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

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Only later did I realize that this was part of Dharmesh Shah’s larger blog and that the software was based on the popular “stack overflow&# software. When Quora went into Beta and became the “hip product to have access to&# in Silicon Valley I felt compelled to play around with it. articles and leaves.

Silicon Valley 301

Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

Angel Investor 314

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Why Silicon Valley Funds Instagrams, Not Hyperloops - crowdspring.co/188qC9v. Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. Chicago can be better than Silicon Valley (when it comes to promoting women entrepreneurs) | by Sharon Schneider - crowdspring.co/18J09d4. Forbes - crowdspring.co/188qNBM.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. while none of the non-Silicon Valley regional firms were long-term successful as regional firms. However, none were based in the Silicon Valley and are probably unfamiliar names to today’s practitioners.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t have an MBA and I don’t live in Silicon Valley. Your dentist may want to invest in your new software, but she doesn’t know what SaaS is, and Software as a Service doesn’t help her, either. Be realistic about your valuation. That likelihood goes down if you are not in Silicon Valley or Boston.

Angel Investor 159

Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review Accredited Investor 159

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

“And if you have a valuation cap; a higher cap is always better than a lower cap.” The primary terms for these types of transactions are the valuation cap and the conversion discount. In Silicon Valley, most boards ultimately make decisions based on a consensus. ” The Cost of Financing. Patent Trolls.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. If you raise $250k at a $750k valuation the same goes.

Silicon Valley 291

Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Currently, most ecommerce businesses have IT staff constantly running manual tests to confirm that their site is operating properly, or they manually create expensive software to run these tests. Takeaway lesson: A shocking number of technology startups never even get their first product out the door.

Private Equity 94

Private Equity Pre-Money Valuation Equity Startup 94

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey.

Angel Groups 125

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak Software Corporation. 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. Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Pre-money valuation was approx. Pre-money valuation was approx.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

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

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley Technical Review IPO Venture Capital 217

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

… Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P. Special Report: Silicon Valley’s dirty secret – age bias | Reuters – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

TL;DR: Using a “tiered” valuation cap structure in a convertible note or SAFE can provide flexibility that bridges the gap between (i) what founders expect their company to be worth in the near future, and (ii) what investors are comfortable accepting now. Did you get a “good” valuation? What a valuation cap isn’t.

Valuation 48

Valuation Dilution Silicon Valley Seed Stage 48

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. As a founder cognizant of finding revenue anywhere you can, you are not likely to turn away today’s dollars for a conceptual future enterprise valuation.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

but then going public and rising 23% on day one to… drumroll please… a $36B valuation ?—?a Companies have increasingly digitized operations, but in silos, said lead director Rich Wong, a partner at Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Accel, an early investor in UiPath. a full 60x trailing twelve month revenues.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley IPO Venture Capital Valuation 113

Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. Here is what they found: Tech. Are Bullish. To download this complimentary report, please click here.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Ratchet Private Equity Startup 69

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

Top Venture Capitalists Leave Silicon Valley, Bet Their Careers On Midwest – crowdspring.co/SEC1rh. 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

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). However, while YC was growing in prominence & valuation, and scaling the # of companies it was funding every 6 months, something else happened.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Brian Cohen , chairman of the New York Angels, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Super Angels sometimes drive up valuations.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Ron Conway, known as the Godfather of Silicon Valley and part of SV Angel, came to Campbell to talk some shop, angel investing. Since 1994, Conway has been doing angel investing in solely internet software. Since 1994, Conway has been doing angel investing in solely internet software. of the company.

Silicon Valley 53

Silicon Valley Angel Investor Portfolio IPO 53

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Whenever you’d hear the word “startup” nowadays, you’d immediately think of a tech or software venture in Silicon Valley – the breeding ground of startups, both failures and successes. Here’s a good cheat sheet on how startup valuation works. Competition Forces Evolution. The Officeless World Of Online Business.

Small Business 165

Small Business Silicon Valley Valuation Seattle 165

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. In order to have a reasonable population of companies to assess, we tweaked Aileen''s definition.

Boston 55

Boston Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review 55

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

He’s had a ton of recent successes in enterprise software investments but also has a history in doing consumer deals. In fact, last time I grabbed a beer with Matt he mentioned that he had active investments now worth over a billion in valuation. What did I learn in working with Matt? He’s committed. NextPlus is in LA.

Silicon Valley 150

Silicon Valley Los Angeles San Francisco Architecture 150

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.” Can it be that Silicon Valley (the HBO show) isn’t farcical enough? Since of course software isn’t dead.

Valuation 150

Valuation Silicon Valley Non-Compete Software 150

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. Breathtaking Scale.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. Typically, the gross margins aren’t there compared to software, so revenue isn’t quite as important in the early stages of getting to market. It can be lower cost and can either buy more time or accelerate growth.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Why the Midwest is better for startups than saturated Silicon Valley | VentureBeat - crowdspring.co/1akquBC. But a nearly $4 billion valuation? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. ” – crowdspring.co/1adCqDi. Nuts - crowdspring.co/1akpXj7.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? Next, Shirish Deodhar discussed InnovizeTech , an Indian company that has built software to capture how employees are spending their time in order to help manage and monitor productivity. InnovizeTech.

Cloud 115

Cloud Incubator Silicon Valley Finance 115

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s how things are done across the country outside of Silicon Valley. “How much is that software really worth? This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. Who else is using it?

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep the valuations consistent with company progress. That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. The bottom line is that the pedigree of your investors will have much to do with your ultimate valuation and with your enjoyment of the startup experience. How about your Investors ?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Her background includes senior roles in both the banking and tech sectors, and she has launched four data businesses—including her current firm, New Frontier Data , which boasts a $20 million valuation and has received $5 million in funding. Silicon valley tends to have a bias towards a certain startup founder stereotype (i.e.

Venture Capital 82

Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. SaaS 13 Index Valuation. software. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The theme was "the future of software". Saturday, December 16, 2006.

Software Review 48

Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48