Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

————————————– A couple of weeks back Twitter acquired a mobile advertising company called Mopub for around $350m in Twitter shares. That way the next IPO will be easier and the one after that will be easier again.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2011

Interesting perspective on LinkedIn’s IPO – arguing that the IPO price was reasonable – [link]. And here’s another side – suggesting that LinkedIn shareholders might have been scammed in the IPO – [link]. Hilarious Truck Advertisements – [link]. Where are the women?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. And it turns out that we click a lot.

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VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The graph below shows the trend of exits – IPO vs. M&A over the past handful of years (side note here that Foundry, like many firms, considers an IPO a financing event, not an exit in and of itself; although obviously it can be a path to an exit shortly thereafter). .

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Explain exactly which marketing/advertising strategies will be used and why. Depending on the type of business, these may include sales of products/services, referral revenues, advertising sales, licensing/royalty fees, and/or data sales. The most common exits are IPOs or acquisitions. Promotions. Detail all revenue streams.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 31, 2012

Mobile advertising is a hot market right now. Evidenced most recently by the IPO of mobile advertising network Millennial and Singtel’s $321m acquisition of Amobee. Mary Meeker just released her annual 100+ page slide deck of internet trends, and three of those show why everyone is so excited about mobile advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. money off the table) given the dearth of IPO’s and M&A over the past few years? -

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VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The graph below shows the trend of exits – IPO vs. M&A over the past handful of years (side note here that Foundry, like many firms, considers an IPO a financing event, not an exit in and of itself; although obviously it can be a path to an exit shortly thereafter). .

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 3, 2014

In advance of the IPO I reconnected with their SVP Product & User Experience Alex Kinnier, whom I know from our days together at Google. I couldn’t ask Alex specifically about the IPO or future plans but wanted to get some more info on a company that gets less press than your typical social app but is poised for an amazing run.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2014

Hottest Pre-IPO Adtech Startups | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1k6cUmV. Is Native Advertising Even Profitable for Brands? – crowdspring.co/1ftv1Y3. 80% of Your Culture is Your Founder | First Round Capital – crowdspring.co/1lk0ZGm. The Sharing Economy Is About Desperation | NYMag – crowdspring.co/1k6bGZ4.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 5 Predictions For Online Advertising | Fast Company – [link]. 50 Creative advertisements of cars | Ants Magazine – [link]. 50 Creative advertisements of cars | Ants Magazine – [link]. Billion Raised | TechCrunch - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

With IPO Hopes Fading, Square And Box Face Reality Of Commodity Products | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1rWbako. The Answer to the Organic Reach vs Advertising Problem on Social Media Channels – crowdspring.co/1rTUmdM. Unfortunately, SaaS Start-Up Valuations Are About To Fall by 50% | saastr – crowdspring.co/1j3n4bO.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Radio Still Good Advertising Option for Small Business – [link]. Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies (by @fredwilson) – [link]. Advertising Isn’t Dead – The Creative Process Is – [link]. Advertising Firms Need To Be Downsized Before They Become Too Dumb For Their Own Good – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Facebook Handled their IPO Exactly Right – [link]. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B 40 Naughty Animals In Extremely Creative Advertisements – [link]. 60 Advertising Posters With Inspiring Ideas – [link]. – [link]. I’ll take a gigabit to go.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ". Kedrosky: "In the 90's I was an analyst through all this [tech investment and IPO] madness. You want to build your own IPO and exit.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 27, 2013

Today''s IPO by Tremor Video is seen by many as a harbinger for the adtech community (full disclosure: Tremor Video is a Flybridge portfolio company). Tremor is the first public offering of an adtech company since Millenial Media''s IPO in April 2012. So, the lesson that may get loss in the Tremor IPO hoopla? Rightly so.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 20, 2012

Looking at the mobile advertising industry over the last few years suggests that tipping point is around 3-5%. The latest news in the mobile advertising industry is of course the Milennial IPO on March 28th (2012) – their market cap peaked at $1.9bn, but has since fallen back to $1.4bn.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

Mark Cuban Says Dead IPO Market for Small Firms Hurts Competition – [link]. Mobile Isn’t Just a Screen or Device, It’s About Behavior | Advertising Age – [link]. These VC funds are pouring millions into the Midwest – [link]. Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

So if we look at the first five years of investing, all of the companies I picked were marketing and advertising, right? Whereas the initial investments in marketing and advertising, there were some benefits there, but I wasn't learning as much. I looked at it, I was like, I would never invest in that company.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The tweet that really spoke the most truth to this discussion (just check the replies for proof), was from Mike Troiano, a well-known marketer and CMO of Actifio, which is considered to be IPO-bound in the next year or two. “Brand experience is something you really want to figure out before you start spending on advertising.”

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

It does so through a powerful rapid development platform and the Buddy Media Advertising Network, which provides advertisers an easy way to reach millions of users of the leading social networks. We help brands to engage their audiences by extending their advertising campaigns into the social world. ” to.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Advertising was one of those extensions that we visioned in the first business plan for Bazaarvoice. And even if somehow you avoid it until your IPO, remember that an IPO is a fundraising event itself. And there were other offers along the path to IPO that we also turned down. How did we do that at Bazaarvoice?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2016

Remember, your brand followers will be your strongest advocates, so when someone needs a recommendation for the kind of product or service you provide, they’ll be the ones out there providing you with “free” advertising. A good way to gauge how strongly your customers feel about your brand is through a customer survey.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common. We have a long way to go baby!

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Venture Chronicles

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like most people, I had the opportunity to review Facebook’s IPO filing yesterday and admit that, like Apple’s recent earnings announcement, this is pretty damn impressive. Facebook was criticized for not having a business model, well they did and it was a tried-and-true one… advertising.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Foundry Group is an advertising start-up "bull" it would appear. We think of these investments as part of our “Glue” theme – meaning that they’re all essentially connective technologies that help increase the velocity, accuracy, transparency and availability of online advertising. Do you see a window developing?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” The advertiser who bought the ads might pay the ad network in 60 days. One of them is profitability. ” Quick examples: 1.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

Anyway, here are the questions and my response: Even though there is uncertainty in the credit markets, a stalled IPO market, and few billion-dollar plus M&A transactions, the investment activity level and appetite for quality businesses in the middle-market continues to be vibrant. IPO vs. M&A)? (My Exit Strategy.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 29, 2013

That’s some growth given the scale they are at and explains why people are talking more and more often about Twitter’s IPO. Clearly they will need very high net margins to reach the mooted $10bn IPO value. The takeaway: there’s an opportunity to help European advertisers spend more money on Twitter.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 4, 2014

Yesterday I noted that the desktop advertising has also peaked. If you take the 1995 Netscape IPO as the start of the internet advertising market then that industry went from inception to decline in 19 years. Advertising Facebook Startup general interest' There’s a similar story there.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Money Money Home Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections IPOs and DPOs Will Crazy Market Moves Kill IPOs and Slash VC Investment? More Personal Finance Headlines from FoxBusiness.com » Featured Advertiser Links. Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You invest low amounts of capital and the company gets to IPO (96-99) or trade sale (05-08) without raising too much capital and certainly not on punishing terms. Revenue must come from a primary source (as opposed to advertising or other third party sources). But in bad economies many angels get burned. Team must be purely technical.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2019

Meanwhile, Soulcycle, the spinning obsession of every trendy New Yorker, filed for IPO in 2018 only to withdraw at the last minute. Doing the right kind of advertising and marketing. F45, a fitness franchise born out of Australia, is one of the fastest-growing in the world, with over 1,500 studios and 6 million members worldwide. .

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