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PEHUB Wire: Wednesday, February 4, 2009Private Equity Refinancing: No Money Down
- PEHUB Wire: Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Private Equity Refinancing: No Money Down
- Betfair Founder Joins Matrix Partners
Josh Hannah has joined Matrix Partners as a general partner. He previously was co-founder and CEO of Flutter.com (now Betfair), a London-based developer of the world’s first online marketplace for sports betting.
- Week in deals, Feb. 2, 2009
Summary of tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week
- Exit Watch, week of Jan. 26, 2009
News and notes about VC-backed Ception and other companies that have been bought in the past week
- PE Week Wire: Friday, January 23, 2009
Radically Reinventing Venture Capital
- PE Week Wire: Friday, January 23, 2009
Radically Reinventing Venture Capital
- peHUB First Read
* It's official http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/378a38d4-e814-11dd-b2a5-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 : John Thain is a crook. Ken Lewis is an enabler. * BreakingViews argues http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/technology/22views.html?_r=1&dlbk that both Google and Microsoft should return to basics, and dump all those noncore areas they've expanded into. If the tech giants follow that advice, it would be bad news for VCs in need of portfolio company acquirors. * Morning Call: U.S. futures mixed http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSLM72750020090122 as everyone awaits Microsoft and Google results; European rally soured by Nokia http://www.reuters.com/article/eurMktRpt/idUSLM59911620090122 Nikkei up on property stocks http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUST8815920090122 and Hong Kong rides HSBC higher http://www.reuters.com/article/hongkongMktRpt/idUST2297920090122 * 1-2 Knockout http://1-2knockout.typepad.com/12_knockout/2009/01/why-do-i-keep-having-to-repeat-myself.html : The economy is FUBAR. The first step is acceptance... * Obama is going to get his Blackberry http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/obama_will_get_his_blackberry.php after all. * A satellite view of inauguration day http://www.popsci.com/content/inauguration-day Those things that look like ant colonies are people, usually crowded around giant speakers.
- Riverbed Buying Mazu Networks
Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) has agreed to acquire Mazu Networks, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of enterprise network security solutions. The deal is valued at approximately $25 million in cash, plus the possibility of up to $22 million in earn-outs. Mazu Networks has raised over $47 million in VC funding since 2000, from firms like Greylock Partners, Benchmark Capital, Matrix Partners, Pilot House Ventures, StarVest Partners and Symantec Corp.
- PE Week Wire: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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