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Millennial Media Raises $16 MillionMillennial Media, a Baltimore-based provider of mobile advertising solutions, has raised $16 million in Series C funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round, and was joined by return backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital and Charles River Ventures.
- Week in deals, Nov. 16, 2009
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- Little games could see big deals after EA purchase
Gaming industry gets a boost following EA's acquisition of VC-backed Playfish for $275M last week
- 5 questions with Peter Barris
Peter Barris, managing general partner of NEA, talks about M&A and deal activity at the firm
- peHUB Wire: Monday, November 16, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Monday, November 16, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Rewind
Here's a look at the last week's worth of scoops, data, and analysis from the peHUB team. Catch up on what you missed before it goes behind our paywall... VCs: Thousands Of Companies Will Exit Next Year... http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/nsVCbb0YFAY/ Bankers, Get Those Books Off The Shelf! http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/mcbFg_1zuRM/ Grant Thornton: Long Term Decline In U.S. IPOs http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/Hg_Wxi_kCYk/ PE Pro in Zany Scuffle Over Leftover Wine! http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/2D3mjakVDhA/ Business School Theories Severely Tested http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/kKOLJzhmMiI/ VC-Backed Tagged.com Settles Spam Suit http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/7ax9UXLECLA/ Secondary Market Notebook http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/JhYXew6pYGs/ Exclusive: Ronnie Lott Waves Goodbye http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/1JeRxjDCtas/ PE and VC Returns Improve, But Exits Still Lacking http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/Z71ee9p-8bg/ When Angel Capital Is Not So Angelic http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/7KfXCAw_X2M/ Where Are They Now: Atlas VCs Reemerge http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/2U5kg6lPkGs/ AdMob: What Internet Bubble? http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/WEwyuqNATuU/ Another Time Drain For VCs: Board Seats http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/Z5iDyHPw4SM/ Where Are They Now? Looking Back at Last Year's Fundraising Plans http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/nI4LD2OeqVk/ Second Market - Canary In The Coal Mine? Silbert Says Yes. http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/AJx2HMZIG-M/ Things Looking Up for Redpoint with LifeSize Sale http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/pehub/blog/%7E3/Yi8OM3_wEW8/
- 10 Largest VC-Backed M&A Exits of 2009
Earlier this week, Google agreed to buy mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million in stock. Huge deal, but not actually the year's largest sale of a VC-backed company (it's third). That's right, it's time for a list of the 15 largest VC-backed M&A exits of 2009. A deal needn't have closed yet to qualify, but the rankings only include up-front payments (e.g., EA deal for Playfish is considered $300m instead of $400m). Get them after the jump...
- 10 Largest VC-Backed M&A Exits of 2009
Earlier this week, Google agreed to buy mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million in stock. Huge deal, but not actually the year's largest sale of a VC-backed company (it's third). That's right, it's time for a list of the 15 largest VC-backed M&A exits of 2009. A deal needn't have closed yet to qualify, but the rankings only include up-front payments (e.g., EA deal for Playfish is considered $300m instead of $400m). Get them after the jump...
- 5 Questions For NEA's Peter Barris
Even though Barris stressed that only three of the 12 investments NEA did in October were new, as opposed to follow-on rounds, he's not arguing with Larry's ranking /55536/nea-goes-hyper-does-12-deals-in-october/ of NEA as the most active venture capitalist in the U.S. -- at least for October. Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs are all picking up, he said, and he's predicting good times for venture capital next year. Just yesterday, NEA led /55497/report-playdom-raising-70-million/ a $43 million Series A round into Playdom, a social gaming company [UPDATE: that is also http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/12/playdom-buys-green-patch-and-trippert-labs-on-the-way-to-ipo/ making acquisitions]. We asked Barris to tell us more. 1. You cite new investments, more of an equilibrium in pricing, and less hesitation to make commitments in the last few weeks. Why are these changes happening? It depends on the nature of the investment. If it’s an early stage startup, I think there were a lot of entrepreneurs sitting on the sidelines waiting to get financed at a valuation they wanted. For more mature companies in need of working capital -- to the extent they could manage a delay in that -- they followed the same path as the entrepreneurs, waiting until things were better and we reached equilibrium in pricing. And I think some were out there squeezing expenses and finally got to the point where they have to have the capital.