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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:06 PM

Marc Andreessen

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Name: Marc Andreessen
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents
eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation
Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' Joltid Ltd. The investor group now holds about ... [CNET News.com - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Skype Deal Closed This Morning - Davidson
Today’s a big day for Silver Lake Partners. In a keynote speech  at Buyouts West, the firm’s co-founder and chairman Jim Davidson announced that Silver Lake closed its single largest investment in history. Yes, the Skype drama is officially over.The deal ... [Private Equity HUB - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
eBay Inc - Click to view image in its original context
eBay Inc
EBay finally sells majority of Skype
Online auction giant eBay has finally completed the sale of its popular Skype internet telephony service, in a deal worth $2.75bn (1.66bn). The deal, which was first announced at the beginning of September, will see eBay retain a 30 per cent equity investment ... [V3.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Berkman Center Reception This Wednesday
Source: Venture Blog. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the power of circumstance. He explains that Bill Gates and Bill Joy had unprecedented access to the earliest computers and, as a result, they built a couple of the most important ... [AltAssets.net - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 6 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Janus Friis - Click to view image in its original context
Janus Friis
All Is Forgiven: "It's a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders
Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds this morning, after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning .He’s been tight-lipped ... [All Things Digital - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 11 Documents (in Internet & IT)
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Skype Technologies SA
Skype sale back on as founders end lawsuit against eBay
The founders of internet phone service Skype have agreed to settle a potentially damaging lawsuit in return for taking a 14pc stake in the business, once owner eBay sells a majority stake to a private equity-led consortium. By James Quinn, US Business ... [Telegraph - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 2 Documents
Skype Deal Is Turning Into A Bit Of A Cirque Du Freak
In our October 8 post on the state of the Skype sale and litigation, we ended with a prediction: 'The likely outcome of all of this remains the same ? Joltid will get a stake of some size in Skype. But given the players involved, anything could still ... [Washington Post - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Skype To Get Independence - For Better Or Worse
Now that eBay has vaulted a major hurdle in its efforts to sell Skype, the Web telephony service must prove it can make it on its own. Since its founding six years ago, Skype has built up a roster of more than 520 million registered customers who use ... [VCCircle Feeds - 11/08/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Skype's legal drama finally ends
The on-going legal drama that has left a dark cloud over online voice and video communications company Skype has . In the end, the co-founders get a 14 percent ownership of a new Skype, eBay maintains a 30 percent stake in the new company and consortium ... [ZDNet - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Same as it Ever Was: The History of HTML is a Conversation, Not a Spec
Developer Mark Pilgrim has posted a fascinating look at how the HTML img tag came into existence. The history Pilgrim digs up — mailing list conversations between the creators of the first web browsers like Marc Andreessen and the webs early pioneers ... [Wired News - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Mysterious search engine Blekko finds $2.5M
Blekko, a stealthy San Francisco company that is sounding more and more like a search engine, has tacked $2.5 million onto its third round of funding, which now totals $14 million, according to Dow Jones VentureWire. The recent extension came from US ... [Venturebeat - 11/09/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Firefox at 5: The Fall and Rise of Mozilla
Today is the fifth anniversay of the first official release of Firefox:November 9, 2004 - The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced the worldwide availability ... [Computerworld UK - 11/09/2009]

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...is producing more data than ever before,' said Marc Andreessen, whose venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, recently invested in SnapLogic. "we invested in snaplogic based on gaurav dhillon's proven track record in the integration market and feel that snapstore is a visionary step toward solving this large and growing business problem."
SnapLogic Transforms Data Integration With SnapStore [PR-USA.net - 11/10/2009]
...not have to answer to a corporate parent, one that may have different strategic goals, and can therefore concentrate on its own growth prospects. "it puts you in a different mindset" said Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which will hold a stake in Skype once the deal closes
ANALYSIS - Skype to get independence [Reuters India - 11/07/2009]
...'The settlement accomplishes a number of things,' says Andreessen. "number one, skype now owns all of its intellectual property outright."
Founders Win Battle Over Skype Sale [Forbes.com - 11/06/2009]

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Retail Mania: Black Friday [Forbes.com - 15 hours ago]
EBay finally sells majority of Skype [V3.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
THE ACCIDENTAL INNOVATOR GIVES IT ANOTHER GO [Globe Investor - 11/20/2009]
eBay Completes Skype Sale at $2.75 Billion Valu... [Seeking Alpha - 11/20/2009]
Sharendipity Wins the 'Best Ported App' in the ... [Software Developer - 11/20/2009]
Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Bi... [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]
Sharendipity Wins the 'Best Ported App' in the ... [Street Insider - 11/20/2009]
Skype Deal Closed This Morning - Davidson [Private Equity HUB - 11/20/2009]
Eolas May Sue Every Company [ChannelWorld - 11/19/2009]
Adknowledge Buys SocialMedia Networks [Private Equity HUB - 11/19/2009]
Ning Adds Variable Pricing and Custom Categorie... [PR-USA.net - 11/19/2009]
Berkman Center Reception This Wednesday [AltAssets.net - 11/18/2009]
Hershey Craves Cadbury [Forbes.com - 11/18/2009]
Venture firm Maveron opens San Francisco office [San Francisco Chronicle - 11/18/2009]
Intel: 3D Web to save HPC [The Register - 11/17/2009]
A history of HP’s billion-dollar technology buys [IT World Canada - 11/16/2009]
Ning Moves Into Facebook's Old Palo Alto Office [Business Insider - 11/13/2009]
HP's history of billion-dollar technology buys [NetworkWorld - 11/12/2009]
HP takes on Cisco with $2.7bn 3Com acquisition [Hexus - 11/12/2009]
Ning Adds Variable Pricing and Custom Categorie... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/10/2009]
SnapLogic Transforms Data Integration With Snap... [PR-USA.net - 11/10/2009]
Firefox at 5: The Fall and Rise of Mozilla [Computerworld UK - 11/09/2009]
Happy Birthday: A Look Back at Five Years of Fi... [Lifehacker - 11/09/2009]
Skype sale back on as founders end eBay lawsuit [Telegraph - 11/09/2009]
eBay Settles Skype Lawsuit [Eweek Europe - 11/09/2009]
A new Skype, for better or worse? [Business Day - 11/09/2009]
Skype's Legal Drama Ends: Its Time to start Inn... [Seeking Alpha - 11/08/2009]
Skype to get independence [Economictimes - 11/08/2009]
Better or worse, Skype to get independence [Financial Chronicle - 11/08/2009]
Andreessen: We're STOKED About Skype [Silicon Alley Insider - 11/07/2009]
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eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation [CNET News.com - 11/20/2009]
Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz ...
Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Bi... [TechCrunch - 11/19/2009]
eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control ...
Gauruv Dhillon's SnapLogic: Creating The Connec... [Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and obse ... - 11/10/2009]
I recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. I first met Mr Dhillon when I was at the FT and he ...
Last week on TechCrunch: The Skype settlement, ... [TechCrunch - 11/09/2009]
I’d love to have witnessed the scene at eBay’s house back in 2005 when the FedEx guy delivered their exciting new purchase… “Hey, guys! Skype’s arrived!” “Awesome! ...
Mysterious search engine Blekko finds $2.5M [Venturebeat - 11/09/2009]
Blekko, a stealthy San Francisco company that is sounding more and more like a search engine, has tacked $2.5 million onto its third round of funding, which now ...
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Pulp Killer [Portfolio.com: Videos - 10/15/2008]
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