VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

The report sums up the exits of Israeli high-tech companies in merger & acquisition deals and initial public offerings, as well as buyout deals, from 2012 to H1/2017. In the past 6 months, exits comprised 46 merger & acquisition (M&A) deals, seven initial public offerings (IPOs) and four buyouts, totalling $1.51

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Merger Initial Public Offering 94

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. These are good avenues for finding very smart people in your vertical, particularly global or small market candidates who may not be visible otherwise. Here are a few examples: 1. Look for acquired teams. Acquire a smaller development shop.

Canada 153

Canada Acquisition Vertical Hiring 153

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Just a week after Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) completed its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, the startup and technology blog today announced that it has also acquired Indonesia-based gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. In the News acquisition Asia GamesInAsia.

Asia 210

Asia Acquisition Indonesia Singapore 210

Haystack

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the wake of what is now considered the second-highest enterprise SaaS acquisition in history, below are some quick takeaways that are on my mind: 1/ The Efficiency Of Silicon Slopes – By now it should be no surprise that Utah’s tech ecosystem is on fire. And, every year, it doesn’t materialize that way.

Acquisition 105

Acquisition Utah IPO Venture Capital 105

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. Scale Vertically (or “scale up”): Add resources to a single node in a system, typically involving the addition of CPUs or memory to a single computer. You can scale vertically and horizontally at the same time.

South Africa 70

South Africa Vertical Los Angeles Minneapolis 70

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2020

Nearly a quarter of sellers, altered advertising, customer acquisition and marketing strategies since the COVID-19 crisis began. The post-Coronavirus world is now experiencing a complex change affecting all the industries and verticals. These are the five key sectors and how they have changed during the lockdown.

Global 179

Global Technical Review Analytics Mobile 179

A Crowded Space

APRIL 16, 2015

The conventional wisdom is to say that horizontal marketplaces will be replaced by vertical marketplaces. And why not – if you are designing a vertical marketplace you can have the user experience custom tailored to that vertical and provide a better experience. Now, let’s look at a different vertical.

Vertical 60

Vertical Acquisition B2B Framework 60

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Generally speaking, there are two ways (and only two ways) to scale a business to hit that $100 million threshold: Your business has a high Life Time Value (LTV) per user, giving you the freedom to spend a significant amount of money in customer acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

Instead, their solutions must still compete for funding in a formal budgeting and acquisition process before being eligible for widespread adoption. For example, “flying taxi” startup Joby Aviation aligned its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with the Air Force’s stated interest in advancing the market for air mobility vehicles.

Artificial Inteligence 326

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Startup China 326

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The SaaS model, with its inherent low customer acquisition costs (CAC) and ease of deployment, makes it possible for companies to be successful when focusing on the SMB market, as well as niche verticals. Enterprise products that present a high-value daily utility for the people involved can have a high virality potential.

Fractional CTO 154

Fractional CTO Software Review Viral Sales Cycle 154

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. For example, Snyk has recently announced a number of acquisitions. We’ll also see the emergence of more low code / no code platforms that address specific vertical needs.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2024

For example: Technologies: AI, IOT, Cloud, Blockchain Areas: Vertical SaaS, Crypto, Security, Consumer, Deep Tech There is nothing wrong with this approach, but it has never been native for us. Products, Problems, and People What’s always made us unusual as a firm is that we don’t have the typical answer to the question of “focus”.

Vertical 194

Vertical Cloud Software Technology 194

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. With verticals such as web, gaming, mobile and desktop software, utest has managed to tap into the vast market of companies that don’t have in-house QA teams. more here and here ].

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Common examples include: Average order value; Sales conversion rate; Cart abandonment rate; Customer acquisition cost; Customer lifetime value; Bounce rate; Click-through rates; Pop-up engagement rates; ROI (return on investment; Average inventory sold per day. From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal. Brian Balfour , Reforge.

eCommerce 129

eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. These are good avenues for finding very smart people in your vertical, particularly global or small market candidates who may not be visible otherwise. Here are a few examples: 1. Look for acquired teams. Acquire a smaller development shop.

Canada 67

Canada Acquisition Vertical Hiring 67

ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

Our research showed that LTV was much higher compared to other verticals we have worked in the past which made the decision to change our approach a no-brainer. The goal of the sprint was validating the demand in the “IT integrators” vertical in 5 European countries: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain and England.

B2B 150

B2B Sales Cycle Belgium IP 150

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Co-founders, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson, struck a deal with Galvez that led to the acquisition of Merger Labs , effective January 1, 2018. The acquisition opens the door into a new vertical, allowing the co-founders to accelerate growth and lay the foundation for additional vertical expansions.

Merger 101

Merger San Diego Private Equity Mali 101

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”.

Los Angeles 225

Los Angeles Revenue Southern California Social Network 225

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. They have come a long way since then. Their product direction and demo increased 10x.

San Francisco 254

San Francisco Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review 254

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Another big driver according to Montgomery is that the tech industry has matured and is returning to its vertically integrated roots. As a result the bigger buyers will look to fill gaps in their vertically integrated offerings.

Technical Review 241

Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 20, 2012

Yesterday Amazon announced the $775m acquisition of robotics group Kiva Systems. This is interesting because it is another move by a major internet company to vertically integrate its value chain. Amazon is currently a customer via it’s acquisitions Zappos and Quidsi , but doesn’t use Kiva in it’s home grown warehouses.).

Vertical 100

Vertical Acquisition eCommerce Video 100

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. Statisco Economic Analytics.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Customer lifetime value to customer acquisition cost ratio (CLV: CAC): an important metric that indicates the profitability of the subscription model, it measures the relationship between the lifetime value of a customer and the cost of acquiring that customer. .

Founder 71

Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

On the heels of seeing the 10% influencer base increase the referrals process yielded, the team at Intellifluence pushed to create a brand-to-brand referral program as well, intent on creating user acquisition flywheels wherever possible. Thanks to Mac Fadra, MAXiM Hair Restoration ! #12- 12- Officially Incorporated and more.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Technical Review Las Vegas Vertical 114

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

He also believed that to succeed the company needed to be vertically integrated and bought up 29 parts manufacturers and suppliers. The next year, 1910, trouble hit.

Michigan 268

Michigan Cofounder Stock Forecast 268

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Outcome: Just sold to PayPal for $4B (PayPal’s largest acquisition to date). Unfortunately, at the time we had a few DTC / vertically integrated commerce companies in our portfolio that didn’t do super-well, so we decided that we didn’t want to add another investment. And yeah, $12M felt kind of high :-).

Portfolio 202

Portfolio Cap Table Early Stage Valuation 202

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

Paywalls, by default, are a barrier to organic acquisition—they stop some users from accessing some content. News is an especially challenging vertical since no site owns a newsworthy event. A third option, of course, is a hard paywall—denying all access to searchers or searchers and crawlers. Metering vs. lead-in. Metering. “As

SEO 122

SEO HTML Technical Review Caching 122

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. As usual, then, I worked with three entrepreneurs working on specific businesses.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. It turns out that when you develop strong vertical content you often find you have great collaboration opportunities and don’t have to consider everybody a competitor.

South America 291

South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

Being wholly owned has the same effect, but it does obviously require a merger or an acquisition to occur. Many Berkshire Hathaway companies utilize this position as an advantage. In Advance vs. Arrears. Payment terms can always be a sticky point based upon who has the advantage and who is taking on the risk.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 151

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Entertainment is more than newspapers, more than Hollywood, and more than the sum of specific verticals jousting for consumer eyeballs. Startup landscapes, while not perfect, are useful as they provide a way for us to define a space/category and the players of that vertical. Is it only one exciting vertical within the broader umbrella.

Vertical 113

Vertical Artificial Inteligence Distribution IPO 113

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

However, Cabinet members who are responsible for vertical portfolios still manage the government’s large functional agencies, and there continues to be significant overlap between those who handle commercial, defense, and diplomatic policy. Indeed, this was the purpose for which the council was created in 1947. military installations.

Security 418

Security Artificial Inteligence Taiwan United States 418

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2015

From cost-per-click to cost-per-mille, cost-per-acquisition, and so on, it’s difficult for businesses to determine which pricing models are best-suited for their needs, let alone how much advertising spend to dedicate to the various digital marketing channels that exist in the modern landscape. The Digital Marketing Landscape is Overwhelming.

Advertising 100

Advertising SEO Application Development Channel 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. And I saw a lot of this first hand in Salesforce’s acquisition of my company, Koral, which was a content management company. We didn’t have the resources to do it all.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Developer Management Advertising 287

Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Yet, in my own work with various incubators, I am often struck by the lack of vertical focus. But if you believe software is eating the world, vertical industry by vertical industry, business process by business process, then we should start seeing more entrepreneurs pursuing vertically-centric strategies.

Vertical 41

Vertical Incubator Software Acquisition 41

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value are the two magical numbers you need to calculate for each one of your campaigns. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel. Using this approach, we’ve been able to identify a number of profitable customer acquisition channels for Slidebean.

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Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60