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Skype files for an IPO – Only 8 million paying users?

In the usual terse manner that all companies end up with, Skype (www.skype.com) has announced it has filed a S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed IPO of its “ordinary” shares.  

The SEC prospectus can be found here on www.sec.gov. Be interesting to see what skeletons come out.

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Sipera secures $10 million

UC/VoIP security firm Sipera (www.sipera.com) has raised $10 million in VC money. The money will go to “advance” its enterprise smartphone/VoIP/IM/video security systems.

All total, Sipera has tallied up $48 million in venture investments; new investor S3 Ventures lead the most recent round with prior investors Austin Ventures, Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC), Sequoia Capital, and [...]

Dialogic and Veraz Networks “merge”

The economy must be getting back to normal – Dialogic (www.dialogic.com) is “merging” with publicly-traded Veraz Networks.

Once the deal closes, the name of the final entity will be Dialogic. Current Dialogic CEO and Chairman of the Board Nick Jensen won’t have to change business cards; he will be Chairman of the Board and CEO [...]

Metaswitch buys AppTrigger (or that didn’t take long).

Metaswitch (www.metaswitch.com) announced it is going to acquire AppTrigger (www.apptrigger.com), a provider of “Service Broker” solutions. Given that new CEO Kevin DeNuccio has barely had time to move into his new office, one wonders what other surprises the company has in store in the months to come.

DeNuccio, previously a board member with deep roots in [...]

Google Gizmo5 deal is not THAT exciting

Last week, Google officially ‘fessed up to buying Gizmo5 for an “undisclosed amount.”  Now everyone is falling all over themselves to spin this as the Greatest Thing since sliced bread.  Excuse me, did everyone forget that it took Google a YEAR before it got its act together with Google Voice?  Don’t expect this to [...]

Voxeo scores $9 million in investment funding

On Twitter, @danyork is crowing about Voxeo securing $9 million in venture funding.  The trend is representative of the wider loosening of cash in the telecommunications sector and the investment community for both M&A and investment.   On a meta scale, the recession “winter” of 2008-2009 is over, but we should be careful of being complacent.

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