The Equity Kicker
MARCH 11, 2016
As you can see from the chart above, 534 investments were made in the UK (above £0.5m) beating the previous high of 463, which was set back in 2000 at the height of the dotcom bubble madness. As you can see, our ecosystem has been growing fast since 2011, giving more credence to the notion that we we are finally reaching critical mass.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 2, 2010
It’s also meaningless if they had four $200 million funds and the last one they closed was in 2000. Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 8, 2012
Some of the success found in the auto industry today is due to recovery in Japan, where a year after the March 11, 2011 earthquakes, top auto makers have once again reached pre-earthquake levels. Following a boost in holiday retail sales, the service industry has experienced a fast pace of growth in late 2011 and early 2012.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 12, 2012
SailPoint today announced it posted record annual revenue growth in 2011 and closed its largest growth quarter to date in Q4 2011. The company’s momentum resulted from growing customer demand in all geographies and the strong industry validation SailPoint received in 2011 as an identity management market leader.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. It was early 2000. There is no such thing as a uniform price. And of course there are always outliers.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 21, 2012
Other interesting entrepreneurial trends revealed by GUESSS 2011 include: - Singapore IHL (Institute of Higher Learning) students’ Short Term Entrepreneurial Aspirations – defined as an aspiration to be a founder or successor right after studies – were higher (18.8%) than the OECD average (10.7%).
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
As a percentage of total US employment, proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000. The US labor force gained over 10 million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2012—with over 21% of working Americans receiving at least part of their income through self-employment.
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