Venture Capital

There’s been a lot of talk about Oracle being the major consolidator of mature software companies, but IBM continues to march forward aggressively. They bought FileNet today for $1.6

I love to invest in companies where I can be actively involved as a user of their products. One of the benefits of actively blogging over the past two years

Both of the local Denver papers ran good summary articles on the closing of the sale of Adelphia to Time Warner Cable and Comcast. This was a long and arduous

Last week, a private equity group led by KKR, Bain Capital, and Merrill Lynch announced that they were acquiring HCA for $33 billion. HCA is the largest hospital operator in

Colorado saw two big acquisitions this week – both in the telecomm (which – in my universe – includes what used to be called cable) sector. On Friday, Time Warner

Fred Wilson has a great, thoughtful post up titled “Scars From The Last Bubble.” If you are a VC or an entrepreneur, I recommend you read it slowly. Remember, it’s

Fred Wilson has a good answer up to a question that was posed to him the other day about VCs and fees. Our startup company recently started seeking funding and

Paul Kedrosky has a great article up on PE Week Wire about Venture Capital Best Practices. His conclusion – “There are no best practices in venture capital. You’ve e

Last Thursday, Tucows announced that it was buying Boulder’s NetIdentity. At a deal value of over $20m, it’s healthy for a company with only 10 employees, although m

Just when you thought you’d never hear from me and Jason on 409A again, we received the following missive from a lawyer friend of ours: (The) IRS is now saying