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Spotify Closing New Financing At €200 Million Valuation; Music Labels Already Shareholders

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, tagged , , , , , , , on August 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Here is a piece on Spotify from TechCrunch.

“Has European music startup Spotify finally figured out the online music business? Some big investors seem to think so. Rumors surfaced today that the company is raising a new round of financing of $50 million or so, at valuation of $250 million. We’ve confirmed those rumors from a source close to the company, and have uncovered lots more information about the secretive startup.

First, we’ve confirmed that Asian investor Li Ka-Shing, who invested in Facebook in 2007, will invest in this round, as will a yet to be finalized venture firm. Also, data on previous financings was not completely accurate. Last October there were rumors that the company had raised €15.3 million from Northzone Ventures and Creandum at a €71.6 million pre-money valuation.

In fact, that round was closer to €20 million, and included investments from the big music labels – Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group. All of the labels, says our source, paid the same price for the stock that the venture capitalists did, other than one label that got in very early. That deal valued the company at €100 million, and secured (as much as possible) the long term support of the big music labels.

The new financing will bring in new “strategic” investors, which include rights holders in other geographic locations, according to our source. And while new investors are balking at the $250 million valuation, strong demand from venture capitalists is supposedly driving this deal to a close.”

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Rise In 2Q Cleantech Investment Bodes Well For 3Q

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Business models, Investments, Market research, Venture Capital, tagged , , , , on July 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Here is a good article from The Wall Street Journal Venture Blog.

“After an anemic first quarter, venture capital investments in clean technology rose 73% in the second quarter to a total of $572.1 million, suggesting there is momentum for an industry expected to gain steam from government stimulus funding.

The number of deals in the quarter doubled from the first quarter to 48, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource, which like VentureWire and The Wall Street Journal is owned by Dow Jones & Co. The latest figures are still below the $1.41 billion spread across 57 deals in last year’s second quarter. (See chart at the bottom.)

But the expected release of stimulus money into the sector through grants and incentives should help get investments back on track, said Joe Muscat, Ernst & Young LLP director of cleantech for the Americas.

“Barring any unforeseen capital markets circumstances, I do think we’re in a period of growth here,” Muscat said. “People are looking both at enacted legislation and at the broader climate change legislation that will be a major enabler for companies” in the sector to grow.

During the second quarter, the largest amount of investors’ money – at $157 million – went into energy and electricity generation, which includes solar, geothermal, wind and hydro power, compared with $56 million in the first quarter.

The lion’s share of the total investment in renewable power generation, or $148.2 million, went into solar deals. One of the largest deals in solar during the second quarter was a $25 million Series A round by Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyline Solar Inc., led by New Enterprise Associates.”

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Hopes of bailout stall investments in cleantech

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Here is a worrying story in regards to investments in the cleantech sector. As the bailout programs makes their way around unfit companies, cleantech investments have taken a dive.

One may think that boards and investors are looking to cash in on this crisis before orivate equity is put up. Here is  some quotes from a IBT article posted this week.

“Cleantech companies received less than half venture capital (VC) investments in the first quarter of 2009 than they did a year ago, but the industry looks forward for government funds for recovery, according to industry analysts.

During the period through March, venture capitalists invested in 24 clean energy deals raising $227 million, a decline of 63 percent in capital and 48 percent in terms of deals compared to the same period of 2008, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis.

“Despite the intense challenges of raising capital during the past four months, government initiatives and corporate commitments are points of light for cleantech companies,” said Joseph A. Muscat, Americas Director of Cleantech, Ernst & Young LLP.”

A quite possible reason for this might be the government plan of putting the TARP funds to use in this sector as well.

“Government funding from the U.S. stimulus package is expected to pour more than $100 billion dollars in direct spending, loan guarantees and incentives into cleantech in energy, water and environment, Ernst & Young noted.”

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