Comments on: Vonage IPO plans on the shelf?

By: dude

dude — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:58:10 +0000

carlos bhola is a moron.. anyone who thinks otherwise is a bigger moron

By: Tony Chen

Tony Chen — Wed, 25 May 2005 20:23:52 +0000

Scoot,

The information you mention on Carlos stealing competitive information from Vonage to steal the company is not correct and corroberated.

Forbres magazine describes how Carlos tried to start his own company.

The reason which Forbes cannot mention is that Citron planned a massive dilution of the initial investors and Carlos knew of his plan. Nobody likes to take a dilution.

Jeff Pulver is one of the first Vonage inventors and he recently even blogged that his position in Vonage stock have a “serious dilution”

None of the follow on investments you mentioned were binding. Only herbal.

By: Tony Chen

Tony Chen — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 02:34:42 +0000

Carlos Bhola former President of Vonage just raised $150 million for his new Celsius Capital. Carlos can lead the next Vonage series from what they tell me.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:59:18 +0000

tom - excellent points you make. i had been hearing the same thing as well, but the rpoblem is that investment bankers can do anything for banking fees

By: tom martinez

tom martinez — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:47:05 +0000

Bankers on Wall Street have been saying they can’t take Vonage publuc w/ Citron as the primiary shareholder, CEO, and director for the company. Also, there is talk that the window of opportunity for Vonage is quickly closing to go public or get acquired because all the majors who could afford to buy the company have launched or are launching their own competing service.

By: Chris Selland's Weblog

Chris Selland's Weblog — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:45:33 +0000

You can’t spell ‘VoIP’ without ‘IPO’

Thought-provoking post from Om Malik today regarding Vonage, whose IPO may be postponed (although the company denies it).