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First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Marketo makes a mint in IPO, San Mateo company's stock shoots more than 50 percent higher in debut

SAN MATEO -- Marketo found a willing market for its first shares Friday, raking in $85 million in an initial public offering and leaping more than 50 percent in initial trades, validating Valley veteran Phil Fernandez's bet on cloud marketing softwar ... [Published Marin Independent Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Marketo Inc, IPOs, Sam Hamadeh, Software as a Service, Stocks

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

How Did Bitcoin Become a Real Currency?

To borrow a phrase from "Seinfeld," it's a currency about nothing.Bitcoins have no intrinsic value. But since they were introduced to the world in 2009 by inventor Satoshi Nakamoto (a pseudonym), they have turned into a billion-dollar market and have ... [Published US News & World Report - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bitcoin, Open Source, Sam Hamadeh

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Private Equity, VC Firms Dive Into Juice

Organic Avenue has nine locations in New York City and plans to open three more soon."The immediate plans are to continue opening more stores in the New York area, launching a national juice-cleanse business, and then in the coming months we're going ... [Published CNBC - May 04 2013]

Entities: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Sam Hamadeh

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

What Does This Urgent Email From Fisker to the DOE Mean?

Just past 12:30 am on a Sunday morning in 2009, Fisker Automotive COO Bernhard Koehler sent an email to a Department of Energy loan officer, bluntly stating the urgent need to close on a loan guarantee for the electric vehicle company: "I'm sorry if I'm ... [Published Greentech Media - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sam Hamadeh, Bernhard Koehler, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Electric Vehicle, Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

General Motors Company

Whoa: Obama favorite Fisker was spending $660,000 for every electric car it produced

We’ve seen this before, haven’t we? Once the Department of Energy’s money is flowing freely, green energy wards of the state are pretty loose with the spending (just like the government!), figuring you can always go back to a sugar daddy that can print ... [Published Canada Free Press - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Electric Car, Fisker Automotive Inc, General Motors Company, Sam Hamadeh

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

A123 Systems Inc

Fisker Automotive: an unfolding scandal?

Fisker violated U.S. loan termsFisker Automotive repeatedly violated the terms of its U.S. Department of Justice loans that would have given the electric vehicle maker a second lease on life, according to a financial research company that focuses on privately ... [Published SmartPlanet - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Henrik Fisker, Fisker Automotive Inc, A123 Systems Inc, Sam Hamadeh, Hybrid Electric Vehicles

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Fisker Spent $660,000 On Each $103,000 Karma Sold

Fisker Automotive Inc. spent more than six times as much U.S. taxpayer and investor money to produce each luxury plug-in car it sold than the company received from customers, according to a research report.The Anaheim, California-based company made about ... [Published Autospies - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: General Motors Company, Sam Hamadeh, Fisker Automotive Inc, Freedom of Information Act

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Energy Department refutes PrivoCo’s report on Fisker

The U. S. Department of Energy has refuted research firm PrivoCo's recent report, which accuses the department of not handling the Fisker fiasco efficiently.The report said that Fisker Automotive Inc. spent much more of taxpayer and investor money to ... [Published Top News Singapore - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Sam Hamadeh, Invoice Price, Fisker Automotive Inc, US Department of Energy

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

Each Karma 'cost' Fisker $660,000 to produce

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Fisker Looks like the $100,000 or so Leo and Bieber plunked down for their Fisker Karma extended-range plug-in vehicles may have been a bargain. The California-based automaker, which appears ... [Published Autoblog - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Sam Hamadeh, Bankruptcy, Fisker Karma

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Is U.S. Department of Energy to blame in Fisker mess?

According to a report by PrivCo, a New York-based research firm specializing in closely held companies, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) knew by December 2010 that Fisker Automotive wasn't meeting milestones required to keep drawing taxpayer funds, ... [Published Auto123.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: US Department of Energy, Fisker Automotive Inc, Sam Hamadeh

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Fisker Allowed to Use Loan Despite Multiple Terms Violations

Karma production was stopped in 2012 and Fisker managed to manufacture only 2,500 units of the $103,000 model. Although the company violated the Energy Department loan terms multiple times, it was still allowed to continue using the money.“They made a ... [Published Inautonews - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Sam Hamadeh, Gibbon

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Dip, Don’t Dive Into SeaWorld IPO: Sam Hamadeh

Several factors make SeaWorld's stock a "buy" into its IPO but not for the long-term, Sam Hamadeh of PrivCo said Thursday."There's not a direct apples-to-apples comparison because the big theme park companies that are comparable are really subsidiaries ... [Published CNBC - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Sam Hamadeh, Guy Adami, Tim Seymour, IPOs

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Marketo and another company debuting Friday, Seattle-based Tableau Software, "are riding the wave of enterprise cloud software companies that have gone public in the past year with strong receptions from ipo investors, followed by strong after-market performance as well" PrivCo founder and CEO Sam Hamadeh said in an email

Marketo makes a mint in IPO, San Mateo company's stock shoots more than 50 percent higher in debut [Published Marin Independent Journal - May 17 2013]

...What makes bitcoin a currency is what it does, not what it is. "to the extent it looks, walks and acts like a duck, this 'duck' is a currency" says Sam Hamadeh, chief executive officer of private-company research firm PrivCo

How Did Bitcoin Become a Real Currency? US News [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 15 2013]

...It means money exchanges over $10,000 must be reported to Treasury, just as they are for any transaction using real dollars. "the loss of anonymity for bitcoin from new treasury regulation may kill the young but booming bitcoin wave in its crib" says Sam Hamadeh, chief executive officer of PrivCo

The Rise and Fall of Anonymous Bitcoins [Published US News & World Report - May 14 2013]

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Marketo makes a mint in IPO, San Mateo company'... [Published Marin Independent Journal - May 17 2013]
San Mateo software firm Marketo charges $13 a s... [Published Contra Costa Times - May 17 2013]
How Did Bitcoin Become a Real Currency? US News [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 15 2013]
How Did Bitcoin Become a Real Currency? [Published US News & World Report - May 15 2013]
The Rise and Fall of Anonymous Bitcoins [Published US News & World Report - May 14 2013]
Private Equity, VC Firms Dive Into Juice [Published CNBC - May 04 2013]
What Does This Urgent Email From Fisker to the ... [Published Greentech Media - Apr 30 2013]
Fisker teeters, owing taxpayers nearly $200 mil... [Published Custer County Chief - Apr 23 2013]
Whoa: Obama favorite Fisker was spending $660,0... [Published Canada Free Press - Apr 23 2013]
Report: Each Karma Hybrid Sedan Built Cost Fisk... [Published DailyTech - Apr 22 2013]
Fisker Spent $660,000 On Each $103,000 Karma Sold [Published Autospies - Apr 22 2013]
Fisker Automotive: an unfolding scandal? [Published SmartPlanet - Apr 22 2013]
Energy Department refutes PrivoCo’s report on F... [Published Top News Singapore - Apr 20 2013]
Each Karma 'cost' Fisker $660,000 to produce [Published Autoblog - Apr 19 2013]
Study: Each Karma 'cost' Fisker $660,000 to pro... [Published Autoblog Green - Apr 19 2013]
Fisker Kept Taking Taxpayer Money Even After De... [Published Jalopnik - Apr 19 2013]
Is U.S. Department of Energy to blame in Fisker... [Published Auto123.com - Apr 19 2013]
Fisker continued to draw on government loan aft... [Published Hybrid-EV - Apr 19 2013]
Fisker Allowed to Use Loan Despite Multiple Ter... [Published Inautonews - Apr 19 2013]
Dip, Don’t Dive Into SeaWorld IPO: Sam Hamadeh [Published CNBC - Apr 19 2013]
Fisker Said to Spend $660,000 on Each $103,000 ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 19 2013]
SeaWorld Pricing IPO At $27/Share [Published CNBC - Apr 18 2013]
Dip, Don't Dive Into SeaWorld: Pro [Published CNBC - Apr 18 2013]
Fisker Allowed to Tap U.S. Loan After Default: ... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 18 2013]
Report: Fisker allowed to draw on U.S. loan aft... [Published Detroit News - Apr 18 2013]
The sad long story of Fisker Automotive, ‘the m... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 18 2013]
The sad long story of Fisker Automotive, ‘the m... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 18 2013]
$41M Silver Lake loan keeps Foursquare afloat [Published New York Post - Apr 12 2013]
The DeanBeat: Mobile monetization is the ‘bigge... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 05 2013]
The top 20 tech venture capital firms of 2012 [Published Venturebeat - Feb 19 2013]

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Each Karma 'cost' Fisker $660,000 to produce [Published Autoblog - Apr 19 2013] Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Fisker Looks like the $100,000 or so Leo and Bieber plunked down for their Fisker Karma extended-range plug-in vehicles may have been a bargain. The California-based automaker, which appears ...
Study: Each Karma 'cost' Fisker $660,000 to pro... [Published Autoblog Green - Apr 19 2013] Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Fisker Looks like the $100,000 or so Leo and Bieber plunked down for their Fisker Karma extended-range plug-in vehicles may have been a bargain. The California-based automaker, which appears ...
The sad long story of Fisker Automotive, ‘the m... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 18 2013] In January 2005, legendary car designer Henrik Fisker founded a company to bring innovative new thinking to the automobile industry.Between that date and today, Fisker Automotive would create perhaps the most beautiful car ever made, raise almost $1.4 ...
The sad long story of Fisker Automotive, ‘the m... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 18 2013] In January 2005, legendary car designer Henrik Fisker founded a company to bring innovative new thinking to the automobile industry. Between that date and today, Fisker Automotive would create perhaps the most beautiful car ever made, raise almost ...
The DeanBeat: Mobile monetization is the ‘bigge... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 05 2013] Last week, I moderated a panel on mobile monetization at the Game Developers Conference . There should have been no one in the room since we were competing against other sessions that featured rock star game developer Hideo Kojima (the maker of ...