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Facebook To File $5 Billion IPO: The Biggest In US History

It is IPO time in Techland once again. Facebook, the world’s biggest social networking service is finally going to file its IPO soon. This IPO has been discussed to no end since the rumors came out...
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Facebook On Its Way To A $100Bn Valuation: Too Steep Or Well Deserved?

It seems the time has come for Facebook to come up with an IPO and it is going to be huge! According to some inside sources, Facebook is considering raising $10 billion which would ultimately value...
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Rovio Shrugs Off $2.25Billion Acquisition By Zynga

Now this is huge news. According to a report in the New York Times, Rovio – the makers of Angry Birds, the most popular games across all platforms ever, turned down a $2.25Billion acquisition offer...
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Groupon Raises The Biggest IPO Since Google

We recently blogged about how Groupon is perched very dangerously when you consider its business model. Their valuation got halved to $13 billion dollars, their growth rate is slowing and the profit making...
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Is Groupon A Failed Venture?

Well, some are definitely saying so and their current situation is not at all comforting. A few months ago, Groupon was the prime example of a ‘start-up done right’. It grew at a breakneck speed and...
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Just Dial Files For An IPO To Fund Expansion Plans

Mumbai’s Just Dial plans to go down the IPO path and has filed documents with SEBI. It seeks to raise Rs 360 crore through sale of fresh shares and some more via sale of shares by private equity (PE)...
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Stock Market Jitters Push One97 On The PE Path

One97, one of India’s pioneers in cloud platforms has dropped plans for an IPO and will seek private equity funding given the current uncertainty in the markets following the US debt downgrade. The Noida-based...
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Facebook, Groupon’s Valuations Go Up, Up And Away!!

It seems like it is still Christmas for the valuation of Facebook and Groupon. No matter how mixed the year was for the social networking giant, December was a big month for it as it pipped Yahoo worldwide,...
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Will 2011 Be The Year Facebook Conquers The Web?

2010 has been the year for Facebook. Amongst all the highs and lows, the news that came last will end the year on a high for the social networking king — Facebook is the most-visited website in the...
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Ybrant Plans For IPO – Lycos Aquisition To Increase Market Value?

Ybrant Digital, the company offering digital marketing solutions, is planning for an IPO in order to raise INR 700 crores in order to expand to Chinese and Brazilian markets. Ybrant also plans to buy a...
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MakeMyTrip Files For IPO – To Get Listed On NASDAQ

Many internet based companies have been planning to go the IPO way since some time now. We had earlier reported that Naukri (Infoedge Ltd.) were one of the first of these companies to actually make an...
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Facebook Revenue Over $800 Million Amidst Security Threats

When most of the companies, who were reeling from the pangs of recession, have slowly started to recover, you have great news from the social networking giant, Facebook. Its revenue for the year crossed...
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WATShow With Arvind Kajaria Of 123greetings.com Talks About IPO & More

We caught up with Arvind Kajaria of 123greetings.com pre IPO. As you may know the IPO was oversubscribed by 19 times. Here is our WATShow with the second Indian Internet company that went public recently! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HiNhSedcs0 Do...
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BSNL IPO Expected By Late 2010

Disinvestment Secretary Sunil Mitra has given clear indications for the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. IPO  (Initial Public Offering) to a private news channel. He says “I hope the BSNL IPO happens in the...
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Its Raining Funds: HCL’s Billion $ Fund For IT Co’s & Bharti’s 200 Cr Innovation Fund For Telecom Co’s

Its fund announcement season and this time its not the regular VC firms which are announcing funds for investment in startups It two very large Indian homegrown companies in the IT and Telecom space that...
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