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 …
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Five tech IPOs to watch in 2012
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 …
Zynga beaten with buybacks
Earlier this year, Zynga’s CEO unloaded $109 mn worth of stock. The buyer was Zynga. And, he was only one of many who cashed out at the company’s expense this year. Other shareholders selling included: Union Square Ventures ($45.8 mn), …
BOOM: Zynga loses BILLIONS, falls 75 percent! [VALUATION]
It’s no secret that Mark Pincus craves control of Zynga … but is he happy to have a whole lot of control over not as much company? Once upon a time, a valuation of around $20 bn was being bandied …
Five reasons why Tumblr picked up another $85 mn in venture capital money
Tumblr lives somewhere between blogging and Twitter, and it seems to have eked out a pretty happy existence there. The blogging platform is growing rapidly, and for its success, it has been rewarded with an $85 mn round of venture …
Twitter CEO: MORE MONEY THAN I’VE EVER SEEN
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 …
DST offers Twitter exits – who wants out?
The latest bid for Twitter stock is affecting nearly all shareholders, according to the latest from tech blog AllThingsD. Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies is set to complete a round of funding good for $400 mn, and now a …






