Tag Archive | "IPO"

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Decision Time For Facebook: Term Sheets Received At $2 Billion Valuation16 Apr

Facebook has been pitching for a new round of funding these last few months to bridge itself to an IPO sometime in the future. We’ve known that since October, when (former) CFO Gideon Yu was in Dubai. In December CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company was open to raising new money but only at the [...]
Industry News, Social Media

Breaking: eBay Announces Plans To IPO Skype In 201015 Apr

After earlier reports that Skype’s founders were trying to buy back the company from eBay, the company has now released the news that it plans to spin off Skype as a separate company and file for an initial public offering. The IPO is intended to be completed in the first half of 2010. As we reported [...]

… and another thing

Did you know that more people access the internet using a mobile device than a PC?

Facebook currently has in excess of 350 million active users on global basis. Six months ago, this was 250m… meaning around a 40% increase of users in less than half a year.