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<title>Highland Capital Partners - News and Events</title>
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<description>Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital partner to entrepreneurs and startups driving the next waves of innovation.  The firm is focused on investing in seed, early and growth stage companies in the information technology (enterprise software, data center and infrastructure, digital media, marketing and entertainment, internet, e-commerce and retail, business services), life sciences (medical devices, biotechnology, healthcare services) and communications (wireline, wireless, silicon and semiconductor) industries.</description>
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<title>February 8, 2012 Stanford Summer@HIGHLAND Info Session</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96396.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 5-year old entrepreneurship program designed to provide student entrepreneurs and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources for taking their initiative/company to the next level. The program is 'founder friendly': Highland receives no equity stake in exchange for a team's participation, and teams are under no obligation to Highland after the summer. Our only priority is helping entrepreneurs and their teams significantly advance their startup over the summer.
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:58:58 EST</pubDate>
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<title>February 1, 2012 Berkeley Summer@HIGHLAND Info Session</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96395.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 5-year old entrepreneurship program designed to provide student entrepreneurs and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources for taking their initiative/company to the next level. The program is 'founder friendly': Highland receives no equity stake in exchange for a team's participation, and teams are under no obligation to Highland after the summer. Our only priority is helping entrepreneurs and their teams significantly advance their startup over the summer.
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:41:59 EST</pubDate>
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<title>February 10, 2012 Startup Scramble University Open</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96394.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A weekend crash-course in everything student startup. The StartUp Scramble University Open is a high-intensity, hands-on learning lab. Attendees will prototype new ventures, attend rapid skill-building sessions (business, legal, and tech), and hear founders' startup war stories. Highland is a Venture Sponsor.&nbsp;More Info ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:34:04 EST</pubDate>
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<title>March 21, 2012 Investor Insights</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96392.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[IDEA, Northeastern-s Venture Accelerator helps students and alumnae organically create, develop and accelerate their own business ideas. Investor Insights provides an opportunity for students to receive valuable feedback from a panel of experienced investors regarding early-stage venture funding and careers in the investment industry. Bob Davis to participate on the panel, Early-Stage Venture Funding: Insights into the Minds of Successful Investors.&nbsp;More Info ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:29:08 EST</pubDate>
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<title>February 18, 2012 HBS Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference </title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96393.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovering New Horizons

&nbsp;Bringing together a diverse group of talented individuals to initiate or further the debate of key trends affecting the industry today.
Alex Taussig to speak on the panel Investing in Internet and Mobile Services.&nbsp;More Info ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:28:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title>March 21, 2012 Highland / Berkeley Entrepreneurial Mixer</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96219.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:53:49 EST</pubDate>
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<title>February 17, 2012 NU Entrepreneurs' Club Trek</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96217.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The NU Entrepreneurs Club is a student group that brings together aspiring entrepreneurs to pursue their passions. Highland to host a lunch and Q&A session for students of Northeastern University.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title>February 2, 2012 Highland / Stanford Entrepreneurial Mixer </title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95672.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:49:46 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Scott Simpson Joins BlueTarp Financial as Chief Executive Officer</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content96013.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:22:41 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Affine Announces Michael Mathieu as New CEO and Closes a $5 Million Financing</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95755.html</link>
<description>Andy Miller joins the board of leading contextual online video targeting company and welcomes digital media veteran as CEO. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:57:49 EST</pubDate>
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<title>January 11, 2012 Connect@Highland</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95666.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stanford GSB students are invited to join members of the Highland team for a social networking evening to make further contacts in the venture community.&nbsp;

*This is an invitation only event.
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:10:37 EST</pubDate>
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<title>January 12, 2012 Hackers and Founders</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95665.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The largest community of technically minded people in the SF Bay area focused on founding startups are hosting a group of CS and MBA students from Harvard, as well as students from Babson, Cal Tech, San Jose State, Berkeley and Stanford for a startup fair and panel discussion. Manish Patel to be on the panel Geeks vs BizDev in startups: The All Stars Discuss.&nbsp;More Info ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:10:17 EST</pubDate>
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<title>February 24, 2012 Seedcamp US Trip</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95456.html</link>
<description>Seedcamp is a European-based early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups and aims to connect the best web-tech, mobile and software talent with some of the leading entrepreneurs, developers, and experts from all over the world. Highland to host Seedcamp's European entrepreneurs on their visit to the States. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:10:02 EST</pubDate>
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<title>January 6, 2012 HBS WesTrek</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95443.html</link>
<description>WesTrek brings students who are passionate about new technologies to the Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area to meet and network with dynamic companies and alumni located in Northern California. Highland to host the TechMedia Club.

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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:01:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title>January 12, 2012 BC TechTrek</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95446.html</link>
<description>Providing the opportunity to learn about the VC industry while gaining insight into Highland's investment strategy and future areas of interest. Peter Bell to host the Boston College Graduate TechTrek.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:00:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title>March 8, 2012 BC TechTrek</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95447.html</link>
<description>Providing the opportunity to learn about the VC industry while gaining insight into Highland's investment strategy and future areas of interest. Peter Bell to host the Boston College TechTrek.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:59:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Covidien Completes Acquisition of B&Acirc;RRX Medical, Inc.]]></title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95426.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Leading global provider of healthcare products acquires B&Acirc;RRX Medical in a agreement valued at $325 million. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:29:02 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Covidien Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire B&Acirc;RRX Medical, Inc.]]></title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content94901.html</link>
<description>Acquisition to accelerate the worldwide adoption of endoscopic therapy for patients with Barrett-s esophagus.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:11:06 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2tor names Chip Paucek as Chief Executive Officer: John Katzman to continue to serve as Executive Chairman</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95387.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:47:13 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ExaGrid Achieves IBM&reg; Tivoli&reg; Storage Manager (TSM) Certification]]></title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95272.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:48:57 EST</pubDate>
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<title>INXPO Announces Groundbreaking Mobile Access and Interaction for Online Event Attendees</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95249.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:52:06 EST</pubDate>
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<title>INXPO Releases Powerful, Industry-Leading Features and Functionality for its VX Platform</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95248.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:47:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title>RedBrick Health Adds Three Technology Industry Veterans, Launches Health Management Innovation Lab</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95169.html</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:25:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Virtual Computer Selected as Finalist for 2011 Red Herring 100 Global Award</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95164.html</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:48:40 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Trupanion Announces $9 Million Round of Financing Led by the Highland Consumer Fund</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95108.html</link>
<description>Funding strongly positions company to continue rapid growth in the pet insurance market.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:04:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title>December 5, 2011 Stanford BASES Forge</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content95018.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for the most talented engineering teams developing groundbreaking technologies with market potential. Manish Patel is participating as a Semi-Finals Judge. Before the presentations there is a cocktail/mixer session from 6-7PM.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>December 1, 2011 Northeastern Entrepreneur's Club Demo Day</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content94998.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Husky Startup Challenge (HSC) is Northeastern University's semester-long startup competition which helps students with ideas formulate the structure to turn their ideas into successful companies. This year's ventures include ideas in the high tech, clean energy, consumer product and cloud computing industries. Judges will evaluate the competing ventures for three awards totaling $3,000, including audience favorite!  The winners best exemplify the values of the HSC. Michael Gaiss to be a Guest Judge.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:49:42 EST</pubDate>
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<title>November 30, 2011 Connect@Highland: CTO Edition</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content94977.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Highland-backed CTO/VP Engineering/lead technologists are invited to Highland-s new Kendall Square office to eat and drink with the leaders of the Highland technical community.
&nbsp;
This is an invitation only event.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:08:39 EST</pubDate>
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<title>VMTurbo Secures $10 Million Series B Funding</title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content94974.html</link>
<description>Leader of cloud automation delivers an Intelligent Workload Management solution for virtualized environments. 
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:34:03 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[December 10, 2011 Bridging the Gap Between Boston & Beijing]]></title>
<link>http://www.hcp.com/content94969.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[We are honored to welcome one of China-s most noteworthy tech entrepreneurs, Hongyi Zhou, the CEO of Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) for a special lecture for the Chinese entrepreneurial, technology and business community.
&nbsp;

Presenting Bridging the Gap Between Boston &amp; Beijing: The Qihoo 360 Story, Hongyi will talk about how the company started, its early growth and eventual emergence as China-s third largest Internet company. He-ll discuss the opportunities for the company going forward, where Qihoo 360 is placing its bets on the future and how it plans to maximize growth in China and beyond for becoming a true global market leader. Hongyi will also be available for audience Q&amp;A around Qihoo 360, his entrepreneurial journey in China, and building and scaling organizations.

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AGENDA 
9:00am&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Registration &amp; Breakfast 
9:30am&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcome &amp; Speaker Introduction &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dan Nova, General Partner at Highland Capital Partners 
9:45am&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Qihoo 360 Story 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hongyi Zhou, Founder &amp; CEO of Qihoo 360 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Presentation and discussion will be in Chinese Mandarin. 
10:45am&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Audience Q&amp;A 
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To register go to https://qihoo360.eventbrite.com ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:13:46 EST</pubDate>
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