Some entrepreneurs dream of a partner who puts money into the company and gets out of the way. Other small business owners need product or business management expertise along with financial resources.

There are a lot of labels for this common dynamic — active vs. passive, over-responsible vs. under-responsible, martyr vs. victim — but the pattern is one where one person is always initiating — ...

London-based investment firm Active Partners is the lead investor in a $23 million funding round for Classified Cycling of Belgium, maker of a wireless bicycle transmission system. Other investors in ...