1999 Mobile Revenue Valuation 
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a $4.7M link] leehower.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.
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The Equity Kicker
APRIL 11, 2012
The question on everyone’s lips is, of course, ‘how come a two year old startup with no revenues is worth $1bn?’. Revenues from mobile are an important part of Facebook’s growth going forward and photo sharing on their mobile app is mediocre at best. I think that is the difference between 1999 and today.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Mobility really changes everything. They compete on features, price and execution.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Valuations. There are a ton of companies being funded at $500+ million valuations--seriously limiting exit opportunities. Facebook is doing billions in revenues. LinkedIn has great revenue growth. Are their valuations justified? The have actual revenues that are growing. stock market."
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations.
abovethecrowd.com
JUNE 2, 2021
If you download their mobile app, Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut , McDonald’s will give you a free large fries , and Baskin-Robbins will give you a free scoop of ice cream. They can’t sell the stock at this multiple and therefore that valuation is not available to them. Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff.
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