View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Source: Cambridge Associates.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008. 1st 2008 = base 100) This number compares to the Nasdaq reaching a low point of -46% and currently showing a -40% drop year to date. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

The time they spend with customers is usually limited to transactional core products sales, generating lower margins – The resource allocation is not always matching the opportunity (geography, customer segment, vertical.) – The rules of engagement for technical resources (solution or product specialists) are not clear.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Software 48

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Founded in 2008, Shanghai-based CooTek is the company behind TouchPal X Keyboard and TouchPal Contacts , which lets you type contact names directly on your smartphone’s dial pad. When CooTek started its business in 2008, that was a time when the iOS market was still the largest ecosystem and also the easiest to make money from, Lee notes.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. August 24, 2009 2:17 PM Norbert Mocsnik said.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Started in 2008 by Eran Gilad, Yaniv Ben-Arie, Asaf Shtekler and Niv Singer, the company has a headcount of 15 in Tel Aviv and works with Israeli agencies and advertisers. million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom.

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Check out the Brain’s Guide to Angel Investin g and the Brain’s Guide to Venture Capital. It’s free. Get started here.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The pace of SaaS company creation in Europe is growing even faster, up from 200 companies in 2008-10 to 670 in 2014-16. Europe and India are growing particularly quickly, and investment more than doubled from 2015, while the US is up 20%. Our investments in the space have followed suit. We’ve invested $2.3B in SaaS companies globally.

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The average revenue multiple is now 17x+, close to 10 times higher than during the 2008 crisis! When I started in venture, I was fortunate to witness the birth of the first generation of cloud companies in the US. This led me to launch the SaaS 13 Index in February 2008 while I was at Bessemer. And what about Europe?

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 9, 2012

We kludged together a Google group listserv, gathering over 3,000 members with monthly events--from Startup 101 to a "Going to the Mattresses" event in the fall of 2008 to talk about how to survive in the startup nuclear winter. I couldn't possibly run all of the events, though. So, when young VCs wanted to get together, they launched NYCVC.

Community 103

Community Cofounder Bootstrapping Vertical 103

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2022

a 70% decrease in price might seem like a ‘bargain’ to buy, but in 2008, it took stocks 10 years to recover their original price following a recession, and some lost up to 90% of their original value, so it’s hard to predict how far we are from the bottom. Multiples by vertical. And in the private markets (i.e.

Term Sheet 190

Term Sheet Startup Valuation Ukraine 190

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

I love landscapes as they help organise the categories needed to define the vertical. From my vantage point, today’s negative financial sentiment most closely resembles 2008. A persistent, infinitely-scaling virtual space with its own economy and identity system. Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund.

Cloud 200

Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. Our ventures, in turn, have raised over $2 million in external funding.”. INVESTMENT ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON THE ISRAEL-MENA AXIS. Apply here. Takwin Labs.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

It’s like arguing against vertical software. About the company and the CEO: “David Barrett founded Expensify in May 2008; Witold Stankiewicz joined him in August 2008, and together they launched an Alpha product at TechCrunch 50, taking home the “DemoPit 2nd Place” prize. March 26, 2011 at 9:02 am.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107