Start Up Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Our phone knows where it is, via GPS and can recognise it’s surroundings using aggregate rich data from it’s eyes, ears, GPS and compass. I feel as thought merger between human and machine is very close. The final merger to end all mergers. The most important merger that humans have ever seen.
Pascal's View
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Recent reports reveal that mergers and acquisitions still account for over 90% of liquidity events for venture-backed companies in 2012, a lamentable condition that has plagued the US innovation ecosystem for close to a decade. Challenge yourself to do better as a seller! More on this topic to follow…
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
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. In the Fall of 2008, the credit crisis wiped out mergers and acquisitions as a path to liquidity as M&A collapsed with the rest of the market. So what’s left?
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
The potential bad news is that if the merger is an all stock deal, the company will need to find a way to find cash to pay back the loan or negotiate a way for the acquiring company to deal with the debt. So the lenders don’t see any of the upside on the acquisition. Some sort of conversion does occur.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 13, 2012
Others, like Def Jam, have been transformed through mergers and acquisitions. Sean Fanning developed Napster, one of the first aggregated and user-friendly peer-to-peer music file sharing platforms, when he was just a freshman at Boston’s Northeastern University.
Pascal's View
DECEMBER 19, 2012
Seller financial performance: acquisitions remain heavily weighted toward Sellers with revenue, and Sellers in the aggregate continue to show improved earnings since 2009. That’s the key statistic on the health of the acquisition market from the 42%-of-the-market-seller’s perspective.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
The proposed equity crowdfunding rules allow your business to fundraise up to $1 million per 12 month period in its aggregate equity crowdfunding campaigns. Beware—detailing plans to engage in mergers or acquisitions with unspecified companies disqualifies your business from offering or selling crowdfunding securities.
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