Venture Capital: Investors pull out crystal balls for 2006. Does your company fit into their plans?

Will Nasdaq end the year above 3,200? Will Amazon.com get bought by Wal-Mart? And which way is Google’s stock headed?

Those are a few of the questions that Seattle-area venture capitalists and private equity investors pondered in my annual predictions column. So here is a look into the minds of five investors as they try to figure out where things are headed in 2006.

By JOHN COOK
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

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VCs pull out their crystal balls to make predictions

Mark Calvey

Talk of energy conservation, pandemics and the eventual demise of Microsoft were all fair game for some of the Bay Area’s top venture capitalists gathered for a Churchill Club dinner Jan. 12 to offer their predictions on what lies ahead.

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