Corporate Acquirers Hitting The Post-Holiday Sales - While tech and social networking IPOs are at the top of bankers’ wish lists for 2010, VentureWire reports the exit climate is also favorable for health-care VCs, as corporate acquirers seek to strike deals while valuations are still favorable. “They’re going to go on a shopping spree,” said Claremont Creek Ventures Managing Director John Steuart. However, the year may also bring about fire sales of companies which limped through 2009.
This morning’s roundup of the latest venture capital news and analysis across the Web:
Venture Dollars May Be Found In Translation - Outside of Israel, venture capital and tech growth has been all but non-existent in the Middle East and much of the Arab world. The Los Angeles Times posits that the September purchase of Maktoob.com by Yahoo has paved the way for other start-ups - search engine Yamli, for instance - to start drawing in investors. However, the region’s start-ups face a host of unique obstacles, including “censorship, corruption and weak infrastructure.”
Original Article: The Daily Start-Up: Ready For A Canadian Comeback - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ
