Acquisition IP IPO Operations 
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. The goal is to get a corporate investment or an outright acquisition of the startup. VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup.
VC Cafe
AUGUST 2, 2022
billion acquisition of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s VFX company, gives Unity capabilities in creating hyper realistic virtual environments using RT3D (real-time 3D) technology. monthly active end-users who are engaging with content created or operated by Unity solutions in 2020. Unity’s recent $4.4 Also, their $1.6
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The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 25, 2017
A viable business opportunity is to present expert business services designed to help companies operate and implement first cybersecurity procedures and measures. Currently, there’s the universal dependence on specialized software and computers to keep companies operating, and more offices are transiting into paperless working spaces.
Haystack
DECEMBER 29, 2018
More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Operating Costs.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
It is not uncommon for startup directors to be more deeply involved in the operations of the business when the company is entering a new market, hiring critical team members or raising capital. Generating liquidity usually entails either selling the venture or an IPO. Your big decisions will be when and how to : raise capital.
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