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PREMIUM

Angels better than VCs?

Recent Volatility

Kerry & Snowe rejuvenate the US SBIC program

Benchmark Capital creates Balderton Capital

China venture capital grew 55 percent in 2006

ETF closes $70m in first European cleantech fund

New £25m early stage venture fund launched along with ‘IQ Angel’ sector experts

Pond Ventures: a VC fund with a live technology pulse

Scotland’s Braveheart plans AIM flotation amid nervous market

Seraphim Capital, an angel-led fund with a mission

INSIDE Contactless recapitalizes with new round of $25m

Applied Materials purchase of HCT Shaping Systems SA

ARC’s acquistion of Tenison EDA: a real Bargain

Giddy steps down from Amino

Mobile multimedia

MPEG4 rising fast

Sweet vengeance for Transmeta as Intel forks out $250m

CEVA DSPs shipping to 80 percent of handset OEMs

Sony Ericsson ASP drops but volume grows 59%

Tenison EDA acquisition by ARC

China to adopt single corporate rate tax for both domestic and foreign entities, and property rights law

Automotive semiconductor firm ELMOS raises sales and net income

Trade Commission’s final decision in Rambus ‘standard setting’ case

CEVA cost-cutting drive for profitability impacts first half revenue growth

US angel networks go through a renaissance

Ignios’ final curtain: lessons learned

Can start-ups compete directly with the giant gorillas?

'Flirting with Europeans'

HSPA mobile broadband deal

GPS to hit $1bn

Downturn in all economies

Wireless semis surpass overall chips

Optoelectronics growth

Photovoltaic silicon shortage

Q108 mobile handset top five

LTE launch raises competition for WiMAX

Toshiba Exits HD-DVD

WiMAX Roll Out

LEDs drive lighting

Blade server shipments

2008 smart card mkt

LEDs and Traditional Lighting

Nintendo displaces Sony

Maps Key Part of GPS

WiFi Radio

LCD-TV revenue to reach $7.4 billion in 2011

PC Market

Microcontrollers growth: Renesas takes lion share

Optics market boost with Ericsson high capacity IPTV

OLED shipments will make a small mark in TV market

Electronic shelf display (ESL) to lead small display market

OECD broadband subscribers to hit 200 million

Content drives up mobile phone ARPU as voice declines

PMP/MP3 player is fastest growing market in consumer electronics

Is there a future for DAB, DVB-H, mobile TV in automotive infotainment?

Pay-TV, IPTV to drive premium video services market to exceed $277 billion by 2010

Freescale Semiconductor leads in $18bn automotive IC market

How much do the components cost in an iPhone?

How much do the components cost in an iPhone?

Will Europe feature in the top fabless list?

India’s chip design industry set to nearly quadruple by 2010

PlayStation 3 offers supercomputer performance at PC pricing

Smartphone sales rising fast

Quanta and Asustek lead ODM chip spending in 2006

iPod Nano teardown reveals much reduced BoM over earlier versions

Koreans take the lead over China in global television market

LED future bright despite 2005 slowdown

Clock generation market to double in five years

Broadband/Internet potentially the most disruptive market for video-on-demand (VoD)

IPTV subscriber base set for explosive growth

Temperature sensor ICs growing again

Blood pressure monitoring and tyre pressure sensors market to double

Is Toshiba taking loss on HD-DVD shipments?

China’s top 10 IC design companies - opportunities for HTSUs

New thermal IC products - ‘cool’ solutions

key trends in the Indian telecom industry

iPod and cell phones intensify market for OLED displays

Real world signal management drives $50 billion mixed-signal market

The big semiconductor company’s dilemma

China-India GDP

Indian Bio startup support

Indian Economy in 2008

Chinese EMV market

Nanotech challenges

Ericsson Deal With Idea Cellular

Rural Internet Pilot

China 3G license incentives

China GPS chipsets

India $6.59bn Consumer Electronics

Indian Telecom $4.5bn capex spend

London acquires Yorkshire

Increased MEA M&A

US IPO rebounds

Europe IPO/M&A slows

Motorola’s acquisition of TTPCom will unnerve IP market

Rajeev Madhavan

Capital Markets Turbulence

Packet Switched Networks

Draft Executive Order

3i Quits Venture Capital

IMEC Taiwan benefits start-ups

Should VC-backed companies be entitled to government grants?

Small Firms' Research

PREMIUM

Young Apprentice winner

Miracor receives €6 million

New ETF team member from Goldman Sachs

NTRglobal receives €22m

Glover review - SME feedback wanted

North-West technology network kicks off

Electronic nose tech

Enterprising Britian finalists

$4.5m for ChipVision

Ericsson reverse stock split

Schools' design challenge

$8m for travel web site

Review site funding and French portal

Selective public procurement for SMEs/HTSUs

Silicon Valley Boomer Business Competition

Firms go online to choose licensable tech

Techno gadgets burning out Brits

Serial Web entrepreneur now at Wellington Partners

More female entrepreneurs wanted

HuaXun 'sea turtles' and CEVA deliver software GPS

$10m for in-building wireless tech

$220m clean tech fund closes

5th exit for The Capital Fund

Flight search engine's new chairman

lastminute team gets second Spark

Mobius acquires Harvard technology license

SMS innovator secures £450k

FirstCapital assists Multimap in $50m buyout

Toumaz adds Australian patent

Virtual awards for mobile content

Fibre to Premises & WiFi gets boost

France stock options

Mi-Pay receives £1.8m

New VC for early stage tech

2008 tech growth despite gloom

NMI honours Ian Burnett

Scottish university projects get £3.3M

Pulsic board appoints EDA veteran

£600k for optical imaging

Join trade mission to India

London Technology Fund makes first exit

CamSemi eastern drive

ETT call for web start-ups d/l 30 Sep

XMOS raises $16m

No 9 to 5 for entreps

Belgacom satellite business acquired

Inxstor gets £600k funding

O2 entrepreneur of the year

OnRelay funding lead by IQ Capital

goSupermodel: dot bomb v2.0?

Nanotech innovator raises £225k for LEDs

Vicky Pryce appointed to Government Economic Service

Archives..

UK VC capital in decline

Can EIS survive?

VCs follow new global innovation

UK's hidden innovators

Doing it in style in China

Bill Gates House Science Cttee speech

UK budget 08

A new UK talent strategy and SMEs

New Scottish can do spirit

New BERR team

Pesistence through volatile markets

HTSU's caught up in private equity crossfire

UK entreps' poor self-confidence

Goodbye DTI: game, set and ‘DIUS’

Indian KPO is the real threat to European high-tech, not BPO

Budget ’07: you have read the headlines - now read the analysis for high-tech start-ups

Independence for Technology Strategy Board (TSB)

UK businesses ignoring world’s fast growing economies are signing their death warrants

Check against delivery: Brown's Speech, Bangalore, India

Why do early stage investors stay glued to their domestic markets?

More editorials..

Antenova gets $10 million investment

Artimi raises $26.5 million in series B (R2) funding

Mirics: a fabless start-up with a clear vision

DiBcom

picoChip secures new VC fans and $20.5 million R3 funding

Esmertec IPO postponed

Smartdot

More Due Diligence..

MergeOptics rares towards IPO

CamSemi investments now total $30.5m

Scottish £1.3m grant to IC firm

No Israeli credit crunch

Cleantech investment peaks

Fuel cell tech funding

$14m for mobile voice apps

European VCs smell billion dollar exits

Use PE capital for overlooked markets

High-tech investors'optimism for 2008

Ex CSR VP leverages £1.2m in Camrivox

BoS pitches in with Oxford Angels

BoS pitches in with Oxford Angels

Israeli VCs hit six-year record

Oxford Capital ‘tees off’ with new venture

Braveheart maiden results

Israeli investments to hit record $1.7bn

New ECF candidates Q407

Q307 Euro VC trends

Earlybird VC exit award

US angel trends 1H07

VCT honeymoon over

US VC deals

First half Israeli VC rises by 10% to hit $842 million

E-Synergy to manage new Emerald Fund for university research projects

European Q1 VC flat at €1.07 billion

Venture-backed M&A/IPO levels back to 2000 level

More investor trends..

California complacency

Renewables report: can UK meet target?

World’s first 60GHz HD wireless chip is developed

Case report: patents/software in England

£2m funding drives microfluidics tech

70m PC buyers want mobile broadband

iPhone revenue sharing

GSMA to study mass market potential of embedded mobile broadband

UK patents: top 10 consolidates

Major company law overhaul

Durham Scientific Crystals

UK R&D

Differentiating between corporate spin-outs/carve outs/corporate venturing

VC investment slows in Q2 2005

First half Israeli high-tech venture capital rises by 15%

The US SBIR and its relevance to the UK

UK technology VC investments fall by 17% in 2004

EMV (chip + PIN): show us the money?

Digital cinema gets a kick-start

More markets..

Motivational and educational

Objective and not condescending dragon

Academics must blame themselves if they don’t patent

SFLG: independent ombudsman

SFLG sympathy: Bank managers are clueless

More right 2 reply..

Dialogue - Rajeev Madhavan

Gregory K. Hinckley

Robin Saxby

Walden Rhines

Simon Davidmann

Candace Johnson

David Srodzinski

SiGe pioneer joins semiconductor start-up

Richard Farleigh

Simon Davidmann

Gary Kildall

Walter Herriot

John Laurie

Amaratunga, CamSemi

More...

Call for papers - VLSI2009

Lost years for UK innovation

Hard times, position your company for downturn

Green myths about corn ethanol

British Business Angels Association (BBAA) welcomes support for investment in early stage businesses

English Court Position on Computer Programs and Business Methods

The changing environment for life science funding

Patent, publish or perish?

More speakers corner..

Acuid in administration

MBO blues, part two

MBO blues, part one

Destructive acquisitions

The road to CEO hell

To patent or not patent – that is the question

Roll up for the 3GSM Congress

Understanding key venture finance terms

The global patent

Trademarks

Steve Jobs

Investor presentations

Law firm pioneers fixed legal fees for investment solution

Top start-up tips from Mike Baker

More trade secrets..

Entrep and angel reunited at Venturefest v8

Intelligent Mechanized Mannequins

Auto PR generator

Schoolmaster claims credit for entrepreneurship programmes

Mirror TV

About Uncle Thakur

10 - the prospect, the channel

9 - Partnering

8 - Product development

7 - Stock options

6 - Building the team

5 - The term sheet

4 - Pinning down the plan

3 - Seeds of excess

2 - Dinner brainstorm

1 - Drive-by-IPO


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Chilli Pages - Interims


Many early stage startups require experienced personnel to provide advice and practical guidance, usually rolling-up their shirt-sleeves to help:

  • Get that first round of investment
  • Get the product out the door on budget and on time
  • Find that elusive first customer.

An interim executive can also use their management experience and know how to stay cool and calm, in a chaotic, fast-paced environment. If you are an experienced manager or executive looking for an interim management position in the high-tech or media sector in Europe, then promote yourself directly with an advert in Chilli Pages. Don't worry, you don't have to reveal your name, until the right opportunity comes by. Click here to place an advert in the interim section.

If you are a startup interested in any of the interim executives below, please click on the appropriate Chilli reference number, and email us your contact details.

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INTERIM AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE FOR:

SKILL SET: Sales & Marketing Director

DOMIAN SECTOR: Semiconductors

COMPANY STAGE: R1, R2, R3

LOCATION: UK South East

DURATION: 9-12 months - possible permanent availability: June 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 40514

EXPERIENCE OF:

SKILLS: Sales & Marketing at semiconductor start-ups

DOMAIN SECTOR: Semiconductor and electronic component

REGIONS: Europe, Middle East and Africa

COMPANY STAGE: Pre Exit & post IPO

YEARS in DOMAIN: 20

PREVIOUS GIGS: Texas Instrument, ST Microelectronics & Xilinx


INTERIM AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE FOR:

SKILL SET: CEO, VP Business Development, Non-exec Director

DOMIAN SECTOR: Internet, e-Retail, e-Travel, Online advertising

COMPANY STAGE: S1, S2, S3, R1, R2, R3, pre Exit

LOCATION: London, South East

DURATION: up to 12 Months, PERM AVAILIBILTY: May 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 40518

EXPERIENCE OF:

SKILLS: Start-up CEO, senior exec, non-exec director listed PLC

DOMAIN SECTOR: Internet, e-Retail, e-Travel, Online advertising

REGIONS: UK, EU

COMPANY STAGE: S1, S2, S3, R1, R2, R3, Pre Exit

YEARS in DOMAIN: 15

PREVIOUS GIGS: Various blue-chip start-ups, Thomas Cook, News International, BT, IBM


INTERIM AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE FOR:

SKILL SET: CEO, VP Business Development, Prod Management

DOMIAN SECTOR: Semi IP, Fabless Chip, EDA, India design centre

COMPANY STAGE: S3, R1, R2, R3, CF1, CF2, pre EXIT

LOCATION: India ,US, UK, EU

DURATION: up to 12 Months

PERM AVAILIBILTY: May 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 40507

EXPERIENCE OF:

SKILLS: CEO, VP Ops, , VP Marketing, ASICs, global chip development, international business, technology partnerships, contracts negotiations

DOMAIN SECTOR: Semi IP, Fabless ,Chips, EDA

REGIONS: US, India

COMPANY STAGE: R1, R2, pre IPO , post IPO

YEARS in DOMAIN: 20

PREVIOUS GIGS: Various Start Ups, National Semiconductors, Fairchild, Compass


INTERIM AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE FOR:

SKILL SET: Chairman, CEO, CMO; Non-Exec; Business Angel

DOMAIN SECTOR: Clean Tech, Internet, Hi-Tech

COMPANY STAGE: S2, S3; R1-R3; pre-IPO, pre-EX

LOCATION: flexible

DURATION: open

AVAILIBILTY: April 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 40511

EXPERIENCE OF:

SKILLS: CEO, Co-founder of start-ups; Business Angel, Management Consultant

DOMAIN SECTOR: Telecom, Webcast, Internet, Security, Biotech

REGIONS: UK, all major EU countries, USA. Russia

COMPANY STAGE: S2, S3; R1-R3; pre-IPO, pre-EX

YEARS in DOMAIN: more than 15

PREVIOUS GIGS: Various start-ups; Nokia, @Stake (Symantec)


INTERIM AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE FOR:

SKILL SET: CEO, Gen Manager, Business Dev, Non Exec

DOMAIN SECTOR: Hardware, System on Chip, Semi IP, Fabless Chip

COMPANY STAGE: S1, S2, S3, R1, pre EXIT

LOCATION: Silicon Fen

DURATION: up to 12 Months

PERM AVAILIBILTY: Mar 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 92707

EXPERIENCE OF:

SKILLS: Gen Manager, Founder, BU manager, Design Team Manager

DOMAIN SECTOR: Semi IP, System on Chip, EDA, System Design

REGIONS: UK, EU, USA

COMPANY STAGE: S2, S3, R1, R2, pre IPO, post IPO

YEARS in DOMAIN: 25

PREVIOUS GIGS: ARM, Plessey, Ferranti, Various Start Ups - Sinclair


AVAILABLE FOR:

SKILL SET: BU Director/CEO, Marketing Director, CTO

DOMAIN SECTOR: Silicon, Software, Hardware

COMPANY STAGE: Any

LOCATION: London, South-East, M4, Silicon Gorge, Silicon Fen

DURATION: ~3-6 months

AVAILABILITY: Jan. 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 89730

EXPERIENCE OF:

SKILLS: International Business/Marketing Management, Product Strategy/Management

DOMAIN SECTOR: Digital Consumer, Semiconductors, DSP/RISC Processors

REGIONS: EU, A/P, USA, RoW

COMPANY STAGE: Listed

YEARS in DOMAIN: >20

PREVIOUS GIGS: STMicroelectronics (UK, France, Singapore), Bytech, GEC-Marconi


INTERIM AVAILABLE

Skill set: CEO, VP business development, product management

Domain sector: wireless, software, semi IP, fabless, EDA

Company stage: S3, R1, R2, R3, CF1, CF2, pre-exit

Location: Silicon Fen

Duration: up to 12 months, permanent

Availability: Jan. 2007

CHILLI REF NO: 88129

Experience

Skills: ex co-founder, IP, fabless co, VP marketing

Domain sector: fabless, distribution

Regions: UK, EU

Company stage: R1, R2, pre-IPO

Years in domain: 10

Previous gigs: various startups


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