SiliconHills

OCTOBER 23, 2017

SailPoint Technologies, founded in 2005, filed papers with federal regulators on Friday to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. The Austin-based cybersecurity firm has raised $26 million to date in venture capital and private equity funding.

Private Equity 85

Private Equity Initial Public Offering Venture Capital Equity 85

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. But everything has intrinsic value.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

After the acquisition of SneakerLabs, he served as the Vice-President of Interactive Technologies for E.piphany. There are three forms in which a company can have something new and unique: 1) New technology (the most common form, examples are Twilio, Coin, Occipital). New Technology or New Market, meaning no “me too” ideas.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

The BDS series tracks the annual number of new businesses (startups and new locations) from 1977 to 2005, and defines startups as firms younger than one year old. The study reveals that, both on average and for all but seven years between 1977 and 2005, existing firms are net job destroyers, losing 1 million jobs net combined per year.

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The first chart shows the average pre-money valuation for the first round of US technology companies founded in the last 5 years, provided said round was between one and two million dollars. Is the dilution of co-founders counterbalanced by other factors? Is it worth it or not? Bookmark the permalink.

Pre-Money Valuation 66

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Cofounder Founder 66

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Experienced entrepreneurs preserve equity – [link]. 41 billion has been lost or is likely to go unspent in gift cards issued since 2005 – [link]. CEC’s Startup Forecast – “Never been a better time to start a company in Chicago” – [link]. Mocked And Misunderstood – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. We were familiar with internet startups and technology platforms, and we had experience using email, blogging, search and social techniques for internet marketing. Ok, let’s dive in and discuss in more detail. Mega VC, Micro VC.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

No, the heart of the “find the next Facebook” challenge is that the vast majority of investors are either too poor or - more interestingly - too rich to even consider an investment like Peter Thiel’s $250,000 into Facebook in 2005. And, of course early-stage private equity investing requires heaping platefuls of courage and guts.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Private Equity Early Stage Equity 78

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels.

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

And since VC dollars tend to concentrate around high-tech R&D areas, it’s notable that more than 90% of the nation’s innovation-sector growth (2005-2017) is accounted for by just five metro areas — Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and San Diego. Technology transfer office. Venture capital.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

They identify a number of interesting differences between generation Z and their forbears: Online nearly all the time – born digital and never experienced life without technology. First is greater use of technology and the second is an increase in the value of authenticity. Surveys also show that they care less about fashion.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Technology Product 60

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2018

For example, through our women’s empowerment pillars of Entrepreneurship, Education & Equity – or as we call it, WE3, Community Commerce now invests in underserved women in each of these areas via supplier partnerships, fellowships, scholarships, mentorships and other resources.

Entrepreneur 49

Entrepreneur Community Leadership Canada 49

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle). He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Economics from Columbia University.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2018

What I remember from that interview is the most thrilling vision of how technology would become an extension of your personal potential, and how Motorola would become a leader in that charge. We were on a mission to challenge how the personal technology /cell phone technology would integrate into peoples’ lives.

Ukraine 48

Ukraine Pennsylvania China Austin 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. We trade emails on the topic of entrepreneurship often. We managed the business because we felt responsible since we raised money. Fast forward to my second company.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

In 2005 Vagnozzi put together 30 investors to pool $1M and fund the development of 110 acres in Montgomery County. Technology and its Impact on the Commercial Real Estate Industry. The entrepreneur in him started to flourish. The rise of e-commerce has changed the landscape of retail real estate.

New York City 107

New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 107

Altgate

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

For technology companies (nearly 500 in total participated) about 50% described themselves as primarily in the “software&# industry while 10% described themselves as in the “cleantech&# industry. Below is another interesting chart on founder equity for tech companies. I’ve always found this chart amazing to me.

Startup 28

Startup Venture Capital Equity California 28

Altgate

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Interestingly, the data was not correlated with innovation and technology cycles either However, the implied assumption is that the ‘model’ is linear and we’re in such uncharted water that I’m not sure that’s true.

Europe 28

Europe Washington Venture Capital Equity 28

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. It became brand building and culture building moment for the company. (21:41)

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Pascal's View

APRIL 19, 2009

new capital formation from venture-backed companies because capital normally dedicated to long-term risk has been severely drained from our equity markets—both public and private. for the Clean Tech sector since 2005.   New Technology, particularly Cleantech and Life Sciences investments, are critical focal points.

Venture Capital 31

Venture Capital Early Stage Washington California 31

Altgate

JANUARY 4, 2009

We’re already starting to see layoffs at the large private equity funds where Blackstone , Carlyle and American Capital announced staff cuts between 7% and 19% in December. ← There Is Absolutely No Bubble In Technology Top 10 Posts From 2008 → Comments are closed. Bookmark the permalink.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Term Sheet Private Equity Early Stage 28

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

The small team, building a brand-new product, out-innovating complacent incumbents…not only is the experience fresh and exciting, it also focuses on the things most founders love—especially technical ones: Solving interesting problems, developing new technologies, devising a unique strategy.

Founder 78

Founder Hiring Cofounder Hawaii 78

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. of startup businesses as far back as 2005. What you need is an experienced executive, who is willing to work for equity, and will happily step aside in a couple of years when your revenues exceed $20M.

Advisory Board 189

Advisory Board Angel Investor Equity Salary 189

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. What are your unique insights about technology, economics, change in market, etc. Step 4: Series B – you raise $10-$50M. Step 5: Series, C, D…. Btw, the definition of each startup financing stage has changed in the last decade. How will you do it?

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

P rimeSense , the Israeli technology company behind Microsoft Kinect’s magic, has raised a $50 million round from French investment bank Lazard Group, based on a valuation of 300 million USD, reports TheMarker (Hebrew). PrimeSense was founded in 2005 by Aviad Meizlos, Ofir Sharon, Dmitri Reiss, Alex Shpunt and Tamir Berliner.

Private Equity 111

Private Equity Dilution Valuation Differentiation 111

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the first batch of startups we funded, in the summerof 2005, most of the founders spent all their time building theirapplications. 4 ]Theres probably also a second factor: startup founders tendto be at the leading edge of technology, so problems they face areprobably especially valuable. [ They would have gottenthe royal raspberry.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the very early stages of a technology company, one of the biggest unnecessary cash sinks is office space. There’s a missing myth #0: “If my company is successful and I’m making a good salary and my equity is worth millions, I will be happy.&# However, it could be more complete.

Software Review 40

Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

It was early in 2005 and the company was Facebook. It could come back and hit you in the face during a deposition Make sure that your co-founders have the right skills and commitment before doling out equity. If there are any promises (written, verbal or otherwise) regarding equity, address early rather than later. Steve Bennet.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Your technology is really cool and working great but no one knows you exist. The business guys only started coming in after the core technology had been built out.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice. Want to start a startup? Apply for funding by March 3. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded. Whendel.icio.us

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Altgate

APRIL 26, 2009

This year the survey covers five countries (China, India, Israel, UK and US) in two industries (technology and life sciences). Basically the survey collects salary, cash bonus and equity information for the top executives in private companies (mostly venture- and preventure-backed companies). Bookmark the permalink.

Term Sheet 60

Term Sheet Venture Capital Startup 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight’s technology enables application programmers to create, in one single process, an application that will work with a range of devices without having to rewrite the application for each platform. is buying multimedia transmission solutions developer Arcos Technologies Ltd. OCZ TECHNOLOGY BUYS ISRAEL’S SANRAD.

Flash 94

Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 94