Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A few years ago this was sort of a novelty… not that many startups were going public and not that many bloggers or mainstream journalists took the time or had familiarity with combing these SEC filings. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. From Google Finance.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

Now you might see 60 secs and 5 PVV, 150 secs and 20 PVV, 98 secs and 5 PVV. Conversion Rate is money, sometimes directly as revenue and other times indirectly via Leads collected. The purists amongst you might notice that I'm really using Revenue as the BFF. Revenue <-> Profitability.

Metrics 159

Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. He then argues Squarespace, as a result of choosing a Direct Listing, ended up with a valuation multiple of 6.7X, which he says compares unfavorably to its public peer $WIX (which has an 8X forward revenue multiple).

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82