Business 2.0 unveiled today its “Next Net 25,” a list of the Web 2.0 companies most likely to “break out of the pack.” We’re proud that two LaunchSquad companies, SuccessFactors and Adify, were included on this year’s prestigious list. Both companies are on a roll. SuccessFactors has been growing by leaps and bounds and now [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
ThinkEquity Partners acquired
February 21, 2007 – 2:59 pm
San Francisco-based investment firm ThinkEquity Partners announced a merger this week with Panmure Gordon & Co., a publicly-traded brokerage firm based in London. We worked with the company in ’03-04 when they were first building out the firm and creating a new kind of research-driven investment bank focused on emerging markets. We wanted to congratulate [...]
South by Southwest, Video and LaunchSquad…
February 14, 2007 – 4:23 pm
Online video has been making a big splash as of late. The impact of video has grown quickly, and there is no shortage of examples to demonstrate the momentum of this growing trend. Companies of all sizes— from global brands to media companies and small businesses — are using Web video as a new marketing [...]
Adify at AlwaysOn Media
February 1, 2007 – 11:51 am
Larry Braitman, CEO of LaunchSquad client Adify recently spoke at the AlwaysOn Media conference on a panel called “Are There Chinks in Google’s Advertising Armor?” The panel was moderated by Bambi Francisco of MarketWatch and explored Google’s future as the dominant player in the advertising market. The general consensus was that while Google is the [...]