Video companies led financing activity over the last three months, with 13 video companies raising nearly $100 million. Social networking companies were the next most active sector, with nine companies raising $46.7 million. The report identifies 89 public Web 2.0 companies with a combined market cap of $27.8 billion across a variety of sectors including gaming, social networking, media sharing, and social lending.

1. SOFTWARE & SERVICES 10 MARCH 2009
DAVID SHORE, CFA, MBA 416.860.6784
WEB 2.O WEEKLY david.shore@researchcapital.com
Arun Thomas (Associate) 416.860.7666
VIDEO COMPANIES LEAD FINANCING WAVE
MO ST AC T I V E S EC T O R I N F I N AN CI N G - V ID E O C OM PA NI E S
Activity over the last three months was busiest in the video sector, with 13 companies raising almost $100 million.
Social networking companies have the next highest totals with nine companies raising $46.7 million.
Capital Market Activity by Sector - Last Three Months
120.0
100.0
80.0
(US$m)
60.0
98.6
40.0
46.7
41.5
20.0
35.0
26.5 25.3 25.0
22.5 20.9
15.0
12.4 12.0 11.5 11.4 10.0 9.5
6.2 4.3 4.0
2.0 1.3 1.2
0.0
Comment/Reputatio n
G aming
Micromedia
O nline Learning
Travel
Financial Services
RSS
Mic roblog
Mobile
Search
Media
Wiki
Virtual Goods
Crowdsourced Content
Video
Virtual World
Infrastructure
Social Networks
Aggregation
Blog
Ad Network
Analytics
13 9 4 1 4 4 2 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
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THE WEB 2.0 UNIVERSE
Eighty-nine public Web 2.0 companies identified: W e have identified 89 public companies for our W eb 2.0 universe,
with a combined market cap of $27.8 billion. These include a wide variety of companies, including MMOG (Massive Multi-
Player Online Gaming) companies, social networking software companies, media sharing companies, and social lending
companies. See below for a summary of the full universe (Figure 1). The average market cap for the group is ~$310
million (but a median of only $31.5 million), with average trailing revenue of $130 million (median $40 million). The
companies are also generally profitable, with a median EBITDA margin of 13.3%. On a valuation basis, the overall
average is 3.7x trailing revenue (median 0.9x) and 8.1x trailing EBITDA (median 5.5x). Ten of the companies have more
than 500 employees.
C omparable C ompany Analys is > Web 2.0
T rading C urrent US D Mark et US D L TM T otal US D L TM T otal E B ITDA T E V /L T M TE V /L TM
C ompany Na me L T M as of Ti cker E xc hange C urrency HQ Price C ap ($m) R ev ($m ) E B IT DA ($m ) % R evenue E B ITDA E mployees
Acce lerize N ew Medi a, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 A C LZ OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 22 5. 9 3. 2 ( 4. 7) NM 3. 2 x - 20
Actoz S oft C o. , Ltd. 9 /3 0/20 08 A 05279 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 10 ,5 00 5 9. 9 4 7. 3 8. 7 18 .3 % 0. 8 x 4 .3 x NA
AQ Inte ractive, Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 3 838 TS E JP Y J a pan 3 1, 35 0. 00 1 7. 2 6 0. 9 4. 9 8. 0% - - NA
As s ociated Me dia Holdings I nc. 6 /3 0/20 07 A S MH OTCP K US D United S tates 0 0. 1 0. 1 ( 2. 3) NM 8. 0 x - 3
Bi gs tring C orp. 9 /3 0/20 08 B SG C OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 01 0. 6 0. 1 ( 2. 1) NM 2 7. 0x - 8
Be ta wave C orporation 9 /3 0/20 08 B W AV OTCB B US D United S tates 0 4. 4 6. 3 (11 .0 ) NM 2. 4 x - 41
Be yond C ommerce, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 B YO C OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 48 1 9. 6 1. 1 ( 7. 7) -9 8. 9% 2 0. 6x - 25
Br ight T hi ngs plc 9 /3 0/20 08 A IM: B GT A IM G BP United K ingdom 0 2. 9 0. 2 ( 1. 6) 47 .1 % 1 2. 3x - 9
Br oadW ebA s ia Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 B W BA OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 75 6 3. 7 0. 0 ( 4. 6) NM - - 46
C DC C orp. 9 /3 0/20 08 C HI N. A Na s daqG S US D Hong K ong 1 8 0. 9 428. 1 18 .8 16 .0 % 0. 3 x 7 .3 x 3,1 25
C hina G ateway C orpora tion 9 /3 0/20 08 CGWY OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 00 0. 0 6. 7 ( 6. 6) 13 .3 % 0. 0 x - 37
C hines e G amer International 9 /3 0/20 08 G T S M: 3 083 GTS M TWD T a iwan 1 44 351 . 7 3 7. 0 17 .4 NM 8. 0 x 17. 0x NA
C ornerW orld C orporation 1 0/31 /200 8 CWRL OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 14 6. 6 0. 6 NM NM 1 3. 1x - NA
DAD A S pA 9 /3 0/20 08 C M: DA CM E UR Italy 5 9 9. 5 214. 6 34 .3 NM 0. 7 x 4 .1 x 5 74
DXN Holdings Bhd 1 1/30 /200 8 DX N K LS E MYR Ma lays ia 0. 33 2 0. 6 7 4. 7 9. 9 NM 0. 5 x 4 .0 x NA
Dibz International, Inc. NA DIBZ OTCP K US D United S tates 0 0. 0 NA NM -0 .3 % - - NA
Digita lP os t I nter active, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 DG LP OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 00 0. 3 0. 4 ( 3. 3) NM 2. 8 x - 11
Digita lT own, Inc. 1 1/30 /200 8 DG T W OTCB B US D United S tates 3 6 8. 5 NM ( 2. 5) 18 .3 % - - 3
Dolphin Digita l Me dia , I nc. NA DP DM OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 40 1 9. 5 NA NM NM - - 6
E olith C o. Ltd. 1 2/31 /200 7 A 04106 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 5 55 1 6. 8 1 6. 2 ( 0. 0) -6 0. 6% 1. 0 x - NA
E xtensi ons, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 E XT I OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 49 4 6. 3 NM NM 16 .9 % - - 2
F ina ncia l Me dia Group, I nc. 1 1/30 /200 8 F NG P OTCB B US D United S tates 0 1. 0 6. 8 1. 2 26 .4 % 0. 0 x 0 .1 x 22
F luid Mus ic C anada , Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 T S X: F MN TS X C AD United S tates 0. 33 1 3. 4 4. 2 ( 8. 6) NM - - 29
F rogs te r Inte ractive P icture s A G 6 /3 0/20 08 FRG XT R A E UR G er many 4 1 1. 0 5. 1 ( 3. 1) 61 .9 % 2. 1 x - NA
Ga mania Digital E nterta inme nt C o. , L td. 9 /3 0/20 08 6 180 GTS M TWD T a iwan 2 5. 25 110 . 2 106. 8 18 .1 23 .9 % 0. 8 x 4 .7 x NA
Ga meO n C o L td. 1 2/31 /200 8 3 812 TS E JP Y J a pan 81 ,0 00 7 9. 1 7 5. 4 19 .9 19 .2 % 0. 3 x 1 .2 x NA
Ge oS entric O yj 9 /3 0/20 08 G E O 1V HL S E E UR F inland 0. 04 3 1. 5 5. 2 (12 .0 ) 36 .0 % 5. 1 x - 92
Gi ant Inte ractive G roup, Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 GA NY S E US D C hina 7 1, 588 . 8 233. 1 1 44. 3 14 .7 % - - NA
Gi gaMe dia L td. 9 /3 0/20 08 G IG M Na s daqG S US D T a iwan 4. 33 233 . 9 200. 5 48 .0 -2 5. 6% 0. 8 x 3 .5 x 9 75
Gravity C o., Ltd 9 /3 0/20 08 GRVY Na s daqG M US D S outh K orea 1 1 7. 8 3 1. 7 6. 1 4. 5% - - 6 36
Gree, Inc. 6 /3 0/20 08 T S E : 3 632 TS E JP Y J a pan 4, 69 0. 00 1, 057 . 1 2 9. 7 10 .7 NM 3 3. 5x - NA
GungHo Online E nte rtainme nt, I nc. 9 /3 0/20 08 3 765 OSE JP Y J a pan 116 ,8 00 134 . 9 103. 2 15 .2 NM 1. 1 x 7 .2 x NA
HanbitS oft, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 A 04708 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 3, 16 5. 00 4 4. 9 4 4. 9 (11 .5 ) NM 0. 6 x - NA
IA C /Inte rA ctive C orp. 1 2/31 /200 8 IAC I Na s daqG S US D United S tates 13 1, 897 . 2 1 , 445 . 1 64 .6 37 .2 % 0. 1 x 2 .2 x NA
IA S E ne rgy, I nc. 1 0/31 /200 8 IAS C . A OTCB B US D C a na da 0. 07 4. 9 0. 0 ( 0. 9) -1 5. 3% - - NA
IdeaE dge, Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 O T C B B: ID AE OTCB B US D United S tates 0 1 6. 9 0. 0 ( 4. 6) 7. 6% - - NA
is ee media Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 IE E T S XV C AD C a na da 0. 08 3. 2 1. 1 ( 4. 2) 33 .8 % 0. 6 x - NA
J umbuck E ntertainme nt P ty Ltd. 1 2/31 /200 8 A S X :J MB ASX A UD Aus tra lia 0 1 4. 1 1 1. 3 4. 2 -4 2. 5% 0. 9 x 2 .4 x 72
J umpT V I nc. 6 /3 0/20 08 T S X: J T V TS X C AD C a na da 0. 39 3 4. 2 1 1. 5 ( 1. 8) -1 0. 1% 3. 8 x - NA
K a boos e Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 T S X: K AB TS X C AD C a na da 0 4 2. 2 5 7. 3 4. 4 -3 .7 % 0. 9 x 11. 2x NA
K i ngs oft C o. Ltd. 9 /3 0/20 08 3 888 S EHK HK D C hina 2. 62 362 . 6 106. 7 36 .0 NM 2. 6 x 7 .6 x 1,6 60
Lingo Me dia C orpora tion 9 /3 0/20 08 T S XV :L M T S XV C AD C a na da 1 9. 7 3. 1 ( 1. 3) 38 .0 % 3. 3 x - NA
Live World Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 L VW D OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 04 1. 2 1 1. 7 ( 1. 2) 16 .0 % 0. 0 x - 73
Look S mart, Ltd. 9 /3 0/20 08 L OO K Na s daqG M US D United S tates 1 1 6. 5 6 9. 5 ( 2. 6) NM - - 93
Magnitude Informa tion S ys tems Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 MA GY OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 02 8. 3 0. 1 ( 3. 2) NM - - 13
Mixi, I nc. 1 2/31 /200 8 2 121 TS E JP Y J a pan 308 ,0 00 476 . 4 118. 6 45 .1 26 .9 % 3. 1 x 8 .2 x NA
Mode rn T imes Group Mtg A B 1 2/31 /200 8 MT G B OM SE K S weden 11 4. 50 828 . 6 1 , 446 . 0 2 31. 2 48 .6 % 0. 9 x 5 .5 x NA
Moggle , Inc 1 2/31 /200 8 MMO G OTCB B US D United S tates 2 7 2. 6 NM ( 1. 1) 65 .0 % - - 3
MOK O. mobi L imited 6 /3 0/20 08 MK B ASX A UD Aus tra lia 0. 06 3. 1 1. 3 ( 2. 0) NM 1. 5 x - NA
NE O W IZ G ame s C orpora tion 1 2/31 /200 7 A 09566 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 36 ,5 50 227 . 3 116. 7 31 .4 30 .8 % 1. 9 x 7 .0 x NA
NetDra gon We bS oft, I nc. 9 /3 0/20 08 7 77 S EHK HK D C hina 3. 35 228 . 3 9 5. 2 46 .3 17 .6 % 0. 6 x 1 .2 x 1,4 82
Netea s e. com I nc. 1 2/31 /200 8 NT E S Na s daqG S US D C hina 21 2, 571 . 8 450. 9 2 93. 1 25 .3 % - - NA
NeXplore C orporation 9 /3 0/20 07 NX P C OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 95 5 3. 0 NM ( 4. 9) -5 .1 % - - 19
Ngi G roup Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 2 497 TS E JP Y J a pan 16 ,2 00 2 0. 2 9 9. 4 30 .6 54 .1 % - - NA
Northgate T e chnologies L imited 1 2/31 /200 8 5 900 57 B SE INR India 3 0. 65 2 0. 6 130. 0 22 .9 -5 .3 % 0. 2 x 0 .9 x 2 86
Open T ext C or p. 1 2/31 /200 8 OTE X Na s daqG S US D C a na da 29 1, 527 . 4 769. 3 1 95. 0 NM 2. 2 x 8 .5 x 3,4 00
Openwa ve S ys tems Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 OPW V Na s daqG S US D United S tates 0. 72 6 0. 0 199. 6 (10 .2 ) 13 .1 % - - 6 27
P e rfect W orld C o., Ltd. 1 2/31 /200 8 PWRD Na s daqG S US D C hina 10 550 . 8 210. 1 1 13. 7 46 .0 % - - NA
P hotoC hannel Ne tworks Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 T S XV :P N T S XV C AD C a na da 1. 65 4 2. 6 1 5. 4 ( 0. 8) 13 .3 % 2. 7 x - NA
Quepas a C orp. 9 /3 0/20 08 QPS A Na s daqC M US D United S tates 1 1 1. 4 0. 1 (11 .8 ) 9. 4% - - 63
OA O R B C Informa tion S ys tems 1 2/31 /200 7 R BCI R TS US D R us s ia 0. 25 3 4. 7 132. 6 17 .3 10 .1 % 0. 0 x 0 .1 x NA
S handa Intera ctive E nte rtainment L td. 1 2/31 /200 8 S NDA Na s daqG S US D C hina 31 2, 134 . 9 521. 7 2 39. 7 -3 4. 8% - - NA
S hutterfly, Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 S F LY Na s daqG S US D United S tates 7. 17 180 . 3 213. 5 28 .4 -6 0. 5% 0. 4 x 3 .2 x 5 14
S K C ommunications C o. , Ltd. 1 2/31 /200 7 A 06627 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 6 ,1 10 162 . 6 134. 2 12 .6 NM 1. 2 x 12. 9x NA
S NA P I nteractive, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 S T VI OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 95 1 0. 1 2. 3 0. 2 21 .7 % 3. 9 x 38. 9x 5
S NM G lobal Holdings 9 /3 0/20 08 S NMN OTCP K US D United S tates 0 0. 0 2. 0 ( 0. 7) NM 1. 1 x - 33
S ocial Media V enure s , Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 S MVI OTCP K US D United S tates 1. 20 0. 0 0. 1 ( 0. 1) 49 .5 % 0. 1 x - NA
S i te s earch C orpora ti on 1 0/31 /200 8 S TPC OTCB B US D United S tates 1 8. 9 NM ( 0. 9) -1 2. 0% - - 15
S park Ne twork s , Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 L OV A ME X US D United S tates 2. 33 4 7. 9 5 7. 3 12 .4 33 .7 % 0. 8 x 3 .9 x NA
S pectrumDNA, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 S PX A OTCB B US D United S tates 0 9. 7 0. 1 ( 2. 7) 10 .8 % - - 7
T encent Holdings Ltd. 9 /3 0/20 08 7 00 S EHK HK D C hina 4 7. 25 10 ,9 49 .3 903. 2 4 47. 5 -5 0. 6% 1 3. 1x 26. 5x 6,0 39
T he P arent C ompany 8/2/2 008 K IDS . Q OTCP K US D United S tates 0 0. 2 112. 0 (13 .5 ) -1 0. 4% 0. 2 x - 3 47
T he 9 Limited 1 2/31 /200 8 NC T Y Na s daqG S US D C hina 9. 33 250 . 2 249. 7 84 .1 0. 4% - - NA
T he S tre et.com, Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 TS CM Na s daqG M US D United S tates 2 5 5. 0 7 1. 9 7. 7 23 .0 % - - NA
T otal S ports O nli ne A S A 3 /3 1/20 06 TOS O O T C NO NO K Norway 0. 04 0. 2 1. 9 ( 1. 0) -9 1. 6% 4. 6 x - 16
T ree . C om, Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 TRE E Na s daqG M US D United S tates 4 3 9. 2 228. 6 (23 .9 ) NM 0. 2 x - NA
Unis e rve C ommunications C or p. 1 1/30 /200 8 T S XV :U S S T S XV C AD C a na da 0. 05 1. 0 2 3. 1 0. 1 -1 0. 1% 0. 1 x 31. 3x NA
Unite d Online Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 UNT D Na s daqG S US D United S tates 4 325 . 3 669. 4 1 53. 9 NM 0. 9 x 4 .1 x NA
UOMO Media, Inc 1 0/31 /200 8 UO MO OTCB B US D C a na da 0. 06 5. 1 0. 5 ( 0. 4) NM 1 1. 4x - NA
VO IS , I nc. 1 2/31 /200 8 V OI S OTCB B US D United S tates 0 3. 3 0. 0 ( 1. 3) NM - - 4
W ebzen Inc. 1 2/31 /200 8 W ZE N Na s daqG M US D S outh K orea 1. 22 1 4. 5 1 8. 4 ( 1. 9) NM - - 3 30
W izz a rd S oftwa re C orporation 9 /3 0/20 08 W ZE A ME X US D United S tates 0 1 9. 0 6. 2 ( 6. 5) 38 .8 % 3. 1 x - 1 10
W oozyF ly, Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 W ZY F OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 15 2. 6 0. 0 NM 22 .4 % - - 14
W orlds .com Inc. 9 /3 0/20 08 W DDD OTCB B US D United S tates 0 7. 3 0. 1 NM -7 .6 % - - 1
W ynds torm C orporation NA W YN D OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 12 2. 2 NA NM NM - - NA
XI NG AG 9 /3 0/20 08 O 1B C XT R A E UR G er many 25 162 . 5 3 9. 7 15 .4 0. 0% 2. 7 x 7 .1 x 1 61
Y e dangO nline C orp. 1 2/31 /200 7 A 05277 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 6, 30 0. 00 6 3. 8 4 4. 4 9. 9 65 .0 % 1. 4 x 6 .4 x NA
Y nk K orea Inc. 1 2/31 /200 7 A 02377 0 K OS E KR W S outh K orea 3 ,4 60 5. 5 1 2. 6 ( 1. 0) -9 8. 9% 0. 4 x - NA
ZipL ocal I nc. 9 /3 0/20 08 T S XV :ZIP T S XV C AD C a na da 0. 02 0. 9 2. 7 ( 3. 7) 8. 2% 0. 6 x - NA
High 10 ,9 49 .3 1 ,4 46 .0 44 7. 5 65 .0 % 3 3. 5x 38. 9x 6, 03 9
Low 0. 0 0. 0 -2 3. 9 -9 8. 9% 0. 0 x 0 .1 x 1
Average 312.5 130.4 28.2 7.3% 3.7x 8.1x 468
Medi an 3 1. 5 39 .7 0 .2 13 .3 % 0. 9 x 5 .5 x 72
Figure 1. Web 2.0 Universe Summary
Source. Capital IQ

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C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (M & A A N D F I N A N C I N G )
Twitter raises $35 million: The largest W eb 2.0 financing of the last three months remains the $35 million raised by
Twitter (Figure 2). Overall, there were 25 financings announced in February, totalling $185.5 million, or $7.4 million on
average. There have been five financings announced so far in March, totalling $36.2 million, led by the $15 million Series
D round for Vidyo. The average value for February was above the $6.8 million average for January, with four financings
over $15 million in February (Twitter, Synthasite, Tremor Media, and Offerpal Media) vs. no deals over $15 million in
January. For additional details, see Figure 29 (at end of note).
Financing Summary - Last Three Months
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
Mar-09
(US$m)
20.0 Feb-09
Jan-09
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
Tongxue
Mixpo
Myngle
CoveritLive
Motionbox
TextDigger
Xobni
Synthasite
Vidyo
Offerpal Media
AdMob
Go Internet Media
One True Media
Tvtrip
Kewego
SocialMedia
MMO Life
BackType
SundaySky
Gbox
Mendeley
Filtrbox
Meez
Twitter
NewsGator
SendMe Inc.
IMVU
InsideView
Tynt
Tripwolf
fav.or.it
Tvinci
Tremor Media
Yodle
Outbrain
Nurien
JibJab
Oodle
Virtual Fairground
FetchDog
7 Billion People
Hubdub
Snooth
Identi.ca
VirtuOz
Play Hard Sports
Fliqz
E-Global Sports Network
RatePoint
OneSpot
Outright
DECA
Geni
Cake Financial
mEgo
Aster Data Systems
AboutUs
Sportsblogs
FamilyLink.com
Pulse Entertainment
Imagini
Simulmedia
Emergent Game Technologies
WhistleBox
Wamba
Figure 2. Financings, Last Three Months
Source. Company reports
Video continues to be the most active sector: Activity over the last three months was busiest in the video sector, with
13 companies raising almost $100 million (Figure 3). Social networking companies have the next highest totals with nine
companies raising $46.7 million.

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Capital Market Activity by Sector - Last Three Months
120.0
100.0
80.0
(US$m)
60.0
98.6
40.0
46.7
41.5
20.0
35.0
26.5 25.3 25.0
22.5 20.9
15.0
12.4 12.0 11.5 11.4 10.0 9.5
6.2 4.3 4.0
2.0 1.3 1.2
0.0
Comment/Reputation
Gaming
Micromedia
Wiki
Travel
RSS
Microblog
Mobile
Media
Online Learning
Financial Services
Crowdsourced Content
Infrastructure
Blog
Search
Social Networks
Virtual Goods
Video
Virtual World
Aggregation
Ad Network
Analytics
13 9 4 1 4 4 2 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Figure 3. Capital Market Activity, by Sector, Last Three Months
Source. Company reports
Average round size increases slightly: On a trailing 12-month basis, total financing dollars inched up as of February
2009, with average round sizes increasing slightly as well (Figure 4).

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LTM Financing
4,000.0 20.0
18.0
3,500.0
16.0
3,000.0
14.0
2,500.0
12.0
(US$m)
(US$m)
2,000.0 10.0
8.0
1,500.0
6.0
1,000.0
4.0
500.0
2.0
0.0 0.0
May-06
May-07
May-08
Nov-05
Mar-06
Nov-06
Mar-07
Nov-07
Mar-08
Nov-08
Jul-05
Sep-05
Jan-06
Jul-06
Sep-06
Jan-07
Jul-07
Sep-07
Jan-08
Jul-08
Sep-08
Jan-09
Total Average
Figure 4. Financings, Last 12 Months
Source. Company reports
Cumulative total over $5.6 billion: Overall, on a cumulative basis, W eb 2.0 financings have totalled over $5.6 billion,
with the majority of the financing coming in late 2007 and the first three quarters of 2008 (Figure 5). Financing for the first
quarter of 2009 ($438 million) has now passed that raised in the fourth quarter of 2008 ($339 million) – reversing the
downtrend since the second quarter last year.

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Web 2.0 Financing (cumulative)
1,400.0 6,000.0
1,313.3
1,200.0
5,000.0
959.2
1,000.0
4,000.0
800.0
727.7
(US$m)
(US$m)
3,000.0
600.0
528.9
438.0 2,000.0
400.0 338.5
319.4
1,000.0
200.0 151.7151.5
135.6
106.6
87.2 82.8
77.4
41.9 57.8
38.8 20.1 37.5 33.5 18.2
0.0 0.0
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Figure 5. Financing, Cumulative
Source. Company reports
U.S. remains dominant: U.S. companies continue to dominate capital market activity – with almost 67% of
financings/M&A involving U.S. companies (based on dollars) (Figure 6). The international spread of Web 2.0 companies is
demonstrated in the financings as well, with 16.6% raised for Chinese companies and 4.2% for Russian companies. Based
on number of transactions, the U.S. leads with 72.1% of deals, while Canada is third in number of financings at 5.1%
(Figure 7).
Financing/M&A by Country - LTM ($) Financing/M&A by Country - LTM (#)
China
Canada Israel
16.6% UK 5.1% 3.7%
5.1%
Russia France
4.2%
2.8%
UK Israel
2.1% 1.9%
ROW
France
1.6% 11.2%
Denmark
1.6%
ROW
5.1%
USA
USA
72.1%
66.7%

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Figures 6 & 7. Financing/M&A, by Country (LTM, $, #)
Source. Company reports
Larger volume of early-stage funding (by count): Almost half of financings in the last 12 months are for early-stage
companies (Angel/Seed or Series A) (Figure 8). Series B rounds are 28.4% of the total, with later-stage (Series D, E and
PIPE) deals accounting for just 7.3%.
Financing by Type - LTM
Series C
15.1%
Series B
28.4%
Series D
4.7%
Angel/Seed
11.2%
Debt financing
Series A 3.0%
35.8%
PIPE
1.7%
Figure 8. Financing, by Type (LTM, #)
Source. Company reports
Equity financings smaller over last 12 months: In the last 12 months, the average size of Series A, B, C, and D rounds
have all been lower than the overall average (Figure 9). Note though that Angel/Seed rounds have been larger.

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Average financing round size
40.0
36.1
35.0
33.5 33.5
30.0 28.8
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Angel/Seed Debt financing PIPE Series A Series B Series C Series D Series E
LTM Average Size Overall Average
Figure 9. Average Size per Round
Source. Company reports
C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (P R I C E P E R F O R M A N C E )
Price Performance: Our W eb 2.0 index (market-cap weighted) underperformed the NASDAQ composite index from mid
2008 until recently (Figure 10).

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Web 2.0 Index Price Performance
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NASDAQ COMP Web 2.0 (Market Cap Weighted)
Figure 10. Web 2.0 Price Performance
Source. Capital IQ
Webzen leads; NGI gives back price increase: NGI Group (2497-TSE) fell 22.8% after leading last week, to have the
worst performance in the group (for stocks with prices greater than $1) (Figure 11), after increasing 22.1% last week.
W ebzen (W ZEN-NasdaqGM) rose the most, +37.1%.

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1 Week P rice P erformance
Webz en Inc. 37.1%
NEOWIZ G ames Corporation 20.4%
Perf ect World Co., Ltd. 17.2%
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc. 14.3%
G amania Digita l Entertainment Co., Ltd. 12.7%
G iant Interactive G roup, Inc. 11.8%
Chines e G amer International 8.3%
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 7.0%
Eolith Co. Ltd. 6.7%
G ree, Inc. 6.6%
K ings oft Co. Ltd. 4.4%
HanbitS oft, Inc. 4.1%
Neteas e.c om Inc. 2.2%
TheS treet.c om, Inc. 1.7%
A ctoz S oft Co., Ltd. 0.5%
S handa Interactive Entertainment Ltd. 0.0%
Tree.Com, Inc. 0.0%
Moggle, Inc 0.0%
G ungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. -0.2%
S K Communica tions Co., Ltd. -0.8%
Y nk K orea Inc. -2.4%
Modern Times G roup Mtg A B -2.6%
DA DA S pA -3.0%
Open Tex t Corp. -3.7%
S ocial Media V enures , Inc. -4.0%
S park Netw orks , Inc. -4.5%
PhotoChannel Netw orks Inc. -4.6%
A Q Interactive, Inc. -4.7%
Y edangOnline Corp. -5.3%
DigitalTow n, Inc. -8.4%
S hutterf ly , Inc. -8.5%
Frogs ter Interactive Pictures A G -8.6%
IA C/InterA ctiveCorp. -9.1%
United Online Inc. -10.0%
Northgate Technologies Limited -10.4%
G ameOn Co Ltd. -12.9%
The9 Limited -13.5%
Mix i, Inc. -14.2%
X ING A G -14.2%
G igaMedia Ltd. -14.9%
Ngi G roup Inc. -22.8%
-30.0% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0%
Figure 11. 1-Week Price Performance
Source. Capital IQ

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INDUSTRY NEWS (PARTNERSHIPS, FINANCIAL RESULTS, NEW PRODUCTS)
K ey Developments
C ompany Headline Notes
T ree .C om, Inc. (Na s daqG M: T R E E ) T ree. C om Inc. L aunches New, S implifie d F ilte r T re e.C om I nc. announce s the lau nch of new, simplified f ilter te chnology available only to Le ndingT ree Network lende rs . F iltering te chnology
T echnolo gy at L endingT ree give s lenders a cus tomer targeting capability at their finger tips . T he te chnology , no w eas ier tha n ever, s implifie s the filter s et
up a nd management proces s providing le nders a more stre amlined approa ch to targeting the exa ct cus tomer s egments that mee t s pecific
unde rwriting crite ria a nd inves tor requ irements. LendingT re e's proprieta ry filtering technolo gy was firs t intro duced in 1998 and s ince that
time, has helped more than 25 million borrowers work with lende rs clos ing more tha n $1 85 billion in loa ns . Le nders who belong to the
LendingT re e Ne twork work with highly-qua lified cus tomers look ing fo r mortgages a nd ref ina nce loans , home e quity loa ns /lines o f credit, a uto
lo ans , and pe rs onal lo ans .
R B C Information S y ste ms L aunche s Macroecono mics O AO R B C Information S ys te ms a nnou nced the launch of a new proje ct-M acro economics -integrated with the Q uo te.ru financia l news porta l.
O AO R B C Informa ti on S ys tems
P roje ct T he pro duct is aime d at providing R B C 's us ers with re gular updates o n macroecono mic statistics for R u ss ia and a number o f other countries .
(R T S : R B C I)
T he new project is divided into s everal blocks o ffering information, news a nd analys is . In thes e block s vis ito rs will ha ve acce ss to an
economic ca lendar fo r 6 countries , the late st s howings fo r at leas t 3 0 to 40 ma croe co nomic indicators , the mos t recent econo mic updates ,
analy tical articles a nd commenta ries by ex perts o f the world's inves tment companies , a s well as e co nomic f ore ca s ts by mo re tha n 20 top
world's and R us sian inves tment banks . In a dditio n to tha t, the po rtal's us ers will a ls o be granted a cce ss to s tatis tics archives f eatu ring
histo rical ma croe co nomic indices , along with a brief des cription of e ach of the indicators, including a no te o n the pe riodicity of updates a nd
the date of the lates t update. T he dynamics of e ach of the indicators ca n be track ed in a chart.
No rthgate T echno lo gie s Limited A ppoints R ames h Northgate T e chnologies Limited informed that M r. R ames h Y arllagada has be en a ppointe d as a dditio nal dire ctor (non-ex ecutive and
Northgate Te chnologies L imited
Y arllaga da a s Additional Director indepe ndent director) of the company effective from F ebru ary 2 8, 2 009 in the board mee ting he ld on F e bruary 28, 2 009 .
(B S E : 590057)
IdeaE dge Inc. A nnounces A uditor C hange Idea E dge I nc. announce d tha t the B DO S e idman, LL P wa s appo inted the inde pendent re gis te re d pu blic accounting firm o f the C ompany on
Idea E dge, Inc. (O T C B B : ID AE )
O cto ber 8, 200 8 and remains its independent re gistere d pu blic accounting firm.
P erfect W orld C o. L td. Announces U naudite d P e rf ect W orld C o. Ltd. announce d unaudited cons olidated earnings res ults for the f ourth quarter a nd y ear e nded December 3 1, 2 008. F or the
P erfec t W orld C o., L td.
C o ns olidated E arnings R e su lts f or the F ourth Qu arter and quarte r, the company 's total re venues were R MB 417 .8 million ($61. 2 million), an increas e o f 61. 7% f rom R M B 258. 4 million for the fou rth
(Nas da qGS : PW R D)
Y ear E nde d De ce mbe r 31, 2008 ; P rovides E arnings quarte r of 2 007. Net income f or the qua rter was R MB 12 4.8 millio n and or R M B 0.42 per diluted s hare a s co mpa re d to net inco me of R M B
G uidance for the F irs t Qu arter of 2009 146. 2 million or R MB 0. 50 f or the sa me qua rter of 2 007.
F or the ye ar, the company 's to tal reve nues we re R MB 1, 437. 2 million as compared to to tal reve nues o f R MB 6 89.1 million in 2 007. T he y ea r-
over-y ear increas e wa s primarily due to the ex pansion of the C o mpany 's game portfolio , the s ucces sf ul lau nch of a s eries of e xpa ns ion
pack s and ma rk eting campaigns , and a significant e xpa ns ion in overs eas licens ing bus ine ss . Net income f or the ye ar was R MB 64 6.5 millio n
and net income attributa ble to o rdinary s ha re holders of R MB 646 .5 million or R MB 2. 18 per diluted s ha re as compared to net income of R MB
361. 94 million and net inco me attributa ble to ordinary shareholders of R MB 360 .2 million or R M B 1 .35 per dilu ted share in 20 07.
P erfect W orld C o S eek s A cquis itions Michael C hi, the F ou nder, C hairman and C E O of P erfect W orld C o., Ltd. , s aid in a co nference ca ll, “O ur pos itive re su lts during the perio d
P erfec t W orld C o., L td.
co ntinue to be drive n by ou r e xecution of our s trategy. W e continue to de velop and lau nch new games to the marke t in a very time ly ma nne r.
(Nas da qGS : PW R D)
W e have also s een ma ny great achie vements in our o vers eas e xpa ns ion eff orts during 20 08. W e s ucces s fully broadened our geographic
co ve ra ge in A s ia and E u ro pe thro ugh overse as licens ing and we es tablis he d a wholly owne d s ubs idia ry in the U nite d S tate s that ope rates
our own games thro ugho ut N orth A me rica. P urs uing s trate gic a cquisitions is als o one of o ur stra tegy to drive bus ines s gro wth.”
U pdate to P erfe ct W orld C o., Ltd.'s E quity B u yba ck o n As o f Ma rch 1 , 20 09, P e rfe ct W orld C o. , Ltd. ha s re purchas ed 977, 492 ADS 's (equ ivalent to 48 874 60 s ha re s) and 18 ,750 ,000 s hares , u nder
P erfec t W orld C o., L td.
M arch 1, 2 009 its s ha re repurchas e pla n.
(Nas da qGS : PW R D)
J umbuck E nterta inment P ty Ltd. announces a n E quity J u mbuck E ntertainment P ty Ltd. (A S X : J MB ) authoriz ed a n on-mark et s ha re repurchas e program on March 3, 200 9. U nder the progra m,
J umbuc k E nte rtainment P ty L td.
B uy back J u mbuck will repurchas e up to 4,80 2,011 ordinary s hares , repres enting 9. 7% o f the is s ued capital. T he program will begin on M arch 18 ,
(AS X :J MB )
2009 and continue for 1 2 months, or until the maximum number o f s hares is acquired or u ntil notice is given that the buy back is co ncluded.
T he s ha re buy back progra m is a part of J umbuck ’s capital management program. O n M arch 3, 2009 , J umbuck has 4 9,53 2,82 5 s hares in
is s ue. Au stock S ecuritie s Ltd. (Melbourne ) acted as the brok er to J u mbu ck f or the trans action.
T ence nt H ol dings L td. (S E HK : 700) T ence nt Ho ldings Ltd. E x pands Mobile S ervice T urf in T encent Holdings Ltd. ex pands its se rvice to 1 6 area s acro ss C hina , on the s trength of gene ra l packe t radio s ervice (G P R S ) o f C hina
C hina U nico m (Ho ng K ong) Ltd. , formerly k nown as C hina U nico m Ltd. C hina U nicom's G P R S u se rs can install the lates t vers io n of Mobile Q Q , a
ce llular me ss aging s ervice provided by T e ncent, in the ir mobile pho nes . It means that they can cha t with their friends any time. T he lates t
ve rs ion will be available in su cces s io n in other area s in the cou ntry. U p to no w, the lates t vers io n is expe cted in the 1 6 area s including
G uangdong P rovince, Zhe jiang P rovince , Hu bei P rovince, S hanghai, J iangs u P rovince , F ujia n P ro vince, T ianjin, J ilin P ro vince, H enan
P rovince , S handong P rovince , He bei P rovince, Ha ina n P ro vince, J iangxi P rovince, He ilongjiang P rovince, Xinjiang U y gur A uto nomous
R egion, and G uangxi Zhua ng A uto nomous R e gio n.
XI NG AG O pens S ubs idiary in Mila n XING A G is continuing o n its clea r cou rs e of inte rnational ex pansion. T he opening of a new su bs idiary office in M ilan mea ns that XIN G AG is
X ING AG (X T R A: O 1B C )
now pre se nt a t a local leve l f or the thriving o nline co mmunity in Italy . T he C ompa ny has appointed C ipriano Mo neta (45), an internationally
re nowne d Internet Manager, with the aim o f driving f orwa rd member growth and B 2 B operations in Italy with increa se d impe tus .
B ey ond C omme rce Inc. R e ports S ale s R es ults for the B e yond C o mmerce Inc. re ported s ale s re su lts f or the mo nth of F ebru ary 2 009. T ota l revenu es of $3,3 26,0 00 fo r the mo nth o f F ebru ary
B eyond C omm erce , Inc .
M onth of F e bruary 2009 ; P rovide s E arnings G uidance for re pres ent an increas e o f 44 % compared with the prior month, a nd a bout 80% increa se s ince December 20 08. The company a nticipa tes the
(O TC B B : B YO C )
the F irs t Qu arter of 2009 ; to La unch i-S U P P LY 's E - firs t quarter to be profitable, bas ed on current trends .
C o mmerce W idge t S tore T he compa ny anno unced that its i-S U P P LY 's E -comme rce widget s to re will enter the mark et u sing a be ta vers io n 1.0 on thou sa nds of W eb
sites in late March 2 009, off ering abo ut 1 .8 million brand name pro ducts . i-S U P P LY will a dd a n additional re ve nue strea m and be the
back bone of the proprie tary advertis ing network the C ompa ny is currently developing.
T he 9 to Lau nch O pen B e ta T e st for F IF A O nline 2 T he9 Limited anno unced that it planne d to initiate ope n be ta te st for P E ente rtaining game, F IF A O nline 2 in A pril. T he game is the
T he9 L i mited (Nas da qGS : NC T Y)
developed ve rs ion o f fo otba ll game FI F A, a multimedia o nline role -play ing ga me (MMO R P G ) by A merican game runner, E le ctro nic A rts ,
which has go t the of ficial authoriz ation f ro m F e deration Inte rnationale de F oo tball As s ocia tio n.
G iant I nteractive G ro up I nc. R e ports E arnings R es ults for G iant Interactive G rou p Inc. unau dited conso lidated ea rnings re su lts f or the fou rth qua rter and fiscal y ear ended December 31 , 20 08. F or the
G iant Interactive G roup, Inc .
the F ou rth Q uarte r a nd F u ll Y ear E nded December 3 1, fourth qua rter 200 8, the company reported that net income was C NY 290 .3 million, a yea r-over-yea r decreas e o f 13 .0% f ro m C NY 333. 8
(NYS E :G A)
20 08 ; P rovides E arnings G uidance for the F irs t Q ua rter millio n. N et income de clined fro m the sa me perio d las t y ear as the C o mpany remained in a trans itio n pe riod following the adjus tme nts made
of 200 9 ; Declares C as h Dividend P ay able on April 10, to ZT O nline's mone tiz ation s tru cture du ring the third qua rter 200 8. B as ic e arnings per s ha re for the pe riod was C NY 1.2 6 and dilu ted
20 09 ; P lans to La unch N ew G ames earnings pe r share was C N Y 1 .23 co mpare d to bas ic earnings pe r share of C NY 1.3 9 and dilu ted earnings pe r share of C NY 1.3 3 for the
sa me period las t y ear. Net revenu e was C N Y 3 53.1 million, re pres enting 18.8 % decreas e from C NY 434 .8 million in the fou rth qua rter 200 7.
Income before income tax expe ns es was C NY 25 5.31 million compa re d to C NY 333 .80 millio n in the fou rth qu arter 20 07. Non-G AA P net
inco me for the qu arter was C NY 29 8.26 million compa re d to C NY 347 .32 millio n for the s ame perio d in 20 07. B as ic Non-G AA P earnings per
share fo r the perio d was C NY 1 .29 a nd dilute d Non-G A AP ea rnings per s hare was C NY 1.2 6 compared to bas ic No n-G A A P e arnings per s ha r
S park Networks , Inc. (AME X : L O V) S park Networks Inc. A nnou nces U nau dited C ons olida ted S park Network s Inc. a nnou nced u naudited conso lidate d ea rnings re su lts f or the fourth qua rter and full y ea r e nde d Decembe r 3 1, 2 008.
E arnings R es ults fo r the Fo urth Q ua rter and F ull Y ear R evenue for the fo urth quarter o f 20 08 was $ 13.2 million, a de crea se of 18% compa re d to $16 .0 million in the fourth qua rter of 2 007, and a
E nde d Decembe r 31, 2 008 ; A nno unces Impairme nt 6% decre as e compared to $ 14.0 million f or the prio r quarter. Net los s for the fo urth quarter o f 200 8 was $ 164, 000, or $0 .01 per bas ic and
C harges diluted s ha re, compared to ne t income of $6. 6 million, or $0. 25 per bas ic and dilute d s hare, for the fo urth quarter o f 200 7. I n the fo urth
quarte r of 2 007, the C ompany releas ed net ope ra ting los s valuation allo wa nces , which redu ce d the ta x provision. Adjus te d E B I T DA f or the
fourth qua rter of 2 008 was $3. 7 million, a decre as e of 3% compa red to $3.8 million f or the fourth qua rter of 2 007 , and a decre as e of 11%
co mpared to $4 .1 million in the prior quarter. Fo r the quarte r, the co mpany has o perating income of $ 1,23 7,000 aga inst ope rating income of
$1,6 19,0 00 reported a y ear ago. F o r the quarter, the compa ny had income befo re inco me tax es of $721 ,000 aga ins t income before income
tax es of $1,89 6,00 0 repo rted a ye ar ago . F or the qu arter, the company had E B IT DA of $ 1,17 8,00 0 agains t E B IT DA o f $2, 420, 000 re ported a y
M odern T imes G ro up to La unch Ne w T V C hannel in Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB will launch a ne w free tele vis ion channel in the C ze ch R epu blic. T he company s aid the channel, to be called
Modern T ime s G roup Mtg AB
C z ech R epublic P rima C O OL , will air on A pril 1, 200 9 and complement the compa ny's exis ting P rima televis ion cha nnel. P rima C OO L will be a broad-ba se d
(O M: MT G B )
gene ra l e nterta inment channel, ta rgeting 2 0-4 0 y ear o ld viewers .

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W izz ard Media S igns Distribution Agre ement with G et W iz z ard Me dia a divis ion o f W izz ard S oftware C orpo ra tio n an noun ce d th at it ha s sign ed a n agree me nt with G e t Ma rried to dis tribu te its
W izzard S oftware C orpora ti on
M arried exclus ive video con tent via A pple iT un es , Micro so ft Zun e Ma rk etpla ce and s ele ct vide o s treamin g web s ite s. Driven by unique video and
(AME X: W ZE )
in forma tio n, www.G etMarried.com and G et M arried's s ho w on Lif etime T elevis ion conne cts bride s with lo ca l a nd n ational weddin g
profes s io nals and in dus try expe rts online and on televis io n every day throu gh e nterta inmen t an d ne ws. W ork ing with G et Married fits with
W iz z ard's s trategy o f he lping high-qua lity, branded con tent produ ce rs ex pan d th eir rea ch and expos ure to new audiences . As pa rt of G e t
Marrie d's mis s ion to provide unique co nten t to brides and wedding profe ss ionals how and wh en they want it, th e pa rtn ersh ip with W izz ard
Media further e nables G et Married to dis tribute its expans ive portfolio of wedding-related video .
U pdate to G iant Inte ra ctive G roup, Inc.’s E quity B uy ba ck As o f Decembe r 3 1, 2 008 G ian t Interactive G roup, In c. has repurch as ed 1 4,94 7,20 0 s hares fo r a to tal cos t of $97. 7 million, under the
G iant Interactive G roup, I nc .
on December 3 1, 2 008 program an noun ce d on Au gus t 1 1, 2 008.
(NYS E :G A)
S ites earch C orpo ra tio n A ppo ints J a mes Dixo n as a C hief S ites ea rch C orporation co mmenced an emplo yment agree men t with J ames Dixo n pu rs ua nt to which Mr. Dixo n will s erve as the company 's
S ites ea rch C orporation
E xecutive O ff icer C hief E xe cu tive O ff icer ef fective March 4, 200 9. T he agree me nt is for an in itial on e y ear te rm un les s te rminate d by eithe r party and ma y be
(O TC B B : S T P C )
extende d by mutu al agreement between the co mpa ny and Mr. Dixo n.
T ree .C om, Inc. (Na s daqG M: T R E E ) T ree. C om, In c. P rovides E arn in gs G uidance f or the F irs t T re e.C om, Inc. provided earnings gu ida nce fo r the f irs t qu arter of 200 9. F or the quarter, the compa ny expects E B IT DA an d ne t in come (los s )
Q ua rte r of 2 009 to be roughly in-line with or s lightly better tha n E B I T DA a nd n et income (los s) f or the fourth qua rter of 2 008.
Figure 12. Key Developments
Source. Capital IQ
VALUATION
MMOG companies lead market cap charts: Seven companies in our W eb 2.0 universe top US$1 billion in market
capitalization (Figure 13). Sixty-seven of the 89 companies have market caps under US$100 million, with 30 under $10
million. Online gaming companies dominate the top of the list with four of the top five by market cap.