FINANCINGS PICK UP… INLINE WITH TREND CAPITAL MARKETS ACTIVITY PICKS UP SUDDENLY November picks up: Total transaction value in the Web 2.0 universe ... more>>
ANOTHER TECH BUBBLE? NOT QUITE GOOGLE ACQUIRES ADMOB NETWORK Google announced the acquisition of AdMob, the mobile ad platform that serves online ads ... more>>
GOOGLE PROVIDES FREE VOICE-BASED TURN-BY-TURN DRIVING DIRECTIONS Google Maps and Google Streetview are among the most popular applications in the Goog ... more>>
GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT ATTRACTING MORE CASH SOCIAL NETWORKS THE PLATFORM FOR AN EXPLOSION OF ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT Among the spaces most touched by ... more>>
EARLY TWITTER FUNDERS STAYING ON THE SIDELINES THIS TIME The rumour proven true, Twitter raised $100 million in a Series E round of financing, bringin ... more>>
BIGGEST IPO OF THE YEAR NOSEDIVES Shanda Games Ltd. (Nasdaq:GAME) raised $1.04 billion in the largest U.S.-listed IPO for 2009 – but ended its first ... more>>
SOCIAL GAMING POTENTIALLY A $1.6 BILLION MARKET BY 2010 Based on data from Inside Virtual Goods, the market for virtual goods – that is, the ... more>>
TWITTER’S VALUE QUADRUPLES SINCE FEBRUARY; DOES SPIKE IN USERS JUSTIFY THE INCREASE? Twitter is rumoured to be raising a new $50 million round of fund ... more>>
INTUIT ACQUIRES MINT.COM FOR $170,000,000 – OR OVER $100 PER UNIQUE Exactly three years after winning the $50,000 grand prize at TechCrunch40, ... more>>
EBAY SELLS SKYPE; SHANDA TO LIST GAMES UNIT Almost four years to the day of announcing the acquisition of Skype, eBay announced last week that it had ... more>>
AVERAGE DEAL SIZE INCREASES IN AUGUST The month of August saw 24 financings totalling $200.6 million, well above the $82.3 million raised with only ... more>>
MYSPACE BUYS LEADING FACEBOOK DEVELOPER; FACEBOOK CREATES TWITTER UPDATE CAPABILITY MySpace finally confirmed last week the much-rumoured acquisition ... more>>
SOFTWARE COMPANIES TAKING ABOUT 91 MONTHS TO EXIT A recent research report published by SVB Financial elucidates how difficult it has been for venture ... more>>
Total capital raised in August (so far) is $94.4 million: Gaming company Turbine, Inc. raised $50 million in August. RichRelevance, a company that ... more>>
CAPITAL RAISED IN JULY CLOSES BELOW JUNE LEVELS The month of July saw 25 financings totalling $164.4 million, lower than June (at $196.1 million), ... more>>