Tag Archives: Private equity

Breaking: Aerohive Networks Publicly Files For IPO

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Aerohive Networks is going public. The wireless access point maker based in Sunnyvale, CA submitted a public S-1 form to the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. The company is seeking up to...

Should Microsoft Move From Redmond To San Francisco?

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella loves to talk about innovation. But Microsoft will never innovate in Redmond, Wash. For that, it needs to move to San Francisco. In Seattle, the lack of competing...

LinkedIn’s Outlook Falls Short; Brings Stock Down 11% After Hours

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It isn’t so easy anymore for social media companies to delight investors. A day after Twitter‘s quarterly results prompted investors to hit the “Sell” button, LinkedIn weighed in with a cautious...

Joe Montana And Ashton Kutcher Don’t Just Send flowers, They bought their own flower Company

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If a popular coffee chain can raise over $40 million from the San Francisco tech community, maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that a flower company can count Ashton Kutcher and Joe Montana as...

Can London’s Tech City Measure Up To Silicon Valley?

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U.K. venture capital may be heading toward a comeback, judging from several new funds and entrepreneurial action in tech hubs. East London is becoming one of the world’s great technology centers...

Is Dropbox Funding Double Earlier Reports?

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Dropbox’s big round may actually have been bigger. Way bigger. Last week there was much brouhaha when various outlets reported that the San Francisco-based tech company had closed a $250 million...

So You Got a New Product: Do You Have Proof-Of-Concept?

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I have had the luxury of meeting over 500 startups at Red Rocket Ventures over the last three years.  And, typically, most of them approach me at the same point in their startup ...

A Record Year For Israel’s Technology Market With Acquisitions And IPOs Totaling $7.6 Billion

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Start-Up Nation topped the charts in 2013. The value of all successful exits in the Israeli technology market in 2013 reached a total of $7.6 billion, according to PwC Israel (PDF; in Hebrew). At $...

Venture investments, number of deals up in 4Q

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Venture investments, number of deals grew in the 4th quarter NEW YORK (AP) — Funding for U.S. startups increased 20 percent in the final three months of 2013 as venture capitalists...