194-2005Jan26.html

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