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Etsy Lands Another $20M. This E-Commerce Movement is Here to Stay.
Etsy has landed $20 million in its fifth round of funding, led by Index Ventures. The latest round values Etsy around $300 million, bringing its total amount of funding raised to $52 million. Joining the team is Adam Freed, former Google International executive, bringing some heavy-hitting management to the online craft retailer. Another new addition ...
GoogleMe Gets Closer: Google Acquires Angstro for Social Search
An acquisition by Google hints at more development around the GoogleMe project. Angstro, a social news aggregation startup founded by Rohit Khare, is the latest in a stretch of socially-oriented Google acquisitions. Launched in 2008, Angstro scours blogs and news sites to find the information most relevant to individual users’ needs. It added Knx.to last ...
3Par Valuation Hits $2 Billion – Another Counter-Bid from HP
As expected, the bid for 3PAR has risen again, with Hewlett-Packard making another offering at $30 per share in cash. In an earlier post this morning, Dave Vellante surmised that the offers for 3Par would exceed $2 billion, and now they have. Hoping to finalize the deal once and for all, this latest bid by ...
Dell Counter-Bids HP Again. 3PAR Likely to Sell for Over $2 Billion.
Perhaps 3PAR has made up its mind. Dell announced this morning that 3Par has accepted its increased offer for $27 per share in cash. The latest counter bid matched HP’s late-day offer for 3Par, which we covered last night. From Dell’s released statement, The cash tender offer, through a wholly-owned Dell subsidiary, is for all ...
HP Trumps Dell’s Bid for 3PAR Again: Higher Premiums for 3PAR
The bidding war lives on. Hewlett-Packard has raised the stakes, again, on its offer for 3Par. HP is now presenting $27 per share, increasing its previous cash bid offered at $24. This is the second time HP has sought to trump Dell’s bid for the Fremont, CA-based 3Par. The move comes shortly after 3Par accepted ...
Google Realtime, A New Place to Hang Your Search Hat
Google real-time search is officially live, on its own standalone sight. A project first introduced late last year, the real-time search initiative has since taken on a whole new meaning for Google and the search and advertising industry. Real-time search, as a movement, has shaped greatly shaped how social media becomes relevant to many other ...
HP Acquires Stratavia, Expanding Hosted Solutions
Dell may have won the bidding war for 3PAR, but HP has announced its another strategic move, with the acquisition of Stratavia. The privately-held database and application automation company will be folded into HP to improve its a la cart storage and cloud-computing solutions for businesses and organizations. Based in Denver, Stratavia will be incorporated ...
Dell Trumps HP in 3PAR Bidding Wars
It looks like Dell may win out on the clash with HP over the 3PAR acquisition. After HP outbid Dell for 3PAR, Dell has returned with a higher offer. Dell has revised its merger agreement with 3PAR, offering up $24.30 per share. 3PAR has reportedly accepted the offer. From the Wall Street Journal, The agreement, ...
Is It Too Soon for Facebook Places, and Where Are the Consumers’ Intrests?
It’s barely been a week since Facebook Places launched, and the buzz has not slowed around its business potential, marketing prowess and startup-squashing powers. But a Wall Street Journal article today reminds us that it’s far too soon to jump to major conclusions around the business of geo-location and marketing, particularly as it pertains to ...
Confirmed: Twitter Hires Bain and Hill, Growing Sales & Revenue
The news of Bain’s move from News Corp. to Twitter has been confirmed, with some extra icing. Brent Hill, a former Google Sales executive, will also be joining Twitter as the director of sales for Central U.S. “With Adam and Brent joining the team, we now have senior sales executives from a wide spectrum of ...