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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. Any deal – ANY DEAL – that was pre 9/11 was suddenly in question. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash.