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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

The 1990s: Founding myth 1990: Mike Lynch, an academic in Cambridge, England, borrows—or so the legend goes—£2,000 to start Cambridge Neurodynamics, going on to develop the software that would later give rise to Autonomy. Lynch’s lawyers will later claim that HP executives spent just six hours in conference calls with his team.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

TechCrunch

We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan.

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Edda wants to be the Bloomberg Terminal for private markets

TechCrunch

But those more aligned with the private sphere, such as venture capitalists and private equity investors, perhaps aren’t quite as well-served when it comes to funnelling into the data they need to carry out their due diligence ahead of making a big investment, or tracking and managing their portfolio through to an exit.

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Stitch raises $21M for its API infrastructure and embedded finance platform

TechCrunch

In the latest development, Stitch — one of the prominent players building and operating these APIs in Africa — confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised $21 million in Series A funding. The first is what it launched from stealth: the pure infrastructural play of connecting financial and bank accounts with an API.

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How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm

TechCrunch

We already have a senior team of venture partners who help us in origination and diligence. That said, a generous carry percentage is irrelevant if the fund’s metrics for the other components of the formula above are low. Another option is our becoming a formal scout for other VCs through programs like those we list below.

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The return of the lean, green startup

TechCrunch

D’Onofrio is seeing rounds taking longer, VCs asking more questions and the return of full due diligence (which, for anyone who has been reading this newsletter, is music to my paranoid ears). I expect to see founders with cash in the bank take on a leaner mindset, maybe spending more conservatively or thinking about runway again.

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

TechCrunch

” So , how is the team at Pariti setting out to solve these problems? Pariti then assesses each company across more than 70 information points ranging from the team and market to product and economics. In a nutshell, Pariti helps founders connect with affordable talent, access capital and develop their businesses.

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