Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
Then you can do a little bit of research and find out that very few companies ever achieve this valuation in a trade sale so you’re clearly gunning for an IPO. It was early 2000. They did an inside round, spent a bunch of money and then went through a fire sale of the business less than 2 years later. That was market.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “ Time is the Enemy of all Deals.&#. If you are able to raise money from credible sources at a reasonable dilution percentage then I personally favor getting the round done now and building your business.
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Besides the future potential earnings youre forgoing, youre also diluting your own ownership in the company. The offering to a consultant may affect your securities compliance in later offerings and will certainly add to further dilution to founders," Durkin says.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 12, 2012
France has proven its ability to develop innovative internet models Over the past three years, we have invested over $60 million in French technology start-ups with Showroomprive (number 2 in Europe for online private sales), BlaBlaCar ( Covoiturage.fr Such a change would play to France’s advantage and give a boost to the start-up ecosystem.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
But we weren’t optimizing for dilution – we were building a $1 billion+ company and we wanted the runway to succeed. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Yes, this was stupid.
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