02.02.12

Lesetipps: Facebook IPO, Zensur bei Twitter, Exits auf dem Vormarsch

Thema Nummer eins der Woche ist in Start-up-Kreisen diese Woche ganz sicher der geplante Börsengang von Facebook. Das langersehnte IPO dürfte einige neue Millionäre machen, ein paar davon listet das Deal Journal. Dass das teuerste Tech-Listing der Geschichte der Start-up- und Venture Capital-Szene den von vielen erhofften Auftrieb geben wird, sieht Investor Peter S. Cohan auf Daily Dose eher skeptisch. Aufreger Nummer zwei in der Web-Gemeinde waren die neuen Zensur-Regeln bei Twitter. Alles halb so wild, die neuen Regelungen seien für Aktivisten sogar von Vorteil, wirft man bei Mashable Social Media in die Debatte ein. Und schließlich meldet Business Standard: Die Zeit ist reif für Private Equity-Exits!

What Facebook's IPO Means for VCs and Entrepreneurs

(The Daily Dose, 02.02.2012)

If you've been greedily scanning the headlines about Facebook's IPO -- wondering whether the social networking giant's move to go public will serve as the spark venture capitalists need to launch a new flurry of funding -- you may be disappointed.

 

Facebook IPO: Who Is Getting Rich?

(Deal Journal, 01.02.2012)

Facebook formally started down the path to an IPO, a step that will make some of the company’s earliest investors and executives really, truly, stinking rich.

 

Relax: Twitter’s New Censorship Policy Is Actually Good for Activists

(Mashable Social Media, 28.01.2012)

A lot of digital ink has been spilled about Twitter’s announcement that it can now censor tweets on a country-by-country basis. The move has prompted a growing number of users to organize under the hashtag #TwitterBlackout and pledge to boycott the service on January 28 by refusing to tweet. But these users are misguided — Twitter’s new policy is actually good for activists.


PE players see market ripe to exit

(Business Standard, 02.02.2012)

US private equity firms Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus took advantage of recent market gains to pare stakes in two financial companies in deals worth $440 million, a sign of investor wariness about the sustainability of the rally. Buyout firms that invested billions of dollars during the market's boom years before the global financial crisis are widely expected to look for opportunities to cash in their holdings, with more stake sales anticipated in coming months.


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