NVCA predicts that drought will slow new investments and fundraising in 2009.
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Liquidity study finds that IPO, M&A exits were closed to VCs last year.
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Collapse of IPO, M&A markets parches VCs, according new reports; median price in M&A deal falls as time to exit rises.
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Software titan trumps PE firm with $486 million bid for Greenfield Online, the parent of a European price-comparison engine.
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But analyst says Take-Two won’t be able to hotwire a premium in Electronic Arts’ unsolicited $2B takeover bid.
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U.S. online video publishing firm fetches $10 million to $50 million from content management company Entriq.
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Survey by the 451 Group forecasts a drop in IPOs and an M&A spending decline in 10 of 14 sectors, though activity overall is expected to grow.
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Fourth quarter pushes venture-backed issues to $10 billion in 2007, double the 2006 take, but the M&A door has swung shut. In the final quarter, only 45 venture-backed M&A deals were completed, the least since the first quarter of 1998.
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Private equity player pays $17 million for Advanced Answers on Demand, a subsidiary that makes software for elderly care facilities.
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All the IPO and M&A numbers you need to see what happened last year—and why.
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