Caught up? Here’s everything from Blekko, Dash’s price, to Android sighting
The holiday break felt especially long this time, so here’s a longer roundup than usual — of everything you may have missed over the last few days:
Ebay’s Kijiji tries to tar Craiglist’s reputation — The NYT has a story about Kijiji, a competitor to online classifieds… Continue Reading
Death by board meeting
[Editor's note: This is an op-ed piece by Nick Sturiale, a partner at the venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds. Among his investments was Xensource, the company recently acquired by Citrix.]
Across Silicon Valley, a crucial gathering occurs dozens of times every day: the venture-backed startup… Continue Reading
Citrix acquires XenSource for $500M, in virtualization frenzy
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Citrix Systems is acquiring XenSource, an open-source “virtualization” company that lets multiple operating systems operate on a single server, reducing costs.
The price, at $500 million, is a whopping return for Palo Alto Calif.’s XenSource, which formed less than three years ago, and raised $40… Continue Reading
YouSendIt raises $10M for file delivery service for professionals
YouSendIt, a Mountain View, Calif. service that lets professionals deliver large files over the Internet, said it has raised $10 million in a second round of venture capital financing.
The funding comes at a time when dozens of companies are helping speed up the delivery of… Continue Reading
Departures begin at Sevin Rosen, Nick Sturiale out of the door?
Sevin Rosen Fund General Partner Nick Sturiale is actively looking for a new job and has interviewed with at least one other Silicon Valley venture firm, reports PE Week.
This comes as no surprise. Sevin Rosen announced last year that it would pass on raising a… Continue Reading