Acquisition Distribution Internet Merger 
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
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
VC Cafe
JULY 21, 2022
billion is attributed to the pending Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Besides Activision Blizzard, the big deals included Take-Two’s purchase of Zynga, Sony’s acquisition of Bungie, and the ESL and FaceIt acquisition by Savvy Games Group Mobile was the most active segment with 47 deals. Gaming M&A in H1 2022.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 20, 2016
Before the advent of cloud technology and the Internet, company files had to be stored away in physical data rooms (PDRs). Access to information stored on VDRs can be done from any location in the world provided that the user has access to internet connection. Mergers and Acquisitions. Uses of Virtual Data Rooms.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. Carpe Diem.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was. So what’s left?
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2022
Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 18, 2018
As technology takes on a bigger role in businesses of all types, tech acquisitions become both short- and long-term investments. That means the next year or two will likely bring some blockbuster mergers and acquisitions as companies determine how they can mesh their services and products with others’.
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