Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Background: Justin Klemm’s analytics and website uptime startup, Ghost Inspector , wants to revolutionize the way businesses manage their ecommerce funnels. By contrast, obtaining a pre-money valuation of $5 million for a business with a new viable product and even very minimal sales is somewhat reasonable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. According to Investopedia , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way. You can have fun without spending big money.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2015

You’ve spent a ton of time and money into developing a profitable ecommerce business, and you’ve decided it’s time to sell. No two businesses are exactly alike, and there are numerous variables that can affect the overall company valuation. Once you have those basic questions answered, you are ready to start your valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In an eCommerce or Internet Services business it is often the marketing costs (if purchased online) and in an enterprise software company it is often marketing plus enterprise sales reps. In eCommerce it’s easy to measure the first time purchase value (AOV, average order value) but that doesn’t tell you the “life time” value.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 23, 2014

From our perspective as ecommerce investors the most interesting thing is confirmation that Amazon is the only volume acquirer in our market, and generally not at huge valuations. That makes it crucial that ecommerce startups can get to high valuations based on fundamentals – i.e. the ability to generate profits and cash.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. Ecommerce Trend for 2014: Buying Into the Subscription Service Model | by Matt Villano – crowdspring.co/1hVvm6v. … Dropbox Could Be A Bargain At An $8 Billion Valuation | TechCrunch - crowdspring.co/1gZjkaE. Is Crowdsourcing Fueling Business Innovation?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. According to Investopedia , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way. You can have fun without spending big money.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

In recent years, eCommerce companies have begun to increase revenue by selling products directly via social media networks. 29- Continued use of online market valuation tools Photo Credit: DJ Parker I have seen the use of apps and online market valuation tools intensify over the last few years and I think that will continue in 2023.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2015

I often get asked about how to determine the valuation for a marketplace startup that is starting to scale. Our assumptions for this valuation: Scale: > $1b GMV. Bessemer offers a good overview of current valuations for different business models: SaaS, marketplaces, consumer, and ecommerce. YoY growth of at least 30%.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Mahesh Vellanki from Redpoint put up an interesting post yesterday about ecommerce valuations. Etsy is arguably more of a marketplace than an ecommerce company and marketplaces have higher margins, more defensibility and hence attract higher multiples, so I would discount them.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 22, 2015

I just saw this chart in a Morgan Stanley investor note with the subtitle eCommerce Hits it’s Stride. Firstly it’s good to see that top investment banks continue to see a lot of growth ahead in eCommerce, but more exciting is the notion that an inflection point is coming towards the end of this decade. Ecommerce Exits'

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 4, 2015

In the last five years we have seen three new ecommerce and marketplace companies worth $10bn+, whereas in the last twenty years there were six US public companies in those sectors worth the same amount. At Forward Partners we focus on ecommerce, marketplaces and related SaaS.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

80+ effective email templates 70 marketing books 120 Customer support resources Brand storytelling framework for founders 50+ tools for scaling eCommerce Planning and pipeline tools 80 stock image and video sites Web marketing strategy. ?Venture Sales, Marketing and customer success. Venture capital.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. CREATORS SHOULD MAKE MONEY FOR THEIR WORK also DONT CHARGE ME FOR YOUR PODCAST ?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

My company focuses on optimization for the high-end and luxury market, and over the years, we’ve learned there are 5 critical factors that will make or break the conversion rate of a high-end ecommerce store. High end or not, all ecommerce stores should at least follow some basic usability principles. Don’t skip the basics.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

eCommerce.). Festive seasons, holidays, and special occasions that increase the demands for specific products. Emerging markets or new methods of delivering your products or services (e.g., Participation in local events or joint ventures that can raise your brand’s profile and increase your reach. Mitigate Threats To Minimize Damage.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I know – I was there when the first people debating funding it at less than a $5m valuation. If we’re doing too many deals in eCommerce or healthcare IT we might ask whether we’re seeing enough deals in other categories. Almost nobody believed and now look at it. Online education.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 4, 2014

the ecommerce companies or software companies that we invest in) and you have a $1m revenue run rate and 20%+ month-on month growth you will generally be in good shape. Companies with greater revenues and stronger growth are able to raise bigger rounds at higher valuations. If you’d like to apply to join us, get in touch.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2020

There are some relevant apps that are easy to use such as virtual text, voice assistants, eCommerce, Price prediction engines, apps for conversion, sound recognition, analysis apps, image editing apps, and so on. Folks could use these products in their daily activities and improve their work much faster.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

There are currently tons of “zombie” startups that have runway, but growth has slowed and they have valuations that they won’t be able to grow into. Sokolovsky also operated an on-demand food delivery startup based in Berkeley, before entering eCommerce logistics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Valuations in the Series A and Series B Market are Booming – [link]. 20 Clean and Minimal Ecommerce Designs – [link]. Why Content Marketing is Not Branding | Copyblogger – [link]. How to Optimize Every Decision in Your Life and Accomplish Nothing | LinkedIn – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Online and ecommerce businesses are especially attractive here, since they are instantly worldwide and not people-intensive. These are not meant to be an accuracy test, but a check on your commitment level, understanding of business norms, and an assessment of company valuation over time.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

However, to raise RBI a woman founder does not need to promise a valuation of $1 billion within 5 years. However, RBI investors report that they see a lot of proposals for ecommerce and consumer packaged goods geared to mothers. Realistic projections.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

According to pandodaily , as well as being focused we are also contrarian: Silicon Valley has run away from the ecommerce category. The most common arguments among ecommerce bears are that the sector is over-invested and that late-stage valuations do not map to public company comps and realistic acquisition values.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. eCommerce was battered this year. Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

So just like with any other business, uh, in the agency space, the more profitable you are, the higher your valuation outside of the financials, there are some components that are unique to the agency space that go into, uh, what affects the valuation. Are they all SMBs small businesses or do you have enterprise really big clients?

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 9, 2014

I knew that Zulily , which Crunchbase describes as ‘A daily deal site for mums, babies and kids’ is an amazing ecommerce success story which IPO’d last year with a valuation in the billions. Ecommerce'

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 15, 2015

You can think about this in two ways: a valuation paradigm and an exchange paradigm. The post Buyer’s Remorse: How It Impacts eCommerce Customers appeared first on ConversionXL. In fact, that’s when your […] The post Buyer’s Remorse: How It Impacts eCommerce Customers appeared first on ConversionXL.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. . In the ecommerce arena I see some great companies spending heavily on customer acquisition. __. faux·men·tum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Financial models, especially valuation models, are interesting in that they can be particularly precise. While it may seem like a tough question to answer, I would argue that most practitioners of valuation analysis would state “not very high.” It is not my aim to specifically convince anyone that Uber is worth any specific valuation.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

Out of those 600, 256 committed to the platform by agreeing to be associated with Recycler Spotter for recycling (recycling facilities) and giving away rewards (restaurants, coffee shops, ecommerce stores, and so on) to our users. They matched buyers with these businesses manually on-demand.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Wayfair: This is somewhere between an exit and and a growth round, but the largest independent ecommerce company focused on the huge home/furniture category raised a $165M round from a group of growth, private equity, and venture investors. Ebay’s third largest acquisition in the last 3 years. from Accel. Big Companies Moving In.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 7, 2016

Also very important to note is that the number of acquisitions declines precipitously as the valuation rises. All this is written primarily with ecommerce, marketplace and software companies in mind. Moreover, much is driven by luck in this industry and individual counter-examples abound.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year. Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. According to many experts , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way. You can have fun without spending big money.

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