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AmBAR schedules its fourth annual Silicon Valley Open Doors technology investment conference (SVOD-2008) for November 20-21, 2008.
For more information and to register please contact us at info@svod.org. |
Google is buying Russian contextual advertising company ZAO Begun for $140 million from UK-registered Rambler Media (many Russian firms now base themselves in the UK). Rambler owns 50.1 percent of Begun, so to secure the deal it is buying the remaining 49.9 percent stake from owner Bannatyne Limited and then selling the entire firm to Google. Rambler says it expects to net about $50 million from the deal which will finance its investments and potential acquisitions.
When: Monday, June 23, 6:00PM
Where: Connection Room at Silicon Valley Community Foundation in
San Mateo, Ste 100, 1700 South El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94402 US
Cost: $15
By special arrangement with the directors and producers, SFERA would like to invite you to meet the film director Helga Landauer during the special screening of the documentary "A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich".
Panel of Israeli/Silicon Valley startups Founders talk about Israeli high-tech, personal experience of founding diverse, distributed companies, challenges of multi-cultural management and so on:
Confirmed participant:
March 12, Wednesday
Workshop II - Board of Directors and the M&A Process
The second session of the series addresses important issues for companies once they have raised investor capital. With the infusion of outside capital, a company's Board of Directors will change in structure and have additional duties and responsibilities. Also, for companies that are positioning for an M&A, the M&A process will be reviewed and actions identified that will increase the chances for a successful transaction. Topics covered will include:
TOPIC: Saving Democracy from Computers: Creating Trust in Next Gen Digital Voting
SFERA (Association of Russian American Business and Professional Women, http://www.sferaclub.org) invites you to celebrate International Women's Day and meet dozens of new business contacts in a private room setting at the
California Grill at Marriott-San Mateo