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 Friday, August 17, 2012 Peter Thiel's Breakout Labs Awards Three Grants San Francisco-based Breakout Labs, the funding program run by Peter Thiel's nonprofit Thiel Foundation, said this week that it has awarded three grants--including one to a firm developing 3D, printed meat products. The awards went to Modern Meadow, which uses tissue engineering to produce meat and leather; Bell Biosystems, a firm developing technology to track therapeutics using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instruments; and En (More info...) posted on Friday, August 17, 2012(Full story) Electronic Arts Seeks Buyer, Says Report Electronic Arts has been in talks with a number of private equity firms about a buyout, according to a report yesterday from the New York Post. The report said EA has talked with KKR and Providence Equity Partners, among others about an acquisition at around $20 per share, valuating the firm at nearly $6.4 billion. The New York Post cited sources close to the firm for (More info...) posted on Friday, August 17, 2012(Full story) Trulia Files For $75M IPO San Francisco-based real estate search site Trulia has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raised up to $75.0M in an IPO on the NYSE. The firm said it is looking to trade as TRLA. The IPO is being underwritten by J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, and William Blair. Trulia is venture backed by Accel Capital (23.6 percent of the firm), Fayez Sarofim Investments (19.6), and Sequoia Capita (More info...) posted on Friday, August 17, 2012(Full story)
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