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When Entry Multiples Don’t Matter

Ben's Blog

This growth could be a function of product differentiation, go-to-market operations, sheer market size, new geographies, and expansion into adjacent categories. When Salesforce went public in 2004 as a new kind of CRM provider, its S-1 indicated the CRM applications market was $7B. Not too shabby!

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

billion shekels and a combined balance sheet of 20 billion shekels will be entitled to a company tax rate of 8% in the center of the country if they invest at least 800 million shekels in capital improvements. It operates in 140 countries worldwide. Large corporations with a turnover of more than 1.5

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Startup venture and alumni funds

VC Cafe

Now the company wants to allocate some capital off balance sheet to invest into specific startup ideas the CEO, Henry Ward, sees as strategically important. .” What can companies expect apart from funding: Carta Ventures (founded 2012) – Carta recently raised $300 million at a $1.7 “Mature” startup funds.