Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Arguably revenue is the best signal of product-market fit for B2B startups. Some potential customers won’t take your product seriously unless you’re charging for it. And this is not to say that there’s no place for having an unpaid product.

Revenue 234

Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. What They Do: Travel search engine. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. I’m pleased to now turn to Kayak’s S-1 filing.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

In addition to compelling founders, we were drawn to the company by their vision for a professional community for mechanical engineers and designers. But some professional groups often have special characteristics that can best be served via a distinct community with SaaS products that extend deeper into their daily worklives.

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

He had a clear vision of what he hoped to achieve with GrabCAD… to make collaborative CAD design easier in our connected world, where CAD engineers and product designers are more distributed. GrabCAD also had very high engagement in terms of the % of engineers actually sharing large, complicated CAD files in the system.

Boston 154

Boston Acquisition Estonia Viral 154

Agile VC

MAY 15, 2014

So stay tuned because in coming months we’ll be developing Growth Guides that cover a range of issues from product to sales to engineering.' We’re excited to be able to bring these Growth Guides to the seed stage ecosystem.

Seed Stage 193

Seed Stage Engineer Community Sales 193

Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

Cruise control was invented in the late 1940’s and was first adopted on a production car in 1958, the Chrysler Imperial. People often don’t realize or take it for granted that the “machines” have been aiding drivers for some time. So How Will We Get to Driverless Cars?

Virginia 100

Virginia Acquisition California Global 100

Agile VC

MAY 22, 2014

Alibaba’s Tmall is a true marketplace like eBay, though many of the types of products sold on Tmall would be equivalent to what US consumers buy retailers own websites or Amazon. based on product category for all sales settled through Alipay (~80% of Alibaba’s GMV is settled through Alipay).

China 159

China Revenue Flash Affiliate 159