Even as Facebook and Zynga shed more than half their value in the public market, Silicon Valley veteran Brad Garlinghouse sees signs of a technology bubble. The former executive at AOL and Yahoo said startup founders are raising venture capital...
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Brad Garlinghouse said startups are raising venture capital at high valuations, picking numbers for the purpose of “chest-pumping.”
Valley Veteran Brad Garlinghouse Sees Signs of Tech Bubble
Investors Betting on Betable It Can Help Social Games Make Money
As social gaming companies such as Zynga explore ways to play in the online gambling business, Betable wants to be their dealer. The startup, a gambling operator that lets developers integrate real-money gaming into their products, announced today it has...
Read more »IVP Doubles Its Max Investment to $100 Million for New Fund
While some late-stage investors in Facebook, Groupon and Zynga are in the red because of the punishing public markets, Institutional Venture Partners is doubling down. For the firm’s 14th fund, IVP is increasing the amount it plans to invest in...
Read more »Enterprise IPOs Have Done Better Than Consumer Ones, Tableau Says
For all the hype over the upcoming Facebook initial public offering, companies that serve consumers don’t give investors as good a return as companies that focus on corporate users, according to data compiled by Tableau Software Inc. Companies focused on...
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Zynga faces the challenge of keeping the entrepreneurs it brings aboard from leaving.
Zynga’s Acquired Founders: Where Are They Now?
As Zynga uses part of its $1.8 billion to acquire popular mobile apps and the key talent behind them, one challenge it faces is keeping the entrepreneurs it brings aboard. “The most important component of a deal is the human...
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Kevin Systrom, right, and Mike Krieger are the founders of Instagram.
Building a Billion-Dollar Business? Yeah, There’s an App Store for That
While Silicon Valley is asking what today’s Instagram news says about Facebook, a more apt question may be: What does it say about Apple? Until last week, Instagram was an application built exclusively for the iPhone. Even so, in less...
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