Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

Some candidate companies for this year’s list were acquired by other startups and incumbents alike. Motorola, Autodesk and GovDelivery picked up one each. For its part, Accela bought three companies that would have made the list in their own right — Springbrook (public finance), Civic Insight (building and construction project data) and PublicStuff (service requests).

In the absence of unicorns, scrappy GovTech companies are eschewing mythical imagery in favor of focusing on the work, solving real problems close to the ground and extending the reach of government agencies — all with the potential of having an outsized impact in creating meaningful change in the communities they serve.

On December 17, 2014, GovDelivery acquired NuCivic for $5.1 million of consideration, consisting of $2.0 million in cash payments (including a $0.6 million deferred payment) and $3.1 million of GovDelivery stock. The acquisition was accounted for under the acquisition method. GovDelivery allocated the purchase price to the acquired tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities based upon their respective fair values as of the date of acquisition.

On June 10, 2015, GovDelivery acquired certain assets of Talent Management in Government Inc. (TMGov) for $0.5 million of consideration, $0.4 million at closing and $0.1 million to be paid upon achievement of certain milestones, as set forth in the applicable purchase agreement. The acquisition was accounted for under the acquisition method. GovDelivery has preliminarily allocated the purchase price to the acquired identifiable intangible assets based upon their respective fair values as of the date of acquisition. Less

Looking Ahead: 2016 Predictions for Actua’s Vertical Markets (Part 1)

January 20th, 2016

As 2015 finds its way to the rearview mirror and the world redirects its attention to the future, we thought we’d share a fresh look at what lies ahead for the vertical markets Actua serves. And so today we kick off a new five-part blog series that looks at the trends, opportunities and challenges that will help shape these markets in 2016.

This series will look through the unique and expert lenses of our CEOs to share predictions on what 2016 will bring to each of their markets. Stay tuned for these in depth predictions in the coming days, but in the meantime, below is a quick preview of the common themes we saw across the markets we serve:

•Mobile – a recurring theme over the past several years, mobile had a significant impact on our markets in 2015 and reappears in 2016 predictions. As an indomitable and ubiquitous force across markets, nearly all of our CEOs touch on mobile and the influence it will have on their markets this year

         •§Mobile – a recurring theme over the past several years, mobile had a significant impact on our markets in 2015 and reappears in 2016 predictions. As an indomitable and ubiquitous force across markets, nearly all of our CEOs touch on mobile and the influence it will have on their markets this year.

January 28th, 2016

2016 Predictions for the Government Communications Market from GovDelivery CEO, Scott Burns (Part 2)

This is the second blog post in a new series sharing 2016 predictions for the vertical markets we serve (see part 1). Today’s post looks at what lies ahead for the government communications market through the eyes of Scott Burns, CEO, GovDelivery. GovDelivery is focused on empowering government to create better lives for more people and in the year ahead, Scott predicts that several trends will drive the next wave of transformation in this market:
•Doing more with less will remain a reality:  This perennial adage is never more relevant than when working with government. One quarter of the U.S. government workforce became eligible for retirement in 2015, which will leave fewer people to do a growing amount of work. Simultaneously, citizen expectations around service and customer experience continue to grow, budgets remain tight, and technology continues to change at a rapid pace. All of this will require that the government find new ways to do things, while managing this rapidly changing landscape.
•Technology will help government cope with their challenges and mitigate risks: In the face of mounting pressures and challenges, Scott predicts that the government will increasingly turn to technology to cope. The technology behind big data, open data and predictive tools will be wielded by government to work smarter and more efficiently. New communications tools that foster more precise customer segmentation and targeting will be leveraged to meet different citizen needs. And mobile technologies will empower citizens when it matters most to meet their rising expectations.

Vertikale Services sind die Zukunft der Cloud

Der Infrastructure-as-a-Services Markt hat bei weitem noch nicht seinen Zenit erreicht. Dennoch ist Infrastruktur zur Commodity geworden und ist nichts Innovatives mehr. Wir sind an einem Punkt in der Cloud angekommen, wo es darum geht, die Cloud Infrastrukturen zu nutzen, um darauf Services vertikal aufzubauen. Dafür sind Unternehmen und Entwickler neben virtueller Rechenleistung und Speicherplatz auf Services von dem Anbieter angewiesen, um das eigene Angebot performant, skalierbar und ausfallsicher zu betreiben. Trotz des mittlerweile umfangreichen Service-Portfolios von Anbietern wie Amazon, Microsoft und Google ist weiterhin viel Zeit, Wissen, Aufwand und somit auch Kapital notwendig, um diesen Zustand zu erreichen. Weiterhin werden von den Anbietern nur proprietäre infrastrukturnahe Services angeboten, um mit der Infrastruktur zu arbeiten. Alles Weitere muss selbst unter Zuhilfenahme dieser Services entwickelt werden.

Aus diesem Grund fehlen dem Markt Anbieter von externen Service-Portfolios, die von Unternehmen und Entwicklern genutzt werden können, um fertige Services, die auf den Infrastrukturen und Plattformen selbst entwickelt werden müssten, on-Demand einzusetzen. Solche Mehrwertdienste lassen sich für ein bestimmtes Geschäftsszenario horizontal in die vertikalen Services integrieren und bei Bedarf nutzen. Diese BBaaS (Business-Bricks-as-a-Services) fügen sich anbieterunabhängig in bestehende Infrastructure-as-a-Services und Platform-as-a-Services ein und schaffen für den Nutzer einen Mehrwert. Die einzelnen Geschäftsbausteine sind standardisiert und bereits hochskalierbar und hochverfügbar als Web-Services implementiert und lassen sich einfach und ohne großen Aufwand integrieren.