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March 2010 Issue - EE Times Confidential

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Multi-screen wars: MediaTek/Mstar vs. Qualcomm, Marvell, Nvidia
The larger significance of the merging of Taiwan’s “M Brothers” may have escaped the notice of some western observers.

VC WATCH



March 2010

Venture Capital Winter Drags on

The climate for early­-stage venture investment remains frozen. Ultimately, that correlates to what’s happening in the capital markets. With the IPO window still shut and few corporate funds with cash willing to make acquisitions at reasonable valuations, exits for investors in startups have been few and far between. Exits are the lubricants in the venture capital business model that make the whole thing work; in their absence, the engine sputters.

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