Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ For me Bubble will always be inexorably linked to what went down in 1999 and 2000 in the internet sector. Specifically, too much money has gone into VC-backed Internet companies at too high a valuation. question in venture capital. It is intentional.

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Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

You probably thought that valuations would be roughly the same as they were the last time you raised money. 3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/31/1999: 49.7. And those are big companies with real earnings, so you can imagine how a private company’s valuation might fluctuate. Financing capital market down round fundraising outkast'

Down Round 78

Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. They spend more time on strategy, go-to-market, business development, and financing.

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

You probably thought that valuations would be roughly the same as they were the last time you raised money. 3/29/1996: 22.3 3/31/1999: 49.7 And those are big companies with real earnings, so you can imagine how a private company’s valuation might fluctuate. In June of 2000, I raised money at an $820M post-money valuation.

Marketing 46

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 46