Mandriva: Raising cash
Last week was an exciting one: we announced we were going to raise some cash, we shipped our new version of the distro, Mandriva 2007 Spring and we held our international distributor meeting in Paris.
Let me focus on the cash raise:
Because we are publicly traded, raising cash follows a rather slow process: we need a board meeting, then a shareholder meeting to put the decision up for a vote and this takes some weeks to organize. So the actual cash infusion will happen only after the May 25, if/when our shareholders approve it.
I have spent the last 5 months working on this and I am very happy we found a solution. We needed the investment and it’s been a tough race. Those who’ve done this know what I am talking about. I have looked at all possibilities (yes, all) and talked to everyone (yes, everyone) who could be potentially interested in such a deal, given the time constraints. I can now again allocate all my time and energy to running the business and I look forward to it.
The lead investor in the round of financing is Occam.
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