In case you missed it in our post comparing the 2010 M&A activity of the major tech companies, it’s worth highlighting that Microsoft has announced zero acquisitions year-to-date in 2010. While Google has been active doing many smaller acquisitions, and HP and IBM are doing larger deals and Facebook and Twitter are also doing acquisitions, generally of the talent type, Redmond-based Microsoft is notable for its absence.
Continue reading “Microsoft Has Announced Zero M&A Transactions in 2010 – Is Organic Growth the Focus or Is Something Larger Brewing?” »
In the last five years, Google acquisitions have tended to be VC or angel investor-backed with 3 of every 4 acquisitions completed by Google having received external financing. As we’d previously noted, Google has been on an acquisition tear this year relative to its own historical pace as well as relative to its technology company brethren/competitors.
Below is the breakdown of acquisitions by year and the percentage receiving external financing vs. not. As you’ll see, the proportion of companies Google has acquired which are externally financed has increased over the period in question.
Continue reading “75% of Google’s Acquisitions are Venture Capital or Angel Investor Financed” »
Google’s 2010 M&A activity has been proceeding at a spectacular space as we revealed last week. This week, we’re using CB Insights’ M&A data to look at the 2010 acquisition activity of many of the most notable and/or largest technology companies in the world. As you can see, there are many interesting observations that emerge from the year-to-date technology M&A figures.
Below is the 2010 data by tech company and some of our early observations.
Continue reading “2010 Technology M&A Trends and Rankings – How Active Have the Tech Giants Been?” »
After last week’s lackluster funding data, investors were back to business as private company financing soared to $499 million driven by a whopping 126 deals this past week. California held onto the top position with 40% growth in funding and nearly double the number of deals vs. the prior week. While California showed strong growth, it was the emergence of the Southern States (Tennessee and Georgia) that lifted funding totals. Tennessee followed California in funding just edging out Massachusetts for the second spot. The Top 5 funding league table was rounded out by Massachusetts, Georgia and Washington. After three weeks of slow activity, Massachusetts returned to a healthy level of funding with over $60 million. Georgia set a new high for weekly funding and made the funding list for first time this year. Washington continues to outpace New York and Texas so far in the third quarter. Finally, while New York placed sixth in funding this past week, it should be noted that the Empire State was second overall in deal volume. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (they may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
Continue reading “The South Will Rise Again? Tennessee and Georgia Emerge in Top 5 States for Private Company Funding” »
Google is maintaining a torrid acquisition pace in 2010 with 23 acquisitions year-to-date (with over one quarter still to go). The year’s total is equivalent to Google’s cumulative acquisition total from 2007 to 2009. Using CB Insights M&A data, we broke down Google’s acquisition activity over time and looked at 2010 specifically by sector, industry and by focus area of the targets.
Continue reading “Google Acquisition Activity in 2010 Matches Last Three Years Combined. Less Than 10% in Mobile Companies.” »
The Labor Day holiday saw a dip in financing activity as private company financing fell to $253 million with only 76 deals recorded this past week. California was still the top location for funding despite a 40% decline in deal volume compared to the prior week. North Carolina claimed the second spot with a second consecutive week of strong dealflow and its largest single deal for the year. The top 5 funding league table was rounded out by Washington, New Jersey and Colorado. With last week’s tally, Washington has overtaken both Texas and New York for total funding raised in the third quarter-to-date (QTD) rankings. Finally, after being MIA for several months, New Jersey made the funding list for a second week in a row. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (they may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
Continue reading “Washington Ahead of NY in Q3 for Funding. North Carolina Records its Biggest Deal of Year.” »
Fred Wilson had an interesting post this morning entitled “There are Two Venture Capital Industries” in which he discussed the difference between VC investing in software-based businesses vs. what he describes as a second VC industry which invests in cleantech, biotech, computer hardware and other capital intensive technology businesses.
Here is the data for these two venture capital industries from 2002 to-date. Specifically, we look at the breakdown and compare the “two VCs” by number of deals, amount of venture funding and median deal size.
Continue reading “There are Two Venture Capital Industries – Here’s the Data” »
Earlier this week, GigaOM Pro issued the Venture Capital Investing in the Mobile and Wireless Industry, Q2 2010 by analyst Peter Crocker based on venture capital funding and deal data by CB Insights. We’re excited to be partnering with GigaOm Pro in ways that leverage and combine our data with their team’s unique expert commentary and insights.
We encourage you to check out the 32-page report’s table of contents here. A brief on the report is given below as well.
Tremendous changes in the global economy, the mobile and wireless industry and the VC market over the past four quarters have been significant and apparent. The U.S. stock market is recovering after touching 12-year lows. Smartphone use is exploding, while the VC industry is struggling with lackluster returns. These trends are reflected in venture capital firms’ funding activity in the mobile and wireless space. In this report, we examine venture capital investment over the second quarter of 2010 with an eye on which sectors have attracted the most attention, and which areas are likely to continue to see growth in the coming months.
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This past week, high growth private company financing saw a decline in deal volume (89 deals) with an improvement in total funding ($299.5 million) vs. the prior week. California was still the top location for funding bringing in 50% of the total funding. Washington took over the second spot with a second consecutive week of strong funding and deal flow. The top 5 funding league table was rounded out by North Carolina, Massachusetts and New Jersey. North Carolina set a new high for weekly funding and returned to the top 5 rankings for the first time since May. This past week was only the second time in the past six months that New Jersey has made the list. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
Continue reading “North Carolina and New Jersey Private Company Financing Showing a Pulse” »
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