socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based hosting company DreamHost is announcing this morning that it has raised $30M in a debt financing round, from Goldman Sachs. Terms of the loans were not announced by the company. DreamHost, which is led by Simon Anderson, said the funds will go towards accelerating customer growth worldwide. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 250

Cloud Computing Web Acquisition Los Angeles 250

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Simon Anderson: DreamHost was founded 16 years ago.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. There are multiple firms that did this. I was an early cynic.

Seed Funding 283

Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Thus, when you sell a young company, you often trade an adVenture for a job.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Thus, when you sell a young company, you often trade an adVenture for a job.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. You work in (or run) a services company. Your Interactive Life Venture starts much earlier than the Ideation Phase (3).

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69