Growthink Blog
JANUARY 19, 2014
GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., In 2011, 65% of the company was sold to a group of private equity firms for approximately $2.25 GoDaddy’s rapid rise to prominence and continued success are due to a few key factors.
Austin Startup
JUNE 27, 2017
Looking more closely at the pacing of the funds Austin Ventures raised in the table below, it also got caught up in the Dot Com frenzy, raising new, much larger funds almost every year from 1997–2001. As the local capital base grows the opportunity to attract non-local funding sources increases.
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SiliconHills
AUGUST 3, 2016
Private Equity Firm Vector Capital announced Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire Austin-based Sizmek, an advertising technology company, for $3.90 San Francisco-based Vector Capital, founded in 1997, has invested $1.6 a share, valuing the deal at $122 million. billion in more than 40 technology companies.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
(The State Science and Technology Commission and the Ministry of Finance formed the China New Technology Venture Investment Corporation in 1986, but it was a government agency supporting national technology venture policy objectives, rather than a profit-oriented private enterprise. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Investing in China Today.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. The biggest industry waiting is computers and electronics with 23 deals seeking to raise as much as $4.8
Pascal's View
MARCH 18, 2010
equity markets. equity capital markets must be structured with the goal of promoting the growth of publicly held small businesses in America. This problem goes way beyond venture capital—as 47% of all IPO’s since 1991 were backed by neither VC’s or private equity firms—this is an American problem. I believe that the U.S.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
(The State Science and Technology Commission and the Ministry of Finance formed the China New Technology Venture Investment Corporation in 1986, but it was a government agency supporting national technology venture policy objectives, rather than a profit-oriented private enterprise. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Investing in China Today.
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