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8 Keys To Maximizing Your New Venture Stock Net Worth

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Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. While new equity owners always have to get it from someone, actual re-allocation of existing shares should be based on a formula to maximize the value of your remaining founder shares.

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Vista Equity Sells Majority Of Websense To Raytheon

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Vista Equity Partners the private equity firm which as been gobbling up San Diego high tech companies and moving them to Texas--has agreed to sell 80 percent of Websense to defense company Raytheon , the three said today. billion in net cash for majority ownership of a new company, to be made of those two parts. READ MORE>>.

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Yucaipa To Take SIGNA Sports United Public Via SPAC

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Private equity investment company Yucaipa, led by Ron Burkle, is taking a German online bike retailer SIGNA Sports United public via an Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) acquisition, the two said last week. The company will have net revenues of approximately $1.6 billion.

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Life Technologies Agrees On Acquisition Deal With Thermo Fisher Scientific

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billion, plus the assumption of net worth around $2.2 The deal comes after weeks of rumors of a buyout effort from multiple private equity firms. life technologies merger acquisition thermo fisher scientific lifesciences' in cash per share, or approximately $13.6 READ MORE>>.

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YP Holdings Acquired By Dex Media

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Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, DexYP says the combined company will have pro forma net revenues of more than $2 billion in 2017. YP.com had been owned by private equity investor Cerberus Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

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Oblong Gets $12.4M In PIPE

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Oblong said it intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. The company's placement agent for the offering was The Special Equities Group, a division of Dawson James Securities, Inc.

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Boingo Wireless Now Owned By Digital Colony

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Los Angeles-based Wi-Fi network and distributed antenna systems provider Boingo Wireless is now officially owned by private equity investor Digital Colony, the two said on Wednesday. The deal also included assumption of $199M in Boingo's net debt obligations, which is included in the valuation. Digital Colony paid $14.00

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