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LoveFilm considers takeover offers

LoveFilm, the online DVD rental firm that is part-owned by Amazon, is reportedly considering takeover offers from a number of private equity firms including KKR and Silver Lake Partners. The company is reportedly being valued at GBP200m (USD325m) and is considering options that include selling a majority share of...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Shareholder, Venture-capital Company, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Video On Demand (VoD), IPO, Finance, Financing Startups, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Financial Services, LOVEFiLM, Index Ventures, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Arts Alliance Media, DFJ Esprit, Silver Lake Partners, Balderton Capital, Andrew McDonald, Amazon.com Inc.

Articles 2009-06-14

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So Much For The Venture Crunch; DFJ Monies Up, Buys 3i Portfolio

Another top-tier venture capital house, DFJ’s European outpost DFJ Esprit, has found enough money to open another fund - in fact, two funds totaling $495 million…—With the first, DFJ Esprit III, the VC firm is making ?150 million available for “most exciting early and later stage technology companies across...

Tags: Fund, Europe, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Investment, Wireless And Mobility, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Robert Andrews

External links 2009-09-13

The Future Of News Is Scarcity

Nic Brisbourne is a partner at European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, investing in software and media. He was previously an associate with Reuters Venture Capital and an executive at Cazenove Private Equity. He blogs at The Equity Kicker...News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and other traditional news businesses are hand-wringing...

Tags: Scarcity, Industry, Story, News, Nic Brisbourne, News Industry, Newspaper Industry, Strategy, Venture Capital, Food & Beverage, Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Manufacturing, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, News Corp.

External links 2009-08-27

XMOS Semiconductor secures 16 million USD for Software Defined Silicon

BRISTOL, England -- XMOS Semiconductor, the creator of Software Defined Silicon SDS chips, has secured 16 million USD of Series A venture capital funding. The funding is being provided by Foundation Capital and existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and DFJ Esprit. XMOS has created a new category of semiconductors...

Tags: Foundation Capital

Research articles 2007-09-06