article thumbnail

The Enterprise Strikes Back

BeyondVC

Look at the Dropbox IPO which priced above its initial value and came out white hot at the end of one of the worst weeks in stock market performance. So I’d like to celebrate this brief point in time where the enterprise strikes back. Couple that with Mulesoft being bought for 21x TTM revenue ( see Tomasz Tunguz analysis ) at $6.5

Cloud 60
article thumbnail

Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. Tapulous had raised $1.8mm. TechCrunch.

IPO 242
article thumbnail

The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Over its 13 year life the web has vastly changed from primarily static pages to dynamic database driven automated (“rendered”) web page serving, which Drupal excels at. Will Amazon try to acquire all of Acquia before the inevitable IPO? Amazon has a strategic value beyond many other companies or VCs in their investment.

Founder 42
article thumbnail

Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

They have an expectation that the IPO will be in 3 years and they were in at the ground floor. All deals – especially (but not only) those that got venture funded. In LA we have www.socaltech.com but in every market there’s some sort of database. I don’t think that hairy dentists really expect that.

article thumbnail

News from the World of High Growth Student Startups | GrubHub | Packback Books | #Entrepreneurship #Dissertation

Campus Entrepreneurship

Three items from the frontier… University of Chicago Booth School high growth startup GrubHub has filed for an IPO. Kaplan New Venture Challenge to raising millions in venture capital , Matt Maloney ‘s startup has been on the move. The Campus is indeed the frontier. From winning the Edward L.

article thumbnail

High Returns On A Small Fund Challenge Low Returns On A Big Fund

David Teten

I recently had an extensive debate with Tom about why and whether small funds (like mine, ff Venture Capital ) tend to outperform large funds (like his). I argue that, just as with hedge funds and mutual funds, the larger the venture capital fund, the more difficult it is to generate strong returns.

LP 114