Jan 17, 2011 12:33 PM
Looking to side step scrutiny, Goldman Sachs is changing the terms of its recent transaction with Facebook. Under the initial deal, Goldman Sachs created a “special purpose vehicle” to allow many of its high-end clients to invest up to $1.5 billion in the social network and still be treated as…
Posted In: Money, Companies, Facebook, goldman sachs
Jan 5, 2011 4:00 PM
Can Facebook go public without going public? The company sure seems like it’s trying, arranging a deal with Goldman Sachs to create a special investment option for wealthy clients who will be able to invest as much as $1.5 billion in the social-networking giant. But the WSJ says that the…
Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Companies, Facebook, goldman sachs, sec
Jan 3, 2011 2:45 AM
If Facebook ever does make it to an IPO, it looks like Goldman Sachs has acquired the banking equivalent of a golden ticket. The NYT reported late Sunday night that the investment bank has invested $450 million in Facebook at a valuation of $50 billion. Russian investor DST, which pushed…
Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Money, IPO, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, dst, goldman sachs
Oct 22, 2008 11:54 PM
Forget the nuclear winter that Marc Andreessen talked about. The new thing is the Hydrogen bomb winter. And that’s what LinkedIn is preparing for. It has raised another $22.7 million in additional funding, with the stated purpose of getting more monetary cushion to ride through the economic downturn, and pick…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, LinkedIn, goldman sachs, mcgraw-hill, sap ventures
Jul 23, 2008 1:21 AM
San Diego-based Verimatrix, which does watermarking and DRM for digital video for IPTV, pay TV and mobile TV, among others, has received an undisclosed amount in its third round of funding, led by Goldman Sachs, and included all of the company’s second round investors, Crescendo Ventures, Cipio Partners and Mission…
Posted In: Legal, Digital Rights Management, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, cipio partners, crescendo ventures, goldman sachs, mission ventures, verimatrix
Jun 3, 2008 2:34 PM
Just this weekend it was reported that video network Veoh was out for a new round and here it is: The LA-based company has raised a $30 million round led by Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) and investor Gordon Crawford. Past backers—Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, Companies, Adobe, goldman sachs, gordon crawford, intel capital, jonathan dolgen, shelter capital, spark capital, time warner investments, tornante, veoh
Mar 13, 2008 7:33 PM
The publisher of the eponymous Zagat guides, which is on sale now, may have too high a hope on the price, according to TheDeal. Several private equity firms have dropped out of the bidding due to the high price, reports TheDeal (sub. req.). When the news of its potential sale…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, goldman sachs, zagat
Mar 12, 2008 10:45 AM
Online video production and distribution service NextNew Networks has received $15 million in a new second round of funding…the round was co-led by Goldman Sachs and Velocity Interactive Group (Jon Miller is already on the board from before). Previous investors Spark Capital has invested again as has Saban Media Group…
Posted In: , bob pittman, goldman sachs, next new networks, spark capital, velocity interactive group
Jan 14, 2008 2:31 AM
The publisher of the eponymous Zagat guides, started by the Zagat family in 1979 as a two-page typed list of New York restaurants, is now on sale. The Zagat family has hired Goldman Sachs to seek a buyer for the company, reports NYT, citing sources. The company, officially called Zagat…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, goldman sachs, zagat
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