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Maxim acquires LTE chip firm
Genasic was founded by Ashok Dhuna who served as CEO. Dhuna was previously vice president of RF engineering at Sequans and prior to that he was chief technology officer and founder of Synad Technologies Ltd., a fabless wireless LAN chipmaker sold to STMicroelectronics in 2003.
Full Story at EE Times.
Lattice Semiconductor Acquires Chipmaker SiliconBlue For $62 Million In Cash
Using a single chip ‘Field Programmable Gate Array’ (FPGA) fabric, SiliconBlue’s devices basically enable mobile designers to quickly add features to their mobile platform in areas such as connectivity, memory, storage, sensor management, video and imaging.
Full story at Tech Crunch.
The 2009 Venture Capital 100
The first annual AlwaysOn Venture Capital 100 highlights the one hundred individuals who have backed the most profitable winners in the last four years. To compile the first VC 100 List, our editorial team sourced data from its research partners Morgan Stanley, VentureDeal and the 451 Group on more than 700 active venture capitalists, 1,400 [...]
Venture Capital Leads Returns
According to Thomson Reuters, venture capital still has better returns than many other investments (at least through March 2009).
M&A Cycles
Over the past 27 years M&A has followed a relatively predictable boom and bust pattern – at least 5 years of accelerating volumes followed by 2 to 3 years of decline.
Shark Tank
Other than soccer I don’t watch much TV. Tonight though I caught the finale of Shark Tank. The Examiner gives a rundown. It was an interesting dynamic watching entrepreneurs and investors negotiate on TV. I couldn’t help but notice one even looks like fellow blogger (and original investor in my company) Mike Feinstein.
I’m not sure [...]
Venture-Backed Exit Market Continues to Face Challenges Despite Largest IPO in 2.5 Years
Venture-backed company exit activity showed little signs of life during the third quarter of 2009 and fell far short of historical norms, according to the Exit Poll report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
The 2008 VC Liquidity Drought In Charts
Techcrunch reports The financial meltdown of 2008 all but shut down venture-backed exits, as we all know. The National Venture Capital Association declared a crisis back in the second quarter, which got worse in the third quarter. This week, the NCVA released its numbers for the fourth quarter and, as expected, they are pretty [...]