9 posts and columns on term sheet

Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

in News on December 23, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

It’s on.
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TweetDeck Finds a Home, and $30 Million, at UberMedia

in Media on February 11, 2011 at 8:02 pm PT

UberMedia, the holding company that specializes in Twitter-based start-ups, has added its highest-profile company to date: Tweetdeck, the biggest Twitter application not owned by Twitter itself.

Exclusive: MySpace and Rubicon Project in FAN Swap Deal

in News on September 28, 2010 at 8:48 am PT

MySpace is trading most of the assets of its Fox Audience Network to the Rubicon Project in exchange for a significant equity minority stake, according to sources close to the situation. Under the terms of the deal, which is nearly complete with a signed term sheet, MySpace will hand over a number of parts of FAN, including most of its 300 employees.

BoomTown Decodes Ron Conway's Super Angel Super Fit (So You Don't Have To)!

in News on September 24, 2010 at 2:57 am PT

Ah, there’s nothing like a manly hissy fit amongst a passel of white dudes in Silicon Valley to open the fall viewing season! In this latest episode of “Glee,” a group of Super Angel Cheerios plot to stop the entrepreneur kids from getting to the valuations they’ve been working so hard to inflate. Enter the Ron.

Going, Going, Almost Gone: Foursquare Poised to Get New VC Funding, After Being "One Inch" From Sale to Facebook

in News on June 25, 2010 at 4:32 pm PT

According to numerous sources close to the situation, Foursquare is in the final stages of striking a funding deal with the very venture firm–Andreessen Horowitz–that had publicly dissed the hot social location site and walked away from earlier talks. The deal could be completed by early next week, at a valuation of about $80 million, barring any unusual hiccups. But the wrapping-up of what has been a very convoluted funding process comes after a series of missteps and switchbacks over what’s next for the start-up, which allows users to “check in” from various places. The last curve came with serious talks for Foursquare to be acquired by Facebook, which came very close to happening.

Viacom’s YouTube Strategy: Replay “The Godfather”

in Media on March 19, 2010 at 8:32 am PT

When all else fails, send some severed heads. “Remember our heritage–we are the people that brought you the Godfather.”

Series Seed Documents–With an Assist From Andreessen Horowitz–To Help Entrepreneurs With Legal Hairballs

in News on March 1, 2010 at 9:03 am PT

Series Seed Documents, templated term sheets for entrepreneurs to use for seed-stage deals, will be launched today, part of an effort by Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang and pushed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The point: So new entrepreneurs don’t waste time and money negotiating often unnecessarily complex term sheets.

The Odd Tale of Facebook, TipJoy, the Deal that Didn’t Happen and the Hire that Did

in Media on August 22, 2009 at 9:50 am PT

Facebook offered to buy TipJoy, then changed its mind. Now the micropayment start-up has closed, and a co-founder is working for…Facebook.
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Liveblogging the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Conference Call: The Carol and Steve Show Debuts!

in News on July 29, 2009 at 5:32 am PT

BoomTown was so glad we had this time together with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, just to have a laugh or sing a song about a major search and advertising deal. I liveblogged the conference call, which I updated as it happened. Did Ballmer scream and jump up and down? Did Carol say something naughty? Read on!
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