VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth).

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 5, 2022

And our portfolio continued to grow: Day one lead/co-lead in 14 founding teams: (most still in stealth) representing , , , , , , Continued investments in developer first, SaaS, and crypto infrastructure companies.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

… Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. Just got acquired? 10 adjustments to make when working for a Big Co. – [link]. The danger of waiting to long to find a business model? Who says startups are easy | Om Malik – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation. But operating in stealth mode, or waiting for that perfect investor to find you, or feeling entitled, is even less effective. Looking in the right place for the wrong investor won’t help you.

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David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

In fact, I recently had dinner with a well-known VC who said that he was surprised to see the CB Insights database includes investments his firm has made in stealth companies which haven’t even been announced yet. CB Insights has become a very influential data source in the industry. He said he had no idea how CB Insights got that data.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The following are some issues to consider and actions to take before accepting an incubator’s offer: (1) Calculate Valuation and Determine Value. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low. The “revised for the cash investment only&# pre-money valuation is $600,000. (2)

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2022

In the last six months quantum computing companies IonQ , D-Wave and Rigetti went public at valuations close to a billion and half dollars. It can use fewer emissions to get the same detection result, for better detection accuracy at the same power levels – even detecting stealth aircraft. So why the excitement about quantum?

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 12, 2017

Then we spent 12 months building a product in stealth mode that was so wrong we scrapped it during the beta as soon as we got our first real user feedback on it. Every extra sign of life you can prove while bootstrapping is going to boost your valuation and equate to free money. There goes another cool quarter million.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

want to sidestep the argument about whether or not it's good to be " stealth " or not, and work with the assumption that if you've purchased the domain name, you're going to put up some sort of website. It's the kind of blog post that Mike has become famous for.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

On the back of this momentum, Melio today announced a $110m funding round, rocketing the company to a valuation of $1.3b just months after it came out of stealth. And he and his co-founders Ziv and Ilan made it happen: Melio’s now processing multi-billion dollar payment volumes less than two years after launch.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link]. Remarkable valuation for Zynga – but their profits might actually justify it – [link]. Difficult is good (about working with “difficult&# entrepreneurs) – [link]. – [link].

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Generative AI is a beacon of hope In this grim scenario, Artificial Intelligence, and more specifically Generative AI, emerges as the global industry’s lifebuoy, attracting investments and elevating valuations of entities across the spectrum. The actual amount might be higher as companies choose to stay in stealth for longer.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

As well as tripling the company’s valuation to $4 billion since January 2021, the round came as the company grew its monthly processing volumes by 5,000% in 18 months. You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode. Let’s talk about your financing strategy.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

This will have huge implications on your paid search strategy, your valuation of clicks you get from Google and Bing. I was advising a stealth mobile application company (hello future one billion Facebook dollars!) " Sure, not all 209 million will end up on your site, but you define the pets category! So do the right thing.

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