YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Eighteen months ago, San Diego-based MergerLabs was born out of CAPTARGET, a leader in private equity deal origination, owned and operated by Gabe Galvez. Co-founders, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson, struck a deal with Galvez that led to the acquisition of Merger Labs , effective January 1, 2018.

Merger 113

Merger San Diego Mali Private Equity 113

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid. billion.) So what’s left?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

You figure out a way to compete with them, not on the surface but in a different direction… Make a vertical (niche) so good that you own a large market share. Companies like that tend to be great M&A (merger and acquisition) targets, as you cannot repeat it by throwing money or a team as it’ll take time.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

You had a very interesting perspective on the AOL/Time Warner merger. Both AOL and Time Warner had existing VC operations. When the companies merged, those operations also merged. With this strategic position, and their prescient understanding of where the industry was going, it is hard to argue with the concept of the merger.

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Cofounder Merger Founder Venture Capital 277