Gust

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. TechStars has several excellent mentors on staff, led by founder and CEO David Cohen.

Incubator 147

Incubator Entrepreneur New York City Silicon Valley 147

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Of course there are more and less capable angel investors, just as with formal VCs, but as a group they are definitely not unwitting philanthropists. When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. For the first half of this year, valuations aren’t outlandish, at about $2.7

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

So, I took it upon myself as a challenge to put together the definitive “ Pre-Seed FAQ.” Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. The amount of capital (and therefore the resulting valuation) also sets the stage for the next round of financing for a company. By definition, yes.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000). Super Angels : This is where my definition of a Super Angel differs from the press’ definition of a super angel. <$50K in aggregate.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Of course there are more and less capable angel investors, just as with formal VCs, but as a group they are definitely not unwitting philanthropists. When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. For the first half of this year, valuations aren’t outlandish, at about $2.7

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Startup Company Lawyer

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless. This was particularly common from 2001 to 2003, after the dot-com crash when companies had raised a large amount of venture financing at high valuations.

Retention 31

Retention Liquidation Preference Employee Common Stock 31

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The VC landscape has gotten much more competitive and crowded over the past several years, and if investors are not using software tools — they are definitely at a disadvantage. In addition to off-the-shelf products, many VCs talk about their own proprietary systems.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Much of the valuations around the consumer web are rationalizing, and because of that, investors are once again focused on understanding business models. ” Users tend to aggregate around platforms and content they identify with (organized around demographics, topics like movies or restaurants, shopping, etc.)

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It’s rather thoughtful and definitely worth reading if you haven’t had a chance to yet. 1) The VC Shakeout is 3-4yrs Old, Not 10 – While there was definitely a rough patch for the VC industry in the wake of the early 00′s tech crash, the reality is that much of the last decade was pretty good for the venture biz.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

By definition, your sales prospects are online - Savvy online marketing is a core competence (sometimes the only one) of every successful SaaS business. 3) Analyze the aggregated data to determine best practices and benchmarks across your customers. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition).

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. link] Kameko Oliver I definitely feel the decline in enthusiastic investing as of late. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. just my 2 cents.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

This introduction was also the opportunity to illustrate the amazing growth of our software and saas portfolio in the past years, with aggregated revenues reaching $1.2B By definition, your sales prospects are online! Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s definitely something that we get a lot of exposure to and really just want to share some advice, hopefully some useful insight that we’ve seen from the thousand companies across the many industries that we serve. There’s definitely things you have to do yourself but it’s not everything. Two, revenue.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Those that are allocated shares have definitive and explicit monetary gain within a 24 hour period of receiving an allocation. Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. They can’t sell the stock at this multiple and therefore that valuation is not available to them.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2018

Look at your growth team score and ask yourself: are you working in a multi-disciplinary team where you focus on high tempo testing on the entire customer journey for bottom line and valuation impact? Aggregate data is crap as it hides the gold inside the segments. Definitely not saturated. Data-driven is a tricky concept.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Agile Analytics Conversion 103

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Stage Valuation Guide. aggregation. Live Definition. valuations. Useful blogs and links for startups. Best of Y-Combinator Startup Advice. Best of Y- Combinator Startup Advice. Raising Venture Capital. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. VC Experts. Founder Equity Issues. Fred Wilson Advice and spreadsheet. advertising.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53