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Congratulations to MetroPCS (PCS) which began trading on the NYSE in Q1, and to Omniture (OMTR), Optium Corporation (OPTM) and Veraz Networks (VRAZ), who all began trading on NASDAQ within the past year. A few portfolio companies were recently acquired: video-on-demand leader Broadbus Technologies, by Motorola; CipherTrust, an innovative messaging security technology company, by Secure Computing; and Business Performance Management company OutlookSoft by SAP. Always-On Media named both Ruckus Network and Spot Runner to two of their prestigious industry lists: the AOMedia 100 and OnHollywood 100. |
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Battery GPs Tom Crotty and Dave Tabors were panelists at recent Dow Jones’ events – Tom at the Private Equity Analyst Conference on “Building a Sustaining Firm,” and Dave at VentureOne Outlook 2007 on “The Exit Reconsidered.” View the full events calendar. |
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 The Human Element of Building a Leading VC FirmIn December 2006 I was one of several panelists on an NVCA webcast focused on the human elements of building a leading VC firm. The topic is a critical one for venture firms that want to endure, and a particularly relevant one given the major changes that have occurred in the venture industry over the last 10 years. This article is based on the comments I made during that webcast. |
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Advanced Materials: The Next Wave of InnovationA look at Battery’s investment thesis for Advanced Materials, featuring interviews with the CEOs of two of our portfolio companies, Lion Cells and Nanoconduction. |
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Strategy Insight: Technology-Enabled Businesses and Financial Services InvestingWe have evaluated thousands of tech-enabled businesses in a variety of sectors such as retail/e-commerce, data services, Business Process Outsourcing and consumer services. But the area in which we consistently see the most investor opportunity is financial services. |
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Welcome to The Battery Charger, our newsletter covering the latest developments in the industry, at our firm, and with our portfolio companies. We aim to provide insight into the markets, trends and companies that we have found interesting in the past few months. Contact us to learn more or to discuss any of the information covered. |
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