Private secondary trading platform SecondMarket has revealed its Q1 2012 results. Many of the same charts are available, although the company has added the community banking sector results, reflecting its entry into this new space. Here’s what you need to …
Okay, now this makes sense to me. I’ve always believed that Instagram was a natural acquisition target for Twitter. So when Facebook announced it had dropped $1 bn on the mobile photo sharing app, I was blown away. It looked …
Mobile photo-sharing start-up Instagram is hitting one milestone after another, these days. It has 30 mn users on the iPhone alone – and picked up another million for Android the first day it was available for the platform. Now, it’s …
Seeking Alpha is right on the edge of red and black, according to the latest from Inside Investor Relations. Already, it boasts 1 mn registered users and monthly unique visitors ranging from 5 mn to 7 mn. Sure, these numbers …
The Yelp IPO priced ahead of its range. The company came in at $15 a share, a dollar above the $14 high end. The internet company sold 7.1 mn shares and raised $106.5 mn. The market cap is set to …
Yelp is close to going public. The online review site has boatloads of traffic and plenty of user-generated content. Although it isn’t profitable, the company appears to be headed in the right direction. Here’s what you need to know: 1. …
There’s no doubt that 2011 was an exciting year for private shares trading platform SecondMarket. Trading volume surged, and many of the companies trading on its platform are set to go public in the next year. Let’s take a look …
In the tech IPO market, there wasn’t much to celebrate in 2011. Sure, some companies popped, but many of them fell back to Earth. Imperva is among the exceptions, according to an International Business Times report, but the likes of …
Dropbox is one of Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups right now. The online storage company proved it with a $250 mn Series B venture capital round announced this week. All the big names are involved: Goldman Sachs, Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, …
Twitter has ‘more money than I’ve ever seen before’: CEO Dick Costolo’s words in TechCrunch. Yesterday, the social media company picked up the first $400 mn tranche of its recent $800 mn financing round (Series G). With all this capital …