http://boldlyopen.com/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/ To boldly muse about Open Source Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://boldlyopen.com/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-79117 Gianugo Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:50:11 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/#comment-79117 Thanks Matthew, very much appreciated and insightful comments! Thanks Matthew, very much appreciated and insightful comments!

]]> http://boldlyopen.com/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-79116 Matthew Aslett Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:34:23 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/#comment-79116 I keep forgetting to mention that I ran the numbers on your suggestion, and it seems you made a very good point. See here: http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/is_open_source.html I keep forgetting to mention that I ran the numbers on your suggestion, and it seems you made a very good point. See here: http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/is_open_source.html

]]> http://boldlyopen.com/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-79107 Returns on open source VC investments « rand($thoughts); Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:50:12 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2007/07/03/open-source-funding-good-and-not-so-good-news/#comment-79107 [...] Maybe the VCs are doing the same math and realizing that their OSS investments aren’t driving returns in line with historical norms? If so, this would be a 3rd factor in why VC funding to series ‘B’ and above is increasing while series ‘A’ seems to be drying up for OSS vendors, as Gianugo Rabellino, CEO of Sourcesense has posted? [...] [...] Maybe the VCs are doing the same math and realizing that their OSS investments aren’t driving returns in line with historical norms? If so, this would be a 3rd factor in why VC funding to series ‘B’ and above is increasing while series ‘A’ seems to be drying up for OSS vendors, as Gianugo Rabellino, CEO of Sourcesense has posted? [...]

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