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Category Archives: Private Placement
No IPO No Problem As Later Stage Companies Attract Private Funding
Eventbrite raises $60 million and puts off IPO for a while. Despite hiring a seasoned public company CFO, Eventbrite will probably not go public before the end of 2013. Getting a $60 million infusion from the likes of T. Rowe … Continue reading
MobileSpan Raises Funds to Keep Employees Permanently Chained To Their Desktops
Mountain View-based Company Announced Private Funding Round MobileSpan, Inc., a Mountain View-based company that gives “your workers a single, consistent workspace across all devices,” reported that they raised approximately $2.3 million of their $2.4 million private placement. There was no … Continue reading
Posted in Private Placement, Venture Capital
Tagged Desktop, Finance, Form D, Greylock Partners, K9 Ventures, MobileSpan, Private Placement, Telecommute, True Ventures, VC, Venture Capital
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More VC News As Stealth Mode-y Paybook Raises About $2 Million. A Minty Fresh Take on Personal Finance Software?
Paybook, an Austin, Texas start in the personal finance space with business applications, filed a notice with the SEC declaring that it has raised $1.95 million of its planned $2 million dollar offering. There were no other details about the … Continue reading
Posted in Private Placement, Venture Capital
Tagged Buzzword, Doublemint, Finance, Form D, Jargon, Mint, Paybook, Personal Finance, Private Placement, QuickBooks, Quicken, Social, Twins, VC, Venture Capital
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Venture Capital Busy Looking to the Future (Blurry in Once Case) While Rest of Economy Drags Along the Recent Past
Recent Filings Show Some Interesting VC and VC-like Activity RedShift Systems, a private company out of Massachusetts, raised $2.4 million of its $2.85 million Series B round. This round was led by Technology Venture Partners for the expansion of its team … Continue reading
Posted in Private Placement, Venture Capital
Tagged Death Door, Death Door Spirits, gin, Infrared, laser, Naked, Nude, Private Placement, RedShift, Spectroscopy, Venture Capital, vodka, whiskey, X-ray Specs
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Dish Network Blurs the Reception on Sprint’s Acquisition of Clearwire, Softbank’s Acquisition of Sprint
Dish Network’s (DISH) proposal to Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) makes life difficult for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) The setup: Sprint owns about 50% of Clearwire. Sprint wants the other 50% and they have agreed that Sprint will get it and the … Continue reading
Posted in M&A, Private Placement, Shareholder Rights
Tagged acquisition, Clearwire, Dish, Dish Network, M&A, Merger, Michelle Jenneke, Softbank, Sprint, Sprint Nextel, Strategic Investment, Telecom
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Stealth Mode Solar Film Maker Gets Some Private Funding. Cha-ching.
You know who else is in stealth mode? James Bond. Izar Solar, reportedly an Illinois-based maker of solar film in stealth mode, recently raised $1.5 million of a $3.5 million round of debt financing. It raised a $3.5 million equity … Continue reading
Posted in Private Placement, Venture Capital
Tagged 007, Clean Tech, Cleantech, Daniel Craig, Izar, Izar Solar, James Bond, Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Private Placement, Skyfall, Solar, Solar Film, Venture Capital
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