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September 2006

Force10 rejects Nortel's $500 million offer [Posted on September 29, 2006 - 1:44 PM]

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The Deal's Andrea Orr is reporting that communications equipment startup Force10 Networks has rejected a $500 million buyout offer from Nortel. I spoke with one of the investors last... Continue Reading

Juniper M&A chief is last minute addition to The Deal's Silicon Valley Summit lineup [Posted on September 28, 2006 - 1:59 PM]

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Juniper Networks doesn't acquire at a regular pace, but when it does move, it moves in a big way. Last year, it acquired two startups, Peribit Networks and Redline... Continue Reading

Tech IPO resurgence [Posted on September 27, 2006 - 11:59 AM]

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Last week was the kind of week the technology IPO market needed to get going again. All three of the tech startups lined up to price did so successfully.... Continue Reading

VC Rating: Wallop [Posted on September 26, 2006 - 1:22 PM]

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Company: Wallop Description: Social Networking Competitors: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Cyworld Location: Redmond, Wash. Amount Raised: $10 million Round: Second Date Announced: 9/25/06 VC Firms: Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners,... Continue Reading

Riya CEO to speak at The Deal's Silicon Valley Summit [Posted on September 26, 2006 - 1:00 PM]

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Relations between corporate acquirers and venture capitalists and their portfolio companies is a shifting landscape blending competition and aligned interests. They both may want a deal to occur but... Continue Reading

European VC fundraising stagnating [Posted on September 25, 2006 - 2:02 PM]

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Criticizing European venture capitalists and entrepreneurs used to be a favorite pasttime of their Silicon Valley counterparts. Now, it seems the Americans just ignore the Europeans. But, that's been more... Continue Reading

Web 2.0 startups raised $263 million in VC in first half of 2006 [Posted on September 21, 2006 - 11:24 AM]

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Forty-nine Web 2.0 companies raised a combined $262.28 million in venture capital in the first half of this year. That eclipses the $199.14 million in venture capital that 52... Continue Reading

EMC cashes VCs out again -- hear where it's buying next at The Deal's Silicon Valley Summit [Posted on September 19, 2006 - 7:48 PM]

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EMC continued its torrid acquisition pace this year with a $175 million purchase of Network Intelligence, a privately held maker of tools designed to help companies track and analyze... Continue Reading

Pivotal week ahead for tech IPOs [Posted on September 18, 2006 - 4:15 PM]

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I spoke on CNBC's Power Lunch show today about an article I wrote last week about the tech IPO drought. (I'd post the CNBC video here but I have... Continue Reading

Watch me Monday morning on CNBC's Power Lunch [Posted on September 17, 2006 - 10:36 PM]

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I'll be on CNBC's Power Lunch show Monday morning at around 10:30 PST /1:30 EST talking about the IPO market for technology companies. Some of the discussion will be... Continue Reading

Q&A with Six Apart CEO and Rojo CEO [Posted on September 11, 2006 - 2:11 PM]

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Six Apart’s acquisition of Rojo on September 6 was an unusual one. The privately held blogging technology startup in San Francisco said it purchased certain core technologies from Rojo... Continue Reading

August Annual draws the "in" VC crowd [Posted on September 8, 2006 - 1:42 PM]

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Hundreds of Silicon Valley movers and shakers crammed into the August Capital patio on Sand Hill Road last night to celebrate the firm's August Annual party (which occurs in... Continue Reading

VC Exit Rating: Mobile 365 [Posted on September 6, 2006 - 1:58 PM]

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Company: Mobile 365 Description: Mobile messaging and content delivery Location: Chantilly, Virginia Amount of VC raised : $104 million VC firms: 3i, CDP Capital, Citigroup, Draper Atlantic, Draper Fisher... Continue Reading

VC Rating: Motionbox [Posted on September 6, 2006 - 12:30 PM]

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Company: Motionbox Description: Online video sharing Competitors: YouTube, Google Video, Grouper, Revver Location: New York City Amount Raised: $4.2 million Round: First Date Announced: 9/6/06 VC Firms: Canaan Partners,... Continue Reading

Save the Date: October 5 is The Deal's Silicon Valley Summit [Posted on September 1, 2006 - 1:30 PM]

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Technology mergers and acquisitions matter more than ever to Silicon Valley venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, corporate executives and transaction advisers. They've always accounted for at least 85% of all exits, but... Continue Reading

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• European VC fundraising stagnating
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