VCs worry about Dems, cleantech

June 8 - Red Herring Blog - A gathering of venture capitalists and those who cater to them in San Francisco Thursday this morning yielded positive karma about the state of their community but predictions of dark clouds about taxation under a Democrat-led national government and the viability of some cleantech sectors.

The setting was the posh environs of the Four Seasons Hotel, where several hundred investors and others were meeting at the 18th annual Venture Capital Investing Conference. One of the first speakers was Dixon Doll, general partner of Menlo Pak venture firm DCM and the chairman-elect of the National Venture Capital Association. Read More.