Latest News from Leapfrog Ventures http://www.leapfrogventures.com/about.shtml Our mission is to help our portfolio companies Leapfrog their competitors and achieve industry-leading levels of competitive and market performance as quickly as possible. en-us Web 2.0 Has Corporate America Spinning� http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060605_424102.htm What every CEO needs to know about the array of new tools that foster online collaboration -- and could revolutionize business. riday roundup: Radar, Google Health, Blogcheese, SkyBlue, and Microsoft's gloves http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2006/05/05/friday_roundup_radar_google_health_blogcheese_skyblue_and_microsofts_gloves.html Silicon Valley news about tech money and innovation by Matt Marshal and Michael Bazeley. Contactual Nabs $9M 1st Round http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/contactual.pdf Hosted contact center firm will use round to build up its platform and sales efforts. Mashups for fun--and profit? http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/mashups.pdf Mashup Web sites, from celebrity stalking sites to an online pedometer for running enthusiasts, are certainly all the rage. Now comes the hard part: making money off these things. Venture capitalists see sparse returns from IPOs http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/Silicon_Valley_04-05-2006.pdf The number of U.S. venture-backed companies staging initial public offerings in the first quarter rose 63 percent from a year ago, but the median amount raised by these companies has plummeted to a new low. Software Company Exit Strategies http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/Exitstrategies.pdf Companies should concentrate on building critical mass and establishing themselves as self-sustaining businesses, because if they can accomplish that, they ultimately will be more attractive as acquisitions, since they will be potential threats to other companies in that space. When A CIO Should Think Like A Venture Capitalist http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/Optimize_02-2006.pdf Guidelines for viewing the post-bubble world of technology. Netli Secures $18 Million in Oversubscribed Expansion Round From Leading Investors http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/TMCnet_02-15-2006.pdf Investment will fuel growth to address the rapidly expanding application and content delivery market. Exec more likely now to sue if they feel wronged by backers http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/Mercury_News_02-12-2006.pdf Some founders and executives of venture-backed companies aren't going to take it anymore. If they feel venture capitalists have big-footed them, they've grown bolder about suing. Certive raises $8.6M funding http://www.leapfrogventures.com/pdfs/Silicon_Valley_02-02-2006.pdf Certive Corp. said on Thursday it has raised $8.6 million in venture funding. The Redwood City-based provider of data stewardship products said InterWest Partners and Leapfrog Ventures, both of Menlo Park, co-led the round.