Posted on: January 9, 2013 by asormani
Aereo has closed on a $38 million Series B round of financing, led by existing investors IAC and Highland Capital Partners. Previous investors from Aereo’s Series A funding round, including FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, High Line Venture Partners, and select individuals, also participated.
Tags: First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital, High Line Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, IAC
Posted on: January 3, 2012 by Ben T Smith, IV
Every entrepreneur has met them. Big company executives with big company swagger. They ignore you. They dismiss the business problem you spent your life solving. They think they can crush you. Then the tables turn. They push for strategic relationships. They want to give you money, frequently at irrationally high valuations. Finally they shell out [...]
Tags: Apple, Ben T. Smith IV, Doug Kilponen, Entrepreneurs, Google, IAC, IBM, MerchantCircle
Posted on: February 2, 2011 by cnolan
Match.com, the online dating site owned by Barry Diller’s IAC, has acquired New York-based dating company OkCupid for $50 million in cash. The deal also includes potential future payments contingent upon performance. Sam Yagan, the co-founder and chief executive of OkCupid will continue to run the business. OkCupid previously raised at least $6 million from angel investors.
Tags: IAC, OkCupid
Posted on: January 20, 2011 by Eamon
Wilbur Ross plans to take International Automotive Components Group public this year and hired Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to run the process, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. IAC is a global supplier of automotive components and systems.
Tags: IAC, Wilbur Ross