Commerce board members want close eye kept on new venture capital fund

Updated at 4:40 p.m.

When a $2 million proposal to start a state-sponsored venture capital fund to spur more high-potential startups came before the R.I. Commerce Corp. board recently, no one could blame board members for asking some pointed questions. Previous debacles such as the $75 million loan guarantee to the now-defunct videogame company 38 Studios approved by the

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