
Accel Partners NY Times: Accel's Billion Dollar Day
Source: dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
Accel Partners looked set to share in a $1.15 billion payout Monday, as two of its investments found buyers.

Accel Partners Thank you again to the #Playfish and #Admob mgmt teams - we appreciate it #social #mobile #gaming #venturebeat
Source: deals.venturebeat.com
It's weird how good news for VCs seems to have come in pairs. This morning,

Accel Partners Gaming moves to Social! - congrats to the Playfish team, and to Kevin Comolli from Accel
Source: www.businessweek.com
Electronic Arts' acquisition of London-based Playfish shows what a powerhouse social networking has become for the video game industry.

Source: bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Electronic Arts's acquisition of Playfish is a vote of confidence for the social gaming industry, which has been involved in a controversy recently.

Accel Partners Kevin Comolli interviewed in FT.com about Playfish #vc #playfish #social
Source: www.ft.com
Electronic Arts enters social gaming market

Accel Partners Feels Like a Billion Dollars Today…No, Really! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD
Source: kara.allthingsd.com
Who said the venture capital industry is sucking wind lately? Well, it is--but not today and, especially, not for Accel Partners, which sold two of its portfolio start-ups to large public companies for a total of $1.5 billion. ...

Accel Partners The Wall Street Journal covers today's Playfish and AdMob acquisitions
Source: blogs.wsj.com
At a time when VCs have struggled to sell their portfolio companies or bring them public, Accel is the backer of two companies that announced today they have been acquired for more than $1 billion.

Accel Partners Google to Acquire Admob for $750mm - congratulations Omar & the mgmt team, great work, and thank you
Source: www.businesswire.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 million in stock. ...

Accel Partners Electronic Arts announces acquisition of Playfish - great work team, and thank you
Source: www.gamefocus.ca
Electronic Arts today announced it has acquired Playfish, a leading creator of social network games. The acquisition accelerates EA’s position in social entertainment and strengthens its focus on the transition to digital and social gaming. Playfish will operate within EA Interactive, a divisi

Accel Partners Are you a football fan? (or a fan of any sport?) -- check out SB Nation's Mid-Season NFL update #nfl #football #sports
Source: www.sbnation.com
SB Nation is a collection of over 200 individual communities, each offering high quality year-round coverage and conversation led by fans who are passionate about their favorite teams, leagues or sports. ...

Accel Partners Economist Article: On Online Gaming, Playfish, Facebook et al ...
Source: www.economist.com
The internet swallows another media business, but spits out some hope

Accel Partners Interesting New York Times article on Virtual Goods including #Facebook, #Playfish, et al #social
Source: www.nytimes.com
It is quickly becoming commonplace for people to spend a few dollars to get ahead in an online game or to give a friend a gift on a social network.

Accel Partners Welcome to the Firm, Martin!
Source: thebln.com
The BLN: UK community of entrepreneurs, investors & advisors supporting high growth businesses scale.

Accel Partners CNET Article: Getjar, the unknown AppStore Leader
Source: news.cnet.com
Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile application store in the world, but who is second? A small company called GetJar. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on Signal Strength.

Accel Partners Congrats to Jasper Design Automation CEO, Kathryn Kranen for being named to EE Times' Top 10 Women in Microelectronics.
Source: www.eetimes.com
EE Times has developed an international list that celebrates women business leaders in various microelectronics disciplines.






















