Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups.

Angel Investor 342

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Portfolio 342

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

The valuations were too high! This year we’re in > 100+ cities and 100+ campuses and we’re operational with street teams, better software, better bikes and a more informed ridership. Last year I pointed out that software would help build competitive moats and we’re already seeing that. We are now in Act IV.

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South America Global New York City Software Review 250

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

It’s not too late to set up a presence on Pinterest and Instagram, and mobile apps aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Mobile, Mobile, Mobile! It’s crazy how much web traffic is being served to mobile phones now. You can’t ignore mobile, and yet most of the web isn’t optimized.

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API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals.

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. … Dropbox Could Be A Bargain At An $8 Billion Valuation | TechCrunch - crowdspring.co/1gZjkaE. Snapchat’s Valuation If For Real | Business Insider - crowdspring.co/19B3kCX. Here are tips to help you find the right balance - crowdspring.co/19B83EP.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak Software Corporation. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). 3) ITA Relationship: Much has been made of the fact that Kayak along with OTAs (online travel agents) license data from ITA Software which is now part of Google. Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

At the time SaaS just wasn’t mature enough and people at the company weren’t comfortable enough to make the change; too many old habits of installing software. These are now done either transparently in the background, in the cloud, or done using minimally invasive mobile apps. It vastly reduces computer waste.

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Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2014

Mobile and Web UI/UX Tips to Retain Customers | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/1uNIDDB. Mobile and Web UI/UX Tips to Retain Customers | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/1uNIDDB. The Logic Of Crazy Valuations | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/YpvaED. Mobile and Web UI/UX Tips to Retain Customers | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/1uNIDDB.

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups.

Angel Investor 314

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Milestones are accomplishments that demonstrate the viability of the business; hence, they increase the valuation of the company. What might these milestones be?

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Venture Capital Valuation Software Engineering 179

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Which brings me back to your mobile phones. Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

Portfolio 364

Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 trillion by 2025, about 5% of the world’s wealth. Compliance.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

But a nearly $4 billion valuation? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. UX Design for HTML/CSS Mobile Web Apps - crowdspring.co/1auMJDd. Six Mobile Myths | UX Magazine - crowdspring.co/GZCJJG. Pinterest is a good idea & well executed.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 22, 2024

The latest funding brings ElevenLabs’ total raised to $101 million and values the company at over $1 billion after it received a $100 million valuation in June. There was also backlash from voice actors who claimed that users had used the software to harass people online. Who are ElevenLabs?

Artificial Inteligence 85

Artificial Inteligence Poland Cofounder Startup 85

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

A Discussion on Material Choices in Mobile – crowdspring.co/1lYw8iS. Unfortunately, SaaS Start-Up Valuations Are About To Fall by 50% | saastr – crowdspring.co/1j3n4bO. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Up until late August, Lightning Labs had capped the channel capacity and payment size for users of their popular implementation of the network to ~$2000 USD and ~$500 respectively to better protect user funds with experimental software. . NFTs are unique digital bearer assets which may include a variety of software-enabled rights.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). The very strongest companies can still likely get out if they really wanted, but may not command the valuations they hoped for in more bullish times. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If they have, then we should be able to see some evidence that the dominant public technology companies are moving towards bubble valuations. Apple’s valuation is now a case for business historians to discuss because I don’t think there are modern precedents. Software is eating the world. Ex-cash it’s 13.5.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This has a tangible impact on the valuation of start-ups and the pace of investment. Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. If the stock market holds then the pace of VC may hold steady.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a testament to the growing power of “the creator economy,” visual content creation app development startup Lightricks has secured an impressive $130 million investment round, at a valuation of $1.8 Hanaco Venture Capital is a fund located in New York and Tel Aviv that invests in developing and late-stage startups from across the world.

Private Equity 143

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 143

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

35+ Free Mobile & Web Application Development Icon Sets – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Mobile carriers are calling everything 4G these days – [link]. Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. … Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Enterprise apps, driven by mobile and big data. mobile) and smarter (i.e. What used to be perceived as a 5x or 10x gap in valuation between the winner and a runner-up is now more widely seen as between 100x or even possibly 1000x.”. News 2015 Bitcoin Enterprise software mobile predictions Virtual reality'

North America 160

North America America Valuation Artificial Inteligence 160

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

THIS is how absurd things have gotten: “I have to raise at a billion-dollar valuation” “Why? You don’t have the revenue or profit to support that valuation.” Marc Andreessen will forever be remembered for “ software is eating the world.” Since of course software isn’t dead.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Non-Compete Software 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Super Angels sometimes drive up valuations. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

Hacking Startups

JUNE 25, 2013

Bitcoin is uniquely suited for applications where capital mobility is critical. Unfortunately, most insider knowledge about Bitcoin (a bug or perhaps future criminal prosecution of large exchanges or software makers) will need an effective way to take a short position. Other applications are largely spurious. Store of value.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review Offshore Cyprus Software Review 61

Agile VC

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I believe we’re going to look back in 2-5 years and realize that we’ve been in a once a decade boom for internet & software startups. Software revenue trails hardware slightly and ad revenue always takes a couple years to shift, but even here the results are astounding. It doesn’t feel much like a boom actually.

IPO 147

IPO Cloud Valuation Mobile 147

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Dapper Labs raised another $250M, putting their valuation at $7.6B. The funding will contribute to hiring, international expansion, and mobile app development; read more about their plans here. It ranked as the 2nd fastest growing software provider in the $50-75M revenue category. . and new investors too.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Canada API Valuation 60

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Snapchat may be a company with no revenue and an unrealistic valuation, but it is changing the way people think of messaging. Which makes the Ouya game system that gives players unlimited ability to hack and build software and games to their liking, a leg up on other gaming platforms. CyanogenMod. SmartThings. Honorable Mentions.

Startup 60

Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 23, 2014

While we continue to be excited about all things mobile (marketplaces and SaaS), we will make a larger push into key areas like healthcare , cryptocurrencies, and Government 2.0. Our companies’ collective valuation now sits at a stunning $600 million and they have gone on to raise over $130 million since we first invested in them.

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Early Stage Valuation Government Software 167

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Software companies had to buy specialized computers and license expensive software. Carpe Diem. We’re now in the second Internet bubble.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Business Software. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. However after Sequoia and Ron Conway announced their investment in YC in 2009 , and after YC alumni DropBox and AirBnb raised capital on billion-dollar valuations in 2010-11, the program quickly became the gold standard among early-stage startup incubators.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74