Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. money off the table) given the dearth of IPO’s and M&A over the past few years? - Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. On DST’s side – they’ll either be seen as geniuses or fools. Time will tell.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2010

P eerTV , a veteran Israeli startup company which enables Content Providers, ISPs and Operators to deliver OTT (Over-the-Top) TV services, has filed for IPO in the London AIM market today. The IPO is underwritten by Libertas Capital Corporate Finance. This is the first Israeli company to go public in London in the last three years.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

But consider periods of time where the average time a company exists before acquisition or IPO is 7-10 years. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. Markets like these are very kind to angel investors because you get taken out early and see a nice pop on your investment. This is actually the norm.

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Cap Table Angel Investor Liquidation Preference Deal Flow 283

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Sequoia Capital recently made headlines with the NASDAQ IPO of Mecox Lane, a Chinese Internet retailer and the seventh IPO by a Chinese company backed by Sequoia in the last 18 months. Tags: Investing Jay Turo. By comparison, only two of the 12 companies backed by Sequoia to gain public listings have been U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

Goldman Sachs (an investor in our company) told us we’d IPO within 18 months for $1 billion so not to take any offers. Tags: Start-up Advice. Our company was completely euphoric. We drank our own Kool Aid. We had one of the largest US software companies talk about buying us. We do hand out stock options.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. Tags: Investing Jay Turo. In the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. You need to know how “tag along&# rights could potentially screw you.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There must be a healthy acquisition or IPO pipeline in the market. Malaysia unfortunately does not have a good technology IPO pipeline. Certainly if Zoecity was mature enough within an imminent exit (IPO or acquisition) this might have worked greater. Leave a comment Trackback Tags. Tags: startupcto. WHERE ARE YOU?

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Startup lifecycle in an IPO Market. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules. Depending on your industry, in this decade it’s 5 to 10x less likely that your company will have an IPO as an exit.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Over a 25 year career, Baughman has gained experience in leading worldwide sales organizations, brings expertise in full life cycle product management, proven revenue creation and growth management including taking a start up from zero to $1.6B, and shepherding companies through all phases from start up launch to IPO to acquisition.

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Naming Hiring Technical Review Virginia 59

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying). Why does vintage matter to you?

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

That is in stark contrast to the late 90’s goldrush where VC partners made millions overnight as their companies IPO’d for crazy valuations. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. On the positive side, we have a portfolio and therefore more diverse chances of success. I own the results.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Spain Warrant 312

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

IPO market is back. We discussed some of the recent IPOs. Tags: VC Industry. Also in the video: - Is it a good idea for VC’s to pay stratospheric prices? - Talked about the roles of partners, venture partners, associates and principals in a VC. - My blog and what it’s done for my deal flow. - and much more.

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Venture Capital IPO Valuation Deal Flow 232

Haystack

JANUARY 28, 2019

In early 2014, Docusign became a unicorn and eventually went IPO in 2018 at a whopping $4.5B That turned out to be a good lunch. At that time, back in 2013, Docusign was known to be a well-performing company. And it nearly tripled in the first year, now settling to be around the same market cap at Dropbox.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You invest low amounts of capital and the company gets to IPO (96-99) or trade sale (05-08) without raising too much capital and certainly not on punishing terms. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. Many angels and some seed funds will get burned – In good times it’s great to be an angel or seed investor.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. Tags: VC Industry. Should VC’s really be impacted by public market valuations when the money that they’re investing today should be for returns in 7-10 years? Short answer – yes.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. TechCrunch.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. ReachLocal – we discussed this deal at length including what amount of revenue does it take to get to an IPO (Jim’s view, sub $100 million in fine as long as you have good margins and a strong growth rate). Raising $75mm in IPO, values company at $515mm.

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IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2010

At Viasoft, we started with a unique product idea, raised venture capital from world class VC’s, sold into a virgin market, created a world-wide operation, completed a successful IPO, and generated a $1 billion market cap. Tags: entrepreneur investor role model business. Vitrix was started in an old tanning salon. Marty Zwilling.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 27, 2014

I think these arguments are good explanations of why the acquisitions happened – i.e. why Facebook and Google specifically were interested and why the price tags were high – but not why the companies were successful.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They have an expectation that the IPO will be in 3 years and they were in at the ground floor. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. When I write an angel round check I always tell me wife, “let’s assume that money is lost.&# So goes angel investing. I don’t think that hairy dentists really expect that.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. There have been a number of high profile tech IPO s in the recent months including companies such as OpenTable and more recently LogMeIn. – IPO-able in any normal market. but I’ll save that for post 3/3).

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2012

M&A has existed at a reasonable level for much of that period, but IPOs have been thin on the ground, and while small funds can make a decent return focusing on M&A, larger funds need the higher valuations you get from public markets to make their models work. The market thought it had found a solution to its failure. With its $1.5

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IPO Valuation Silicon Valley Venture Capital 101

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. I had high hopes for this but perhaps the next 9 years. 6/ The macro economic environment turns. The 13 year bull run ends, and we go into a decline/recession scenario.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Tags: entrepreneur startup investor presentation business. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment? Show a breakdown of the intended uses of these funds. Exit strategy. What is the timeframe of return on investment?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

In 1980 Genentech became the first IPO of a venture funded biotech company. Finally, the “ death of the IPO &# and the emergence of the “ small market M&A &# changes Consumer Internet economics. Tags: Customer Development Venture Capital. Cell-based Venture Capital – The Birth of Biotech Venture Capital.

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Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Tags: entrepreneurs founders startup stages investors business. Do it right and enjoy the journey. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

My first IPO at Convergent. Filed under: Customer Development , Marketing , SuperMac , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , SuperMac « Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions Gravity Will be Turned Off » 17 Responses EricS , on May 11, 2009 at 11:05 am Said: I loved my Spigot. It was fun watching it happen.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

We set our sites on our IPO price and then worked back to our current valuation and showed potential employees what we thought they could earn (with all legal caveats) if the company was successful. Goldman Sachs was an investor and the assured us an IPO would happen and riches would be had by all. Tags: Startup Advice.

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Stock Options Stock Valuation Liquidation Preference 294

Feld Thoughts

MAY 3, 2010

I no longer have to contemplate doing this as Jeff Bussgang has nailed it with his book Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on YOUR Terms. Tags: Books Venture Capital. Over the years, I’ve occasionally thought about writing a book about how venture capital actually works.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Right now – and basically for the past five years – we are providing an experience via software, during a pandemic where everyone is locked down, that provides the Taxfyle customer with a personal approach and expertise to tax-filing, available on demand and without a big price tag.

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www.tangosource.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Would they be happy with a lifestyle business, an IPO, or something in between? Tags: Business. Motivation -Do they want money? To serve a particular audience? To solve a problem they’ve been enduring? Target -How big do they want to get? Appreciating skillsets -Do you value each otherâ??s s respective disciplines? Recruiting.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

In a world with less IPOs this skill matters greatly. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. But let me put it this way – investors who have buyers’ ears are less likely to have zeros (they can bury good technology and still try to recover their investments) and are far more likely to architect winning M&A deals.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital. Small tech firms outpace big counterparts with IPOs. QThru lands $3.5M to help you sail through the supermarket. Supermarkets are increasingly adopting self checkout terminals. Recent Posts. A PC on every wall?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

tags: lean startup ) Labels: customer development , events , lean startup , slides 8comments: Nivi said. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

T aking a company through an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. It’s also an uncertain exit for the entrepreneurs, as they are typically restricted to sell any of their stock in the first 180 days following the IPO, and even then they can sell no more than 1% of stock a month.

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