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Is it a tech bubble?
Every week a “we are in a tech bubble” article seems to come out in a major newspaper or blog.
'PayPal Mafia' Gets Richer - Businessweek
Jeremy Stoppelman and Max Levchin own about $200 million in Yelp Inc. shares heading into the company’s initial public offering, setting up the latest payday for PayPal Inc.’s former executives. Stoppelman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Yelp, owns 11.1 percent of the company, while Levchin, the chairman, has 13.5 percent. The user-generated review site announced plans last week to sell shares for $12 to $14 apiece in an IPO, valuing Yelp at as much as $838 million.Most investments fail but the few successful ones more than make all the money back — or so startup investors hope.
CrunchBase Reveals: The Average Successful Startup Raises $25.3 Million, Sells For $196.8 Million | TechCrunch
SoundCloud raises $50 million round led by Kleiner Perkins
SoundCloud has raised a new fundraising round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
It’s been a long drought for IPOs , but venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs are hopeful that 2010 will be the year they rain down on the Valley once gain.
The Top Ten IPO Candidates For 2010
Dotcom bubble 2.0 - 2011, the next dotcom bust?
Update: The Real Reason VCs Think Foursquare Is Worth $100 Million Earlier: Yahoo's M&A deal-makers are deciding right now whether or not to buy super-hot location-based startup Foursquare for ~$100 million, says a source close to bankers involved in Foursquare's current fundraising efforts. A source close to Yahoo told us a Foursquare-owned Yahoo "would be nice."
Yahoo Considers Buying Foursquare For ~$100 Million
On January 13, 2009, Carol Bartz became CEO of Yahoo!