Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

The End of “Internet” Companies. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. I’m not sure whether it’s 10 years from now or 50 years from now, but at some point in the medium to long term future we’ll cease talking about “internet” companies in any meaningful sense.

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. Consumer internet plays in Canada are rare, and finding a VC willing to give you the cash to scale is even more so.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. to the merchant.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

Something has clearly changed within the last 5-6 years in terms of the speed with which monster startups are created in the software and internet space. Multi-billion dollar valuations for late stage startups like Dropbox, et al. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Hockey Stick 113

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 113

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1. What are the implications for other late-stage private companies thinking of making the transition to public markets in the near to midterm future? Zynga – 8x+ trailing revenue. trailing revenue. trailing revenue.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. The next chunk comes from Facebook’s platform, in essence “taxing” the revenues of app developers like Zynga, which represents 15% of revenue.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

Actually, growth equity firms I find are best at this, because they have very specific financial criteria that they look for, such as ranges for revenue, ebitda, growth, etc. We don’t have such a section on our website (yet) and in some ways, the seed/early stage is more amorphous. Stage: Pre Product: 12.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49