European VCs: Time To Catch Up

By Jörg Überla, Guest Author More than 65O IPOs and the highest number of venture-backed IPOs since 2000. These are not the latest figures for the U.S. market, but the 2006 figures for Europe. What’s more: During the same period, the U.S. have seen just 224 IPOs with a volume of €35 billion, half the

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Private Equity Needs Exit

WSJ reports that UGS, owned by Siemens, Bain Capital and Silverlake, is about to be sold to Siemens, for $3.5 Billion. The company was purchased 3 years back for $2 Billion. Deals have become much larger since. The WSJ articles hints at an issue the industry is facing: Exit. While there may be players who

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Shutterfly Should NOT Go Public

Shutterfly’s impending precarious IPO.

NetSuite IPO: Some Thoughts

Netsuite IPO – hope it works, and works BIG.