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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

PMC-Sierra, a premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, is purchasing Wintegra Inc. , In 2008, the company, which employs about 30,000 worldwide, reported revenues of $28.8 Internet giant Yahoo is acquiring Israeli display ad optimization technology developer start-up Dapper for $55 million.

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Getting Robbed at the Bank, Part II

Growthink Blog

And for those that can still remember the 2008 talk of Doomsday and of the collapse of our financial system, it is heartening to note that the S&P is up an amazing 189% since its March 2009 nadir. Almost every day comes barely able to believe valuations on technology company financings, acquisitions, and public offerings.