2011
December 15, 2011 (San Francisco, CA) – Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the world’s leading developer of online social games for the Internet, social networking sites and mobile platforms, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 100 million shares of its common stock at $10.00 per share, raising total gross proceeds of $1 billion. The shares will commence trading on Friday, December 16, 2011, on the NASDAQ under the symbol "ZNGA." For more information, please visit www.zynga.com.
October 24, 2011 (Bethesda, MD) – CodeRyte, Inc., the leading provider of Natural Language Processing technologies in healthcare, is pleased to announce that they have been named by Deloitte and Inc. magazine as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies for the fourth year in a row. For more information, please visit www.coderyte.com.
September 16, 2011 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate edo Interactive, on being named by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) as the Early Stage Winner as well as the 2011 DMA Innovation Award winner in the Real Time and Trigger Marketing category for its Prewards Performance Marketing Platform. For more information, please visit www.edointeractive.com.
August 19, 2011 (Bethesda, MD) – Overture Technologies is pleased to announce the sale of its Mortgage Division to CompuGain, Inc. The newly acquired division will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CompuGain Corporation and will conduct business under the “Overture Financial Solutions” business name. For more information, please visit www.compugain.com.
August 1, 2011 (Nashville, TN) – Advertising technology innovator EDO Interactive (EDO) today announced that it has secured a Series B financing to fuel the growth of Prewards®, EDO’s flagship digital deals and incentives platform. The financing was co-led by Baird Venture Partners and VantagePoint Capital Partners and included participation from EDO’s existing investors. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate the deployment of digital incentives to a large and growing base of consumers. For more information, please visit www.edointeractive.com.
2010
July 7, 2010 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Parature, the global leader of on-demand customer service software, on receiving a 2009 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC). For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
June 15, 2010 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to announce an investment in HitFix, Inc. HitFix offers breaking entertainment news, insider information, and exclusive content in film, movies, tv, music, local events and awards. BusinessWeek has named HitFix one of "America's Most Promissing Startups." For more information, please visit www.hitfix.com.
January 11, 2010 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Peer39, the global leader in semantic advertising technology, on being selected as an OnMedia Top 100 Winner. For more information, please visit www.peer39.com.
January 4, 2010 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to announce an additional investment in edo Interactive, Inc. edo has created an innovative software platform for the creation and distribution of targeted promotional messages and coupons to consumers through debit and credit card payment networks. For more information, please visit www.edointeractive.com.
2009
November 12, 2009 (Mountain View, CA) – Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it has acquired Gizmo5, Inc., an innovative company that provides Internet-based calling software for mobile phones and computers. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. For more information, please visit www.google.com.
September 8, 2009 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to announce an investment in edo Interactive, Inc. edo has created an innovative software platform for the creation and distribution of targeted promotional messages and coupons to consumers through debit and credit card payment networks. edo also markets a branded prepaid debit card called Facecard™ which showcases the edo marketing platform on a state-of-the art prepaid debit card. Other investors include: Clayton Associates, Claritas Capital and First Avenue Partners. For more information, please visit www.edointeractive.com.
August 13, 2009 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Parature, the global leader of on-demand customer service software, on being ranked by Inc. magazine as #1139 on its third annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. With sales growth of 277%, Parature also ranked #70 on the magazine’s top 100 software company list. For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
June 18, 2009 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Parature, the global leader of on-demand customer service software, on being selected as a Hot 100 Private Software Company by JMP Securities. For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
February 10, 2009 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Andy Kapit of CodeRyte and Duke Chung of Parature for being named to Washington SmartCEO magazine’s 2009 Smart100 program, an exclusive group of 100 CEOs assembled by an independent selection committee. The Smart100 are chosen based on his or her leadership, strategic vision and character. For more information, please visit www.smartceo.com.
January 12, 2009 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Greenplum, the pioneer of Enterprise Data Cloud™ solutions for large-scale data warehousing and analytics, on being selected as a "Company to Watch" in the Intelligent Enterprise 2009 Editors' Choice Awards. For more information, please visit www.greenplum.com.
2008
December 18, 2008 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to announce an additional investment in Overture Technologies, Inc. Overture delivers software products that automate business policy, decision-making and workflow management in the mortgage industry and for student lending. Overture’s Mozart AUS™ is the premier non-conforming automated underwriting system for the mortgage industry. For more information, please visit www.overturecorp.com.
July 22, 2008 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Parature, the global leader of online support software, on being selected as a Hot 100 Private Software Company by JMP Securities. For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
May 15, 2008 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Meebo, one of the Web's fastest growing social media companies, on being named to the Red Herring North America 100, an award honoring the most promising 100 privately held companies in North America. For more information, please visit www.meebo.com.
May 7, 2008 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to announce an additional investment in Parature, Inc. Parature, the global leader of online support software, enables companies to improve their internal and external support, while reducing costs. Other investors include: Valhalla Partners, Sierra Ventures and Accel Partners. Parature serves industry leaders such as: Linden Lab, T-Mobile, Office Depot, Philips and Blackboard. For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
April 15, 2008 (New York, NY) – Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: TWX) today announced that its AOL subsidiary has acquired Sphere Source, Inc., a leading provider of contextual-search tools which offers related content to publishers. Founded in 2005, Sphere uses its contextual-search platform technology to make connections between content from blogs, video, media, photos and advertisements. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. For more information, please visit www.timewarner.com.
April 7, 2008 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Visible World, the creator of the Emmy award-winning intelliSpot® video advertising solution, on being named to the Northeast 100 Top Private Companies, an award honoring the most innovative and promising new companies in the Northeastern United Sates. For more information, please visit www.visibleworld.com.
January 18, 2008 (Fairfax, VA) - N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products, announced today the acquisition of ServiceBench, the leading provider of web-based service management solutions for U.S. retailers and manufacturers. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. For more information, please visit www.newcorp.com.
2007
December 11, 2007 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to congratulate Greenplum, a leading provider of database software for business intelligence, on being named to the Red Herring Global 100, an award honoring the top 100 privately held companies in the world. For more information, please visit www.greenplum.com.
June 19, 2007 (Houston, TX) – BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE: BMC) today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately held ProactiveNet, Inc., an
industry-leading Service Analytics™ technology company that helps Global
2000 and large e-commerce companies achieve and maintain value through the
optimization of IT operations and service performance. Terms of the
acquisition were not announced. For more information, please visit www.bmc.com.
May 10, 2007 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to announce
their investment in GKM Newport Fund V, L.P. GKM Newport manages over a
billion dollars in private equity fund commitments for institutions and
wealthy families. Their elite group of 30+ venture capital fund managers
includes the backers of: Akamai, Apple, Critical Path, Dell, Hotmail,
Juniper, Postini, Skype, TiVo & Yahoo. For more information, please
visit www.gkmnewport.com.
2006
October 30, 2006 (Seattle, WA) – RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK)
today announced the success of its tender offer to purchase WiderThan Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: WTHN) at a
price of $17.05 per common share, or approximately $350 million. WiderThan
will become a majority-owned subsidiary of RealNetworks. For more
information, please visit www.realnetworks.com.
October 12, 2006 (Redmond, WA) – Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today
announced it has acquired privately owned Colloquis Inc., a provider of
conversational online business solutions that feature natural
language-processing technology. Terms of the acquisition were not
announced. For more information, please visit www.microsoft.com.
September 12, 2006 (Seattle, WA & Seoul, South Korea) –
RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK) and WiderThan Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: WTHN) today
announced a definitive agreement under which RealNetworks will acquire
WiderThan, a leading provider of integrated mobile music and entertainment
solutions, through a cash tender offer for $17.05 per share or
approximately $350 million. For more information, please visit www.realnetworks.com.
August 28, 2006 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to
announce an investment in Overture
Technologies, Inc. Overture delivers software products that
automate business policy, decision-making and workflow management in the
mortgage industry and for student lending. Overture’s Mozart AUS™ is the
premier non-conforming automated underwriting system for the mortgage
industry. For more information, please visit www.overturecorp.com.
May 18, 2006 (Dulles, VA) – AOL, LLC (NYSE: TWX), a leading network of
Web brands and the largest Internet access subscription service in the
United States, today announced its acquisition of Lightningcast, Inc., a privately held
provider of technology that enables broadband audio and video marketing,
branding and advertising. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. For
more information, please visit www.aol.com.
April 10, 2006 (McLean, VA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to
announce an investment in Parature,
Inc. Parature, the leader of online support software, enables companies to
improve their internal and external support, while reducing costs.
Parature serves industry leaders such as Office Depot, Philips and
Blackboard. For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
March 3, 2006 (San Francisco, CA) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased to
congratulate SIPphone on being named
to Business 2.0's "The Next Net 25." The magazine notes that
"somewhere within this group lurks the next Google or Microsoft or Yahoo –
or at least something that those giants will soon pay a pretty penny to
have." For more information, please visit www.sipphone.com.
February 15, 2006 (Barcelona, Spain) – Liquid Capital Group is pleased
to congratulate Visto for being
nominated by the GSM Association as one of the best companies in the world
in the area of Mobile Enterprise Product and/or Service and in the area of
Mobile Messaging Service. For more information, please visit www.visto.com.
2005
December 8, 2005 (Seoul, South Korea) – WiderThan Co., Ltd (NASDAQ: WTHN), a
leading provider of integrated mobile entertainment solutions for wireless
carriers, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6
million American depository shares of its common stock at $12.00 per
share, raising total gross proceeds of $72 million. The shares will
commence trading on Friday, December 9, 2005, on the NASDAQ under the
symbol "WTHN." For more information, please visit www.widerthan.com.
October 17, 2005 (Islandia, NY) – Computer Associates International
(NYSE: CA) today announced its acquisition of iLumin Software Services, Inc., a privately
held provider of enterprise message management and archiving software.
Terms of the acquisition were not announced. For more information, please
visit www.ca.com.
October 17, 2005 (Moutain View, CA) – VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN),
the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the
Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced the acquisition
of Moreover Technologies, a wholesale
aggregator of real-time content for Web sites, search engines and
enterprise customers. The price of the acquisition was approximately $30
million in cash. For more information, please visit www.verisign.com.
June 30, 2005 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital is pleased to announce
their investment in GKM Generation
Fund I. GKM Generation is a fund-of-funds investing in top venture capital
and buyout funds including funds from: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Softbank
and Polaris. For more information, please visit www.gkmgeneration.com.
May 23, 2005 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital Group is pleased to
congratulate ObjectVideo and netForensics for being recognized by the
Red Herring as two of the top 100 private companies in North America. Red
Herring, Inc. is a media company whose mission is to cover innovation,
technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity. For more information,
please visit www.redherring.com.
April 15, 2005 (Leuven, Belgium) - Metris, the market leader for CMM
based laser scanning applications, today announced the acquisition of
Virginia-based MetricVision, Inc. for
an undisclosed sum of cash. For more information, please visit www.metris.be.
March 18, 2005 (Fairfax, VA) – Liquid Capital is pleased to announce
their investment in Parature, Inc.
Parature, the leader of online support software, enables companies to
improve their internal and external support, while reducing costs.
Parature serves industry leaders such as Hewlett Packard, Office Depot and
Florida State University. For more information, please visit www.parature.com.
March 7, 2005 (Sunnyvale, CA) - Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a
leading provider of fiber optic subsystems and network test and monitoring
solutions, announced today that it had entered into a definitive agreement
to purchase the shares of InterSAN,
Inc., a privately held software company based in Scotts Valley,
California, for approximately $9.5 million in Finisar stock. For more
information, please visit www.finisar.com.
2004
October 31, 2004 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital is
pleased to announce their investment in Blacksmith Ventures 1-A. Blacksmith
Ventures is a bi-coastal early stage technology venture capital fund.
Blacksmith's goal is to build a portfolio of market-leading technology
companies that differentiate themselves through superior, equity-efficient
execution. For more information, please visit www.blacksmithcapital.com.
October 21, 2004 (Seoul, South Korea) - WiderThan, a
leading global provider of mobile Internet solutions and services, today
announced that it has acquired Ztango, a leading U.S. provider of wireless
multimedia and messaging services, through a stock swap transaction. The
combined company will offer mobile entertainment services to over 30
wireless network operators worldwide reaching more than 210 million
subscribers. For more information, please visit www.ztango.com.
August 31, 2004 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital is pleased
to announce their investment in Lightningcast, Inc. Lightningcast is a
leading broadband software company that provides seamless content and ad
insertion; stream customization and localization; campaign management and
reporting; targeting and auditing; audience measurement and analytics;
streaming operations and support; media management; and other enabling
technologies. Companies utilizing Lightningcast's platform include AOL,
Disney/ABC, NPR, MTV and others. For more information, please visit www.lightningcast.com.
August 30, 2004 (State College, PA) - C-COR Incorporated
(Nasdaq:CCBL), a global provider of broadband communications products,
software systems, and services, today announced that it has entered into
an agreement to acquire the business of Elkridge, Maryland-based Optinel Systems, Inc., a privately held
provider to the cable industry of optical Ethernet transport solutions,
for an initial cash payment of approximately $9.5 million, the assumption
of certain liabilities and an additional $6 million in contingent cash
consideration. For more information, please visit www.c-cor.net.
July 29, 2004 (New York, NY) - MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MHL), a
residential mortgage company organized as a real estate investment trust
(REIT), announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 14.6
million shares of its common stock at $12.00 per share, raising total
gross proceeds of $175.2 million. The shares will commence trading on
Friday, July 30, 2004, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"MHL." For more information, please visit www.mortgageit.com.
July 27, 2004 (Holtsville, NY) - Symbol Technologies,
Inc. (NYSE: SBL), The Enterprise Mobility Company, today announced it has
reached an agreement to acquire Matrics, Inc., a leader in the design and
manufacture of EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) systems. Privately held Matrics is based in
Rockville, Md. The purchase price is $230 million in cash. For more
information, please visit www.symbol.com.
May 16, 2004 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital Group is
pleased to congratulate Matrics,
ObjectVideo and netForensics for being recognized by the
Red Herring as three of the top 100 private companies driving the future
of technology. Red Herring, Inc. is a media company whose mission is to
cover innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity. For
more information, please visit www.redherring.com.
2003
May 31, 2003 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital is pleased to
annouce their investment in Defywire,
Inc. Defywire provides leading-edge software which enables secure wireless
access to enterprise information in real-time via phones, PDAs, laptops or
any JAVA-enabled device. For more information, please visit www.defywire.com.
January 1, 2003 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital is pleased
to annouce their investment in the Washington Dinner Club. The Washington
Dinner Club is a $12mm early stage venture capital fund. The primary focus
of the Club is to find and invest in companies located in the greater
Washington, DC area. The Club's 70 limited partners are experienced and
active angel investors. For more information, please visit www.washingtondinnerclub.com.
2002
July 8, 2002 (Palo Alto, CA) - Perfect Commerce, the
Enterprise Supply Management (ESM) solutions provider, today announced the
acquisition of MaterialNet, a leading
provider of e-Sourcing, auction and optimization solutions delivered as a
Web-based ASP service. The move establishes the company's leadership
position based on breadth and depth of solution and customer acceptance.
For more information, please visit www.perfect.com.
2000
March 31, 2000 (Fairfax, VA) - Liquid Capital is pleased
to annouce their investment in the Dawntreader Fund. Dawntreader is a $270mm
early stage information technology venture capital fund. For more
information, please visit www.dtventures.com/.
