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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid.

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Understanding Virtual Data Rooms And Their Significance Today

YoungUpstarts

percent between 2009 and 2014. Mergers and Acquisitions. The benefits so far accrued from the use of VDRs is unprecedented. According to IBISWorld, the VDR industry grew at an incredible annualized rate of about 16.7 Additionally, the report predicted that this industry will see financial growth from $628 million to $1.2

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The SRS 2012 Merger and Acquisition Terms Study: Comments on Key Findings

Pascal's View

I’d like to know what percentage of those acquisitions are takeunders versus takeovers —a takeunder in this case means that the consideration paid is less than invested capital. That’s the key statistic on the health of the acquisition market from the 42%-of-the-market-seller’s perspective. That’s for sure!

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Real Entrepreneurs Exit If Their Startup Goes Public

Startup Professionals Musings

companies made the IPO transition in 2009, out of thousands of startups. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity. Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is still extremely rare.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. on NASDAQ or the NYSE or on ChiNext, China’s equivalent of NASDAQ) compared to the 90% of exits in US via mergers or acquisitions. In the U.S.

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Medical Device M&A Activity Up 154%

Growthink Blog

For the fourth quarter of 2009, venture capital investments into medical device companies increased 13 percent in dollars and 18 percent in deals (quarter over quarter), with over $719 million in fresh capital invested into 87 deals. Sector merger and acquisition activity leaped by 154% in the third quarter of 2009 to $5.6

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