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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

I gave carve outs for Steamboat, Intel and Comcast Interactive Capital, all of whom I believe are more like VCs than strategic money and can be great to work with. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. businesses.

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Study: $48 Billion In Value Created Over 15 Years In SoCal IT VC-Backed Firms

SoCal Delicious

Among the highest acquisition values were MySpace ($580M in 2005), Shopzilla ($560M in 2005), Rent.com ($430M in 2004), Lowermybills ($330M in 2005) and Sandpiper Networks ($630M in 1999). Tags: results investment exit california southern acquisition merger capital venture. IPO in 1996).