April 22 - Red Herring - Technology companies are on the menu. Numbers suggest 2007 could see more gobbled up, as some 58 technology acquisitions have already gone down, a 65 percent jump compared with last year. Marquee names Google and Cisco have mostly stolen the show, however, with such high-profile deals as the search king’s $3.1 billion grab for DoubleClick and the networking giant’s $3.2 billion move for WebEx. But a sideshow to these acts is the phenomenon known as micro-mergers. So-called micro-mergers are those taking place between venture-backed startups buying other venture-backed startups. Read More.
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