K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007).

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Close to 80% responded that manual processes, such as tracking down support, preparing reports and pulling data from different sources, are the biggest pain points they face in the valuation process.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The funding for the incubator of accelerator may come from the principals running the incubator (as I believe is the case for AngelPad , i/o ventures etc.) 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).

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

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. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

Babbling VC

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If you generally watch the market in the venture capital space as I do, there's one thing you'll inevitably run across again and again. If it takes forever to raise finances or your fund, there's something not right. billion in aggregate. It's the need for speed! Everything is focused on speed. Get shit done fast.

LP 71

LP Valuation Aggregator Venture Capital 71

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.”

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

On the back of this momentum, Melio today announced a $110m funding round, rocketing the company to a valuation of $1.3b Israel produced three public cloud companies - Wix, Jfrog and Varonis - representing an aggregated market cap of more than $25b, c. just months after it came out of stealth.

B2B 62

B2B Cloud Europe 62

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. In aggregate, angels are significant investors.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There are some obvious structural reasons why a shakeout in the venture capital industry takes a long time. This was also the period when VC started expanding seriously in emerging markets like India and China, and many LPs put new capital into these OUS funds. 2) Rebirth of Some Firms - Mobius Venture Capital is now defunct.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Together, CMRR, Cashflow, Churn, CAC, and CLTV make up the “5 C’s of SaaS Finance. As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above. SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

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 Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. The punchline of Chris’ argument is in the highlighted box, where he argues Procore is better off (having done an IPO and “as a result” of choosing the IPO), because Procore ended up with a valuation the day after the IPO of 20.5X

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. Audience: 90 percent voted “Yes” 8) Venture capital 2.0 Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). easy business finance software. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? Raising Venture Capital. Seed Stage Valuation Guide.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53