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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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. =. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. .

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Your firm worked with an investment banking firm that underwrote and offered stock (typically on the NASDAQ exchange) to the public.

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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

Agile VC

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Growth IPOs Are Back. Tomorrow we’ll know Twitter’s market cap definitively, at least near term. Why are media businesses so valuable?

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Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Returns Overall

Gust

as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study. The distribution of returns from the different U.S. When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data. (If

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No Mess (Too Much Liquidation Preference)

ithacaVC

As most of you probably know, LP is one of the fundamental economic attributes of preferred stock that preferred shareholders enjoy. Yes, it is possible to issue preferred stock without liquidation preference, but that is rarely done. Series B round = $5mm and the Series B preferred stock is participating with a 2x LP.

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Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Returns Overall

techcrunch.com

as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study. The distribution of returns from the different U.S. When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data. (If

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

The pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A, have created a complex and unique circumstance which many Unicorn CEOs and investors are ill-prepared to navigate. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks.

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