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A Tale of Two IPOS: Betfair Is Seen As A BellWether For The European Tech Industry

Submitted by William Boston on December 7, 2010

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When Betfair Group, the world’s largest online gambling platform, went public in October the stakes were unusually high.The London-based company’s £1.5 billion British initial public offering was not only scrutinized by investors and analysts as a measurement of the company’s prospects.Read more

Europe's Index Ventures Raises New Early Stage Fund

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on March 3, 2009

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Index Ventures announced March 3 that it is closing a €350 million early stage fund, Index Ventures V. The fund is dedicated to early stage and seed investments in the technology, biotechnology and clean technology sectors across Europe, the United States and Israel. It is the fifth early stage fund Index has raised in the past ten years and was raised almost entirely from the firm’s existing base of limited partners. Read more

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