Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade. Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2011

Personalized recommendations are not an easy problem to tackle – Netflix went as far as offering $1 million prize for the top algorithm for scientists and researchers who were up for the Netflix challenge in 2009. The round was led by Belgacom and an undisclosed connected-TV manufacturer. million round a year ago) also participated.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

He has been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth from three employees to 150+, and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. Frank is responsible for sales, marketing and business development and has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, networking and software.

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The Next Web

APRIL 22, 2013

Agüera has started some companies and worked for startups before co-founding Geeksphone at age 16 in early 2009 together with Rodrigo Silva-Ramos. Fast forward to today, and Geeksphone is gearing up to start selling the first units of the (developer preview versions of its) Keon and Peak smartphones running Firefox OS. A clean entry.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I sraeli startup Waze , developer of the free social GPS app for smart phones, has announced a $25 million venture round bringing the total capital raised to date to $37 million according to VentureWire. The round was led by prior investor BlueRun Ventures which valued the company between $90 million and $100 million.

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