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Logitech Announces Acquisition of Astro Gaming to Break into Console Market

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 Christopher Isak 1693 Views 0 Comment A40, Accessories, Acquisition, Astro, Astro Gaming, audio, Cash, Communication, Consoles, Equipment, esports, Gamer Gear, Gaming, Gear, Headset, Jordan Reiss, Logitech, Logitech G, M&A, M80, Match, MIXAMP, Multiplayer, News, Online Gaming, PC, Peripherals, Playstation 4, Portfolio, Products, Quotes, sound, Ujesh Desai, Voice Chat, VoIP, Wireless, Xbox One

Lausanne, Switzerland, July 11 — Logitech announces the intention to acquire the US-based company Astro Gaming for $85m in cash.

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Yahoo to Become One with AOL: Verizon Buys Yahoo Ops Business for $4.8B

July 25, 2016January 9, 2017 Christopher Isak 899 Views 1 Comment Acquisition, Alibaba, AOL, Aviate, CEO, Livetext, Lowell McAdam, M&A, Marissa Mayer, Media, News, Software, Tim Armstrong, verizon, Yahoo Japan, Yahoo!

25-July, Basking Ridge / Sunnyvale – Today the US telecommunications giant Verizon announced that they will acquire the operating business from Yahoo

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SoftBank Buying UK Chip Maker ARM for $32B

July 18, 2016January 9, 2017 Christopher Isak 614 Views 0 Comment Acqisition, ARM, Brexit, British, Cambridge, EU, Investment, Japan, Japanese, M&A, Referendum, Semiconductors, SoftBank, Software, Telecommunication, Tokyo, UK

18-July, Tokyo – The Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank announced today their interest to acquire the british semiconductor and software design company

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Google Grabs the Talent behind Kifi and Decommissions the Service

July 16, 2016January 9, 2017 Christopher Isak 831 Views 0 Comment Acquihire, Acquisition, Dan Blumenfeld, Eishay Smith, Google, Google Spaces, Kifi, Knowledge Management, M&A, Merger, News, Seed, Spaces, Startup, Talent, web

12-July, Mountain View – Kifi is a relatively small company with less than 10 employees. Kifi established a solution for users

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What Seene Does and Why It Was Bought by Snapchat

July 8, 2016 Alexandru Tanase 1146 Views 0 Comment 3d, Acquisition, App, AR, Camera, M&A, News, Photo, Photography, Scanning, Seene, selfie, snapchat, VR

Snapchat has managed to grow quite a lot recently and one of the best things about that is that they

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Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn for $26.2b

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Christopher Isak 1385 Views 0 Comment Acquisition, Buying, Cloud, Dynamics, Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn, M&A, Microsoft, News, Office 365, Professional, Satya Nadella, Shares, Social Media, Social Network, Software

Redmond / Mountain View, USA — June 13, 2016 —Today Microsoft has released the announcement to acquire the world’s largest professional

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Nokia Acquires Withings for $190m to Build New Digital Health Unit

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 Christopher Isak 1607 Views 0 Comment Acquisition, Cédric Hutchings, CEO, Digital Health, Eric Carreel, France, Gadget, Healthcare, M&A, Microsoft, mobility, News, nokia, Paris, Ramzi Haidamus, Smartphone, Strategy, Wearables, Withings

May 31, 2016 – Paris, France: Finnish network infrastructure technology leader Nokia Technologies has now completed the acquisition of French smart health gadgets

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What Does a Venture Capitalist Do?

May 11, 2016 Christopher Isak 2116 Views 2 Comments .Net, Acceleration, Acquisition, Angel, Angel Investor, Carried Interest, Carry, CEO, CFD, christopher isak, company, Comparison, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Gain, growth, Growth Hacking, Guide, Help, Investing, Investment, IPO, Lifeline, Loss, M&A, Management Fee, Merger, Percentage, Personal Investor, Pie Chart, Portfolio, Profit, Risk, Seed, selling, Startup, Summary, Unicorn, VC, Venture Capital, Venture Capitalist, visualization

I thought there is generally somewhat of an misunderstanding on what a venture capitalist (or VC in short) actually does.

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