VC Attitudes - Driving Acquisitions of SOA Startups

SOA startups getting gobbled up - what does this mean?
We have depended on startups to create innovative technology. The people who fund them expect them to differentiate themselves in order to gain market-hype and mind share.

VC's attitudes play into what we actually innovate. What they funds is what we get. But recently it has been noted that VC's attitudes are different now. In fact, many of them are now mirroring VC placed CEO's attitudes. They are in the deal to get a company recognized, profitable and sold to a larger company via an exit an strategy. This is where they get paid big bucks and bonuses and then they move on to other hot deals. This is not good for many reasons - and they will be discussed in future posts.

But - in regards to SOA - the development efforts may slow as these companies get gobbled up into larger companies where the innovation efforts typically slow down. The good news is that with these type of acquisitions - if the technology is placed into an infrastructure offering - then it will remove much of the integration work we currently are trying to tackle. Watch for hwo buys these companies as they will have an impact moving forward.