Agile VC

article thumbnail

Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. What They Do: Travel search engine. How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Search Statistics: 2010 Queries: 634 million. Series A Preferred.

article thumbnail

Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). property over the years, but certainly frequented not just search but also News, Yahoo! I remember when Yahoo!

IP 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. We ultimately had a good outcome with our Series A but I assure you it required some hard work and we faced plenty of skepticism. Previous Entries.

article thumbnail

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 4 days ago Search. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA. What They Do : Enable users to connect and share content with friends online. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

IPO 100
article thumbnail

Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

IPO 100