View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Was this a lost decade for venture capital? For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. 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.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? 20% initial ownership.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

Seattle 130

Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

What investment trend(s) do you foresee for 2020 in the SaaS industry? As a consequence, they need a VC that has a strong international network and can help them develop their go to market successfully in the US. More and more champions will be built out of Europe.

API 48

API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

One of the 2020 giants also left this select club: Zoom, which was impacted by the failed acquisition of Five9 and people’s gradual return to offices. While the average forward revenue multiple has declined slightly since its February 2020 peak (19x), it’s still higher today than last year at 17x vs 15.8x in Sept 2020.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

From March to August 2020, Melio saw payments volumes increase by 700% as US small businesses rushed to find a solution to pay their suppliers online. Now processing multi-billion dollar payment volumes, Melio’s monthly active users (MAU) grew by more than 2,000% in 2020 as more US small businesses made the leap to digital payments.

B2B 62

B2B Cloud Europe 62

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

SBA 124

SBA Technical Review Startup 124

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. Often, investors miss out on vertically focused companies like RigUp as they find themselves overly anxious about TAM (total available market). This is a major “unlocking.”.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The 2020 Accel Euroscape was unveiled earlier today at SaaStockEMEA. 2020 Cloud Market: Is The Sky the Limit? While the number of IPOs in 2020 is close to 2019, the average valuation has doubled compared to last year, driven in particular by the massive IPO of Snowflake, which reached a $70 billion market cap on its first trading day.

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Eugene Sepulveda (@EugeneAustin) | Twitter Ingrid Vandervelt CEO & Founder EBW2020 Ingrid Vanderveldt is the Chairman and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020). Stephen is a Capital Factory Mentor, serial entrepreneur and former General Partner at Austin Ventures.

Technical Cofounder 48

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020 : Cooperation between The Nest – ???? ?????? ?????? & & Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 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. Takwin Labs.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” . A Global Impact Tech Alliance.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Global South Africa 174