Dassault Systèmes Aquires Netvibes

Feb 13 2012 Posted in Ventures by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

From its base in the heart of Paris, Nevibes had been first to market with a completely customizable personal home page. When Freddy Mini took over the CEO role at Netvibes from its founder Tariq Krim in 2008, he was painfully aware of the fact that while over a million people still relied on Netvibes’ Read more


Is “more” always “better” for biotech start ups? Data is mixed.

Feb 07 2012 Posted in Ventures by Francesco De Rubertis This post has View Comments

Solution: have the lead investor perform like a lead investor.
Conventional wisdom and good sense would argue that it is good news for an early stage biotech company to announce the backing by a large investors syndicate (4 or more). Indeed, the fact that many smart people are independently deciding to invest into a company, contributing Read more


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