Neal Dikeman

Jun 7, 2024 | texasfreepress.com | Neal Dikeman

by Neal DikemanIt ended as a brokered convention with a compromise center left and right wing Presidential/VP split ticket for the second straight cycle, after former President Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy, Jr both came to an opposing party’s convention soliciting a nomination, for the first time in US history. They were eliminated after - surprisingly it seems only to them -spectacularly failing to even reach the 3% vote threshold on first ballot.

Dec 7, 2023 | energycapitalhtx.com | Neal Dikeman

Energy founders — when you feel the market starting to tighten up, consider giving yourself, and your investors, some breathing space, then use that breathing space to drive value. Photo via Getty Imagesenergy transition venturesneal dikemanguest column Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, shares how the school is intrinsically and intentionally linked to the Houston energy community.

Dec 5, 2023 | houston.innovationmap.com | Neal Dikeman

The venture funding market in 2023 has been very tough. The number of rounds closing is significantly down from the 2022, and a record number of companies are raising. Overall VC fundraising is down, but great deals are getting funded well and at good valuations, while many are struggling.

Oct 26, 2023 | houston.innovationmap.com | Neal Dikeman

There's stretch of sleek low rise office buildings in Palo Alto — referred to as Sandhill Road — that has long been the center of Silicon Valley (and the world’s) venture capital sector. An investor friend of mine told me recently that Sandhill Road is a ghost town these days, with the key partners at many of the Silicon Valley venture funds largely working from home or at their second homes. That’s disappointing if true, but not surprising.