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Summit, TA Associates Pour $350M into Bigpoint

Posted on: April 26, 2011 by Clancy NolanNo Comments »

Summit Partners and TA Associates will invest $350 million to recap Hamburg-based online gaming company Bigpoint GmbH. TA Associates and Summit Partners jointly will own a controlling share of Bigpoint. Previous shareholder Comcast Interactive Capital’s Peacock Equity Fund will sell their holdings in this transaction. GMT Communications Partners and GE will sell a majority of their stakes, the company said in a written release. Montgomery & Co. acted as advisor for Bigpoint; and NOAH Advisors acted as advisor for Summit Partners and TA Associates.

Tags: GMT Communications Partners, Peacock Equity Fund, Summit Partners, TA Associates

by Alastair Goldfisher

Mini-Roundtable: VCs Take on Internet Advertising

Posted on: September 23, 2009 by Alastair Goldfisher2 Comments »

Internet advertising is an investment sector that needs no marketing help whatsoever. Excuse the double negative, but it seems that not a week goes by that I don’t see one or more Internet advertising startups raise capital. This month, Peacock Equity Fund has backed two: Greystripe and The Rubicon Project. Just last week, Zoove, a [...]

Tags: Maveron, Mayfield Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Opus Capital, Peacock Equity Fund, Rubicon Project

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So really Steve, the title of your articles should have read: “How VCs are killing Silicon Valley”, and I’d wholeheartedly agree. Especially since their thesis determines what can be discovered (Einstein).

Georges
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