Hardware - Monday, June 9, 2008
Only a fool would bet on the Cubs, or sell Apple…
Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) WWDC conference trumpeted the new iPhone with it's new 3G and GPS capabilities that bring the phone to the level of Samsung's underwhelming Blackjack and the many similar phones that have been on the market for a while. Is it any wonder Wall St. responded the way it did? Won't a cheaper iPhone mean less profits for shareholders? Should you join the sell-off? As you can assume from the title, we at tech:stocker still believe Apple is an important part of a tech portfolio. Adding 3G will attract more of the heavy tech crowd who don't want to spend the extra few seconds downloading this site and others on an analog network. And the cheaper price tags ($199 and $299) will attract a large wave of buyers who were reluctant to plunk down $400 or more on a cell phone. We don't see a better cell phone on the market for under $200 and would be hard pressed to find something better for under $400. Apple should easily realize its goal of 10 million phones sold in 2008. Watch what the stock does when it surpasses that goal in the 4th quarter. The "halo effect" of the... Continue...
Wireless - Monday, June 9, 2008
T-Mobile Invests in Roamware
San Jose's Roamware has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from T-Mobile Venture Fund. It had previously raised funding from DCM-Doll Capital Management, Accretive Technology Partners and Shelter Capital as well as the software companies BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS), and TIBCO Software. Roamware makes voice and data roaming products for global mobile networks. Roaming is the practice of allowing a wireless phone subscriber to use the network of another wireless carrier when they aren't within their own carrier's network. Roamware's talking point is this: "Roamware's voice and data roaming solutions are installed in 314 mobile operators networks in 127 countries and generate more that USD 2 billion in incremental revenues for mobile operators." The company is led by Mohan Gyani who comes from AT&T Wireless Mobility Services, where he was president and CEO. View - site... Continue...
Enterprise Software - Monday, June 9, 2008
SalesForce.com Meets IT Management's Symplified Raises $6M
Symplified has raised $6M in a Series A round led by Granite Ventures and Allegis Capital. Symplified says it wants to lead the cheap revolution in security and data protection by simplifying IT tools and delivering them on demand. The startup had raised seed financing and emerged from stealth mode in February 2007. Symplified was founded by Chairman Eric Olden and CEO Jonti McLaren who had founded Web access management software company Securant, which was acquired for $140M by RSA Security. If you are interested in taking it for a spin, the program is still in private beta. View - site... Continue...
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Wireless Equipment Vendor NextG Networks Files $150M IPO
Monday June 9, 2008
San Jose's NextG Networks has filed for a $150M IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol NXTG. Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers are co-lead underwriters. NextG sells small, distributed antennae linked by fiber networks that are designed to fill the gaps left by very large cellphone towers. The idea is to gain coverage in areas while not pissing off residents with eyesore towers. Aesthetic antenna The company has raised over $64M led by Oak Investment Partners (which owns 26.9% pre-IPO) and Gabriel Venture Partners (which held 14.5%). NextG designs, permits, builds, and operates antenna systems, or DAS systems. other shareholders include Bay Harbour Master, and Trophy Hunter Investments. For the three months ended March 31, the company's net loss narrowed to $668K from $1.34M in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $4.5M from $3M View - site...
tech:stocker on Jerry Yang That Ingrate
Saturday June 7, 2008
Right now, Jerry Yang should be taking Carl Icahn out to the finest meal The French Laundry can offer. At the very least, Yang should add Icahn to his holiday wishe list as Icahn has done something that Yang hasn't been able to do for the last three years – make Yahoo! relevant in daily conversations. No longer do the Yahoo! beat reporters have to beg the company's under utilized PR people for interesting stories aside from the uninspiring advertising deals they regularly announce. Icahn has saved Yahoo! from being a 90's trivia question (Who was the king of Internet search before Google?). And while the most practical application to today's users, My Yahoo!, has been replicated and surpassed by Pageflakes and Netvibes, will this new found Interest in the 90's stalwart save the company from an agonizingly slow descent back into obscurity ? We at Techstocker think Yahoo! will remain a fixture in the headlines of business pages across the country and is a good short term investment for two simple reasons: 1. Carl Icahn didn't invest approximately $1.5b in Yahoo! stock on a whim. Icahn saw an opportunity to make a quick return on his cash and...
1999 Baby Yodlee Raises $35M
Friday June 6, 2008
We remember back in the day when Yodlee was a high flier. We should assume that the company is no longer in startup mode but here it is raising $35M led by Bank of America. Yodlee investors include Accel, Institutional Venture Partners, S1 Corporation, and its largest shareholder Warburg Pincus. Yodlee does nearly the same thing it has been doing for years. It provides software tools that banks can use to make their customer's online bill paying experience smoother. Now that you have a number of newer personal financial startups like Mint.com, Geezeo and Wesabe, Yodlee seems antiquated. It doesn't seem too novel that Yodlee allows online bank account holders to transfer funds and make payments online. On the other hand, Yodlee does have the bank relationships that the newcomers lack. So we prefer Mint but on the other hand if our online bank account comes with Mint-like functions from Yodlee it will dawn on us why B of A is investing so much into Yodlee. View - site...
Video Ad Insertion's Kiptronic Raises $3M
Friday June 6, 2008
San Francisco-based Kiptronic sells big media publishers an on-demand platform that inserts and tracks video/audio ads in their digital media content. Kiptronic enables publishers to monetize ad-supported content consumed on any device (web pages, iPods, smart phones) online or offline. Kiptronic has raised $4M last January from backers including Blueprint Ventures and Prism VentureWorks. Now the company has topped off with an additional $3M. They are not saying who provided the latest round of funding. The reason we are not Kiptronic boosters has nothing to do with their technology. The problem is that the big money in online advertising has gone and will continue to go to those who can sell ad inventory. So VideoEgg began as a technology company and learned that the big money is in selling ads, so it morphed. Most startups cannot make that transition. CTO Walk-through View - site...
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