Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you own the IP on a particular technology or information product, then you can create licensing agreements for other businesses to sell your product for you. You can either arrange an LBO of their business, or a mutual partnership that can benefit both firms. 2 License Your Product. Finding Funding for Your Growth.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2005

I see this as a trend that will only accelerate in the next few years as you have venture funds, LBO shops, and even hedge funds get into the tech buyout action. Witness the recent Sungard deal and others. If the private investors are willing and able to pay $11.3b for a company then no public software company is sacred.

LBO 60

LBO Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 60

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

Given Marc Pincus’s voting control, being acquired is presumably not in the cards for Zynga and a take private or LBO would be nearly unthinkable in the near term so there’s little chance of an M&A situation to arbitrage. But at what point does Zynga become a value play?

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Stock LBO .Net Valuation 160