Archive for March 22nd, 2007
It is, after all, the best policy
22 March 2007Bluestreak Technology Inc, one of our portfolio companies, annouced today that they have joined the Symbian Platinum Program. Great news for Bluestreak which brings rich media content to mobile phones where Symbian is certainly a large player.
Within hours of the announcement, this nugget comes out. A blogger (and Adobe employee no less) writes: “I [...]
Straws in the PE wind
22 March 2007One thing I learned in politics: anedotal information always confirmed what polls would tell you down the road. So here are some straws in the winds to conjure:
• Apollo raised a $900 million BDC in April 2004, and is up 39% since the IPO.
• KKR raises a $5 billion public fund in Amsterdam in [...]
Democratizing political campaigns
22 March 2007The combined forces of the blogosphere and YouTube have had their impact on the U.S. political process. As Canada may well have at least three important elections this year (Quebec, Ontario and Federal), we can get some insight into what’s to come in the ad wars if we gaze just south of the border. [...]