YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Retention, or self-insured retention, refers to the amount of money an insured business is responsible for paying first in the event of a claim before the insurance kicks in.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

The ‘Just Chatting’ category remains the most popular on Twitch, and lockdown measures led to concerts, political events, as well as live shows all being hosted on the platform. From virtual concerts to conferences, art installations and shopping events… this is the beginning of the metaverse.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

GeekWire Events. VENTURE CAPITAL. TECH EVENTS. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Startup Resources. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2018

These tax liabilities, which many companies believe don’t exist, can turn into a heavy burden in the event that a company seeks investors, financing, IPO or sale.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. This is an extraordinary percentage considering that only 1/16 th of 1% of all companies are VC-backed.” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Killer Events – Think about what a wonderful benefit Austin gets by hosting SxSW every year. And build from there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. If everybody is over-paying for early-to-mid stage deals you’d imagine that these all need to feed into a frenzied M&A and IPO market that will garner big returns for these risks investors are taking.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

As an investor you’re trying to pay the appropriate price for your perceived risks of the company succeeding and protect yourself in the event that it isn’t quite as valuable as you had hoped. The earlier you invest the higher the chances the company won’t work out and thus you pay a lower price than later-stage investors.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

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

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

As Venture Capital emerged as an industry in the mid 1970’s, investors in venture-funded startups began to give stock options to all their employees. Startup Compensation Changes with Growth Capital – 12 Years to an IPO. And Mark Suster of Upfront Capital has a great post that summarizes these changes.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2013

And to capitalize on its meteoric challenge to Silicon Valley as the alternative location to startup up in the United States, the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) will be presenting its annual INGENUITY conference on October 15, 2013. You can sign up for it here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. These events may take three to five years at a minimum. This should be perceived as a win-win event, where your startup is bought or merged into a larger peer or competitor, allowing both you and investors to cash out.

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Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

If the startup actually makes it to an IPO, there is actually something you can do. The Greenshoe is an over-allotment of stock options, up to 15% of the total offering at time of IPO. Since they’re options, acquirers only exercise if the stock goes up, and have no downside risk or capital outlay.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Match.com and Square both enjoyed strong first days after their IPOs yesterday. However in the run up to its IPO Square had indicated it would go out at between $11 and $13 per share, and then ended up at $9, and in October last year Square raised $150m at a $6bn valuation.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Over the last five years ago, a disproportionate amount of venture capital funded paid acquisition on Facebook. Not since it’s pre-IPO days has the company looked so vulnerable. Some very large consumer facing businesses were built, but that gravy train won’t last forever—and signs are that it is seriously slowing down.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. And through it all Louis Yuan my patient and wonderful publisher from China Machine Press kept me moving through the events.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

If the startup actually makes it to an IPO, there is actually something you can do. The Greenshoe is an over-allotment of stock options, up to 15% of the total offering at time of IPO. Since they’re options, acquirers only exercise if the stock goes up, and have no downside risk or capital outlay.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. These events may take three to five years at a minimum. This should be perceived as a win-win event, where your startup is bought or merged into a larger peer or competitor, allowing both you and investors to cash out.

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Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO. Venture capital requests that get satisfied are even lower.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

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. We discussed: 1.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. The IPO offering document became the playbook for startups.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Last week''s successful IPO of e-commerce giant Wayfair (market cap $3B) and this week''s impending IPO of Hubspot (if it prices in the range, market cap $600m) has many in the Boston tech community celebrating. 2013 was the best year for IPOs since the tech bubble of the 90s and 2014 looks to wrap up even stronger this quarter.

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IPO Turkey Churn Rate Stock 39

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

First, the implied promise: Taking money from professional investors such as angels or VCs usually requires that you agree to seek an exit for those investors in your plan, often targeting five to seven years as the ideal period for growth before a liquidity event. What if you later decide to just keep control?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO. Venture capital requests that get satisfied are even lower.

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Liquidity Event Startup Equity Venture Capital 243

Haystack

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Yet, looking back, not much changed — there’s more money than every in the early-stage ecosystem, bigger financing rounds, large private pre-IPO growth rounds, and much more. .” Then at the end of 2017, the same worry about 2018; rinse and repeat last year, looking toward 2019.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me. And through it all Louis Yuan my patient and wonderful publisher from China Machine Press kept me moving through the events.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule.

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San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Gust

AUGUST 10, 2014

Here are some basic rules of thumb that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO. Venture capital requests that get satisfied are even lower.

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Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 176