thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. Hero mentors” have exited their businesses through a trade sale or IPO, sometimes multiple times; they offer inspiration to your team and coaching on strategy and tactics. Advice For The Young At Heart accelerator incubator JFDI Asia Singapore startup'

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2011

It was a casual session, and also a way for Rajan to understand the technology (and political) scene in Singapore and Asia. Rajan briefly shared a little about LinkedIn’s history and how he ended up in Asia. With the foundation established, there are many options available like IPO , expansion and even acquiring other businesses.

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The Next Web

JUNE 29, 2020

In terms of IPOs, while most markets across the world have taken a hit during the pandemic, Seoul’s burgeoning biotech scene has helped position the city as a leader. Seoul’s startup ecosystem is set to take on the tech world.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

One of the most recent success story is the IPO of QIWI plc on the NASDAQ in May 2013. Since the date of the IPO, the company has tripled in size. Asia Entrepreneur Europe Insider' One only has to look at some of the recent successful exits of several Russian VC firms.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia.

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

If IPO's return, you basically will have two to three public markets you can sell into. Further many funds went to other areas to search for money such as the Middle East or Asia. Although attempts are being made to unify things, I am skeptical about this one. Hypothesis 9: The problem is on the demand side .

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

Although Facebook’s stock price has fallen well below its IPO price of $38 per share, many people agree that the stock is still significantly overpriced. and the rest of the world, including Asia, is even a steeper decrease. Facebook stock is trading at 57 times projected earnings (compared to 14 for Google and 12 for Apple).

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South Korea IPO Russia Stock 88

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

They also need VCs capable of financing their entire life cycle — on average, SaaS startups raise between $80 and $100 million before an IPO. SaaS startups need to have a VC that understands the SaaS model, including market development strategies, upsell dynamics, sales incentive plan, etc.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

The best example of this was Facebook’s disclosure during their IPO process back in May that “mobile” usage was increasing significantly but FB’s monetization of mobile users lagged considerably. Gameloft, Rovio) and a couple $1B+ revenue companies in Asia (GREE, DeNA). productivity – Evernote).

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

… Doubtless, there is a crisis in the US IPO markets, and this issue is getting compounded each year. The Big Four Blog , written by professionals and alumni from the accounting firms of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, CapGemini, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

Currently in South and Southeast Asia only 37% of the population uses social media. in regulation A+ (mini IPO) capital and are excited and encouraged by the over 2,000 investors who have shown their support for our vision. We want to provide a social experience that appeals to users across the globe.

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DC Social Media India Asia 48

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Most events are free, but they all require that you RSVP in advance. Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Asia: Coupang (HBS), Dianping (Wharton), GrabTaxi (HBS), Lazada Group (HBS, Kellogg, Sloan, Vienna University).

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Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. WSJ Asia Edition.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics. Management. Electric cars.

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Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

Although we don’t do too many jetés in our work (except when a portfolio company IPOs ), these floors are a pleasure to use particularly when wearing minimal shoes. These are extremely common in Asia, but highly unusual in the US. Such floors are considered the best available for dance and other indoor sports.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Asia. Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. Asia/Pacific. DJVentureWire : Friday IPOs Fail to Price as Thursdays Rally Doesnt Carry [link]. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » Subscribe. América Latina. 中文-简体 (China). Management.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Additionally, if your site has a user base in other markets like Europe, South America or Asia, you may also want to offer login through various international social networks like Vkontakte , Orkut , RenRen or Mixi to ensure your site appeals to global users. Facebook IPO Hitting in Late May [REPORT]. You won’t know until you test.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Save Asia for post-IPO. Unless you have some extremely unfair advantage in Asia, wait until Europe is a clear home run before even considering opening up a sales war on another front.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! Tuesday, September 02, 2008. for Lawson?

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Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

2007 was a turning point for the SaaS industry with the successful IPOs of NetSuite, SuccessFactors, DemandTec, Salary.com, Aprimo and Constant Contact. or What do I need to do to get ready for an IPO. Save Asia for post-IPO. How can I best partner with the large public saas vendors? One Datacenter.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

A brief entry further down the page from the open source, pseudonymous online journal Zero Hedge (tagline: “On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero”) points out that of the tech companies that went public in often wildly lucrative IPOs in 2013, 73 percent have never turned a profit, compared to 27 percent in 1999.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

International Finance Corporation. Internet trends. Internet TV. Invasion Interactive. Invest in Israel. Investors Rights Agreement. Ipoint-Media. IronSource. Israel Angels Management. Israel Central Bank. Israel Cleantech Ventures. Israel corp. Israel Export. Israel GDP. Israel Innovation Road Trip. Semantinet. Senseforge. SenseMatic. Series Seed.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. November 29, 2012.

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