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Accruent Acquired By Genstar Capital

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Accruent , the developer of real estate, facilities, and asset management software which was founded by Mark Friendman, has been acquired by private equity investor Genstar Capital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Accruent was advised by Lazard in the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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Aktino Acquired By Canadian Firm

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Irvine-based Aktino , a developer of hardware for the telecom industry, has been acquired by a Canadian firm, Positron, Inc. Aktino develops carrier class, MIMO over Discrete Multitone (DMT) technology, which is used for Ethernet and DS3 over copper. Tags: aktino positron merger acquisition telecom hardware broadband.

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Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation

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The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” every patent can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition).

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