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Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Acquired For $25M

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According to the two companies, Pernix will acquire Somaxon in a stock-for-stock transaction worth a total of $25M in total equity. Somaxon had 12 months net sales of approximately $11.7M The company has been looking for a buyer since December of 2011, when it drastically cut its staff and said it had hired an investment banker.

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Raising Angel Capital

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 -- Raising Angel Capital. In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. Researchers inexperienced with entrepreneurship and start-ups with a lean management team value angels contributions as company directors and advisors.

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Three Factors Which Intoxicate Venture Capitalists - Why Your Startup Will (Probably) Not Raise Venture Capital Funding

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I do not advocate that you perform unnatural acts in an attempt to make your company more advantageous to venture funding. LOCATION: I Wish They All Could Be California Companies. A clear trend over the past 15-years is that many Silicon Valley venture capitalists enjoy investing within driving distance.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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More Startups are Getting Less Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

But the amount invested did decline 7 percent to $4.8 billion invested during the same three-month period in 2009, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Many of the large endowments that invest in the venture industry have seen their net worth plummet. Move your company to China, India, or Israel.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList. Since I invest in lines, not dots , I worry about the rushed decision-making and over-hyping of deals. Most VCs fund companies with a degree of traction.

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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

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By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them. So it’s a very early form of investment. Could you have ten thousand?

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