What about angel funding? Cnet News is carrying a story that sounds very scary (the news media thrives on scariness) about "Agnels flee tech start-ups":

http://news.cnet.com/Angels-flee-from-tech-start-ups/2100-10...

In the mean time, Mr. Megalomania Ray Kurzweil (who has yet to comment on how well his "house casino" hedge fund has been doing lately) said he's starting The Singularity University:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10155303-76.html?tag=mncol