Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.
Agile VC
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
But with media-based businesses, the distribution of outcomes is markedly different in part because the value capture by new disruptive startups is different. To be fair the broad equity markets are up strongly over this time period, but clearly growth has been strongly favored. A couple things factor into this.
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Pascal's View
MAY 13, 2011
My full answer to this question follows: Public companies with equity market capitalizations of less than $1 billion have been negatively impacted by these market changes—and within this group, companies with capitalizations of $500 million or less have suffered the most. Median age of a venture backed company hits 8.7 cents or 6.25
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
San Antonio has Geekdom with USAA and Port San Antonio with the Air Force Cyber Command; Houston has The Ion with Rice University, Microsoft and NASA and The Cannon distributed across the city; Dallas has Pegasus Park with UT Southwestern and Lyda Hill Philanthropies; and Austin has Capital Factory with the Army Futures Command.
Bryce Dot VC
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
So last year Eileen Lee, did this amazing study where she dug into data going back to 2003. For $100,000 we actually don’t take any equity in your company unless you raise more venture capital, at which point we’ll convert into that round of funding or if you sell the company, we’ll have a small piece of that acquisition.
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game.
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game.
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