Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Let’s assume that the company raised it at a normal VC valuation, which means it gave up 33% of the company and thus $5 million / 33% = $15 million post-money valuation. It was 1999. He’d be employee number 3. OK, you would own 0.25% of the stock. They raised $5 million in their B round.

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Stock Options Stock Liquidation Preference Option Pool 418

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011). Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

You probably thought that valuations would be roughly the same as they were the last time you raised money. 3/31/1999: 49.7. And those are big companies with real earnings, so you can imagine how a private company’s valuation might fluctuate. In June of 2000, I raised money at an $820M post-money valuation. Things change.

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Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 73

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now. Pay attention to who you’re taking money from and aim for a reasonable valuation. Don’t be penny wise, pound foolish.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now. Pay attention to who you’re taking money from and aim for a reasonable valuation. Don’t be penny wise, pound foolish.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now. Pay attention to who you’re taking money from and aim for a reasonable valuation. Don’t be penny wise, pound foolish.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

From the perspective of best practices, we will address questions such as: How to assess opportunities (idea, team, valuation). Our panelists will share best practices of angel investing and guide you through potential pitfalls. Should you require a full-blown business plan and what to look for. How to source great deals.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I tried a bunch of jobs: I taught fourth grade, worked at a nonprofit, and made an ungodly amount of money doing odd jobs at a dot-com because hey, it was 1999. I studied creative writing in college, and was dismayed to discover, upon graduating, that it didn’t offer me a surefire way to pay my rent.

Valuation 48

Valuation Bankruptcy California Media 48

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

You probably thought that valuations would be roughly the same as they were the last time you raised money. 3/31/1999: 49.7 And those are big companies with real earnings, so you can imagine how a private company’s valuation might fluctuate. In June of 2000, I raised money at an $820M post-money valuation. Things change.

Marketing 36

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 36

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement. The chart below shows the company’s strong financial performance from 2009 to the present. Gross Profit. $(60).

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Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting.

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Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The boom years of 1998 (79 IPOs), 1999 (175 IPOs), and 2000 (142 IPOs) are long gone. Since the attractiveness of investments is also largely related to exit channels, this aspect affects the availability of capital and company valuation at every stage. regarding employee issues.

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Germany Liquidation Preference Option Pool Advisory Board 165

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process: Pick a new valuation well above your last one, put together a presentation deck, solicit offers, and watch the hundreds of million of dollars flow into your bank account. If 1999 was a wet (read liquid) bubble, 2015 was a particularly dry one.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

That’s a valuation number and pricing number. We think of it much more in terms of how many employees does the company have? Suppose you trace the history of Netflix, which we’ve invested in since 1999 and are still one of the largest shareholders. Like that happens. . And so that’s exactly how we see it.

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Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Once again, the 1999-2000 dot-com bubble period shows the highest percentage of pricing above the initial filing range – 44% of deals were priced above. Even assuming they wanted to raise the same amount of nominal dollars at the IPO as in the past, higher valuations means they can do so by issuing many fewer shares.

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IPO Securities and Exchange Commission Demand SEC 36

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Consumer RSS: 1999-2010 - Venture Chronicles , September 11, 2010 paidContent made an interesting connection about Bloglines being shut down and the broader question of RSS in the age of Twitter. saw this on a mailing list I occasionally read, in a post where a company was looking to hire their first design employee/contractor.

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Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale.

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. VC funding is definitely back from the constipation that was 2009 replete with frothy valuations chasing dreams of the next Facebook, Groupon or Zynga. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#. I know not everybody agrees.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. The founders, the CEO, the CFO, the executives, the employees, and the venture investors. Party B: The investment banks.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82