Comments on: 2007 a bumper year for tech exits – reality bites in 2008

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European news roundup — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:52:20 +0000

[...] perhaps a few years ago. According to new data, 2007 was a bumper year for tech company exits – but reality has bitten in 2008, and there remains a debate amongst VCs about whether we are in a slump or a market [...]

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 14th through March 15th » the billblog — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:00:48 +0000

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By: matt

matt — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:43:03 +0000

Did you arrive in time for Sean Phelan’s talk? Be interested to know what he had to say.

By: Jens

Jens — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:52:19 +0000

@ baah-baah-the-black-sheep

yes, Library House in Cambridge does keep track of these numbers. They can give you a list of all venture-backed companies, how much money went in, how much money came out and what the gross ROI and IRR are.

Caveat: numbers need to get disclosed and this is value creation from a company perspective (money raised and exit value created), not from an investor perspective (money stuck in and money received back).

By: baah-baah-the-black-sheep

baah-baah-the-black-sheep — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:54:16 +0000

I wonder if anyone keeps track on the ROI for those acquisitions.

By: Zaeem Maqsood

Zaeem Maqsood — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:37 +0000

Hi Tara,

Happy to answer any follow up questions.

Between 2005 – 2007, about 8% of European (Non-UK) Internet acquisitions were carried out by UK companies.

Also, about 15% of UK Internet acquisitions were from Continental Europe. About 73% were other UK companies and about 10% were from North America and 2% Asia-Pac.

Best,
Zaeem

By: Brian Bingham

Brian Bingham — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:57:54 +0000

Can you get the full list of deals and values?

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:12:58 +0000

Tara – In a word no – maybe asked First Capital…

By: Tara Kelly

Tara Kelly — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:51:09 +0000

Very interesting indeed. Any data on how many UK companies purchase non-UK startups (ie. from other parts of Europe)?

By: D

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:35:40 +0000

Great data you got hold of. Intereesting to analyse

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By: Dan Field

Dan Field — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:01:34 +0000

Nice one Mike, interesting info.