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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

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AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. What will happen for the startup IPO market? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. May 26, 2011.

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Boston Startup Talent: Leaky Bucket or Everlasting Spring?

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We’re thrilled for the company to have a great investment partner joining the syndicate and one with deep payments expertise having backed companies like Square, Stripe, Fundbox, and others. Some lament the relocation of Plastiq and other companies who start in Boston but end up moving to Silicon Valley or other startup hubs.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process. With Facebook in the late innings of its IPO process, Yahoo!

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

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AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

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AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. So Groupon obviously filed their S-1 the other day to formally being the IPO process. It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too).