Deal Radar 2008: NTR Global

Net Transmit & Receive S.L. (NTR Global) is a leading European maker of remote support/access solutions with a presence in over 60 countries. Co-founded in 2000 by Tomás Casanovas, Luis Font, and Joan Pons, the company is one of the biggest players in the European market with more than 14,000 customers. NTR is headquartered in Barcelona,

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How Rafat Ali Found a Job (Part 7)

SM: When did you finally close the investment deal with Alan Patricof? RA: It was in the middle of 2006. I believe it closed in June.

Deal Radar 2008: Nurien

A leading developer and operator of social networking and online gaming services, Nurien Software focuses on virtual social interaction and game play. Nurien was founded in 2005 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

How Rafat Ali Found a Job (Part 6)

SM: You turned down some private investors, what about institutional investors? RA: We started to get interest from companies who wanted to buy us in late 2005. I had a friend who had a friend who helped me sort through it, and we went through the normal gyrations.

Deal Radar 2008: Playfish

Playfish develops and publishes video games on online social networks. The company focuses on ‘social games’ that can be played together with friends and family, using the infrastructure of sites like Facebook.

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How Rafat Ali Found a Job (Part 5)

SM: How did getting married affect the business? RA: I had to go away for about 40 days because my wife, who is of Indian origin, was from South Africa. The marriage was in South Africa and the reception was going to be in India. The entire ordeal was going to take 40 days. There

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Deal Radar 2008: Grockit

Grockit, which describes its approach as “Learning 2.0”,  is developing tools to harness the power of the Internet to help the world learn. It began by helping students prepare for standardized tests and is now developing a learning game that will allow students from all over the world to teach each other, thereby creating an innovative method for people to learn online. The

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