Tag Archive: IPO

Two Year Outlook for Tech M&A and IPO

This AlwaysOn panel, moderated by Victor Boyajian, National Chair, Technology, Sonnenschein, examined the prospects for Tech M&A and IPO over the next two years.
The panelists were:

Lise Buyer, Principal, Class V Group
Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Co
Drew Guevara, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Jamie Montgomery, CEO, Montgomery & Co
Boyajian: What do [...]

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Frank Quattrone of Qatalyst gives startups M&A advice

Frank Quattrone moderated a panel of three startups, with the premise being he would give each of them his sought-after M&A advice.  Quattrone recently co-founded a new tech M&A investment advisory firm Qatalyst.
The startups were:

Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP Sulake.  Sulake – a social networking and virtual world play.
Lance Tokuda, CEO RockYou – a social [...]

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Panel discusses state of venture investing in midst of financial turmoil, frozen IPO

This Churchill Club panel met at Dinah’s Poolside Cafe/Hotel April 23 2008 for a breakfast panel discussion of the state of venture investing almost half way into 2008.
The backdrop, of course, being an essentially closed IPO market, a buyer’s M&A market, soaring oil prices, a second quarter of weakening consumer spending, and of course US [...]

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