'FT' Tag

• The lifecycle of a Fintech startup

  February 5, 2016

  I couldn’t resist re-publishing this Financial Times characterization of the Lifecycle of a Fintech Startup (If you pitch my Fintech partner, be prepared to respond to a question about which phase you’re in !):

  posted in technology, venture capital by mark bivens

• Nikkei acquires FT, and debunks several myths

  July 27, 2015

  As rather recursively reported in the FT last Thursday, Japan’s largest media company, Nikkei, will acquire the Financial Times Group from Pearson for a handsome £844 million. The eleventh hour offer for the London-based global news organization stunned rival bidders, and debunked several myths along the way in my opinion: Myth #1: Japanese acquirers are […]

  posted in venture capital by mark bivens