Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. Valuation caps can come into play in settings other than seed-stage convertible note financing rounds. Read on for a fuller explanation.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

Would you be surprised to know that almost half of the dot com companies founded when the boom started in 1996 were still around in 2004--four years after the peak of the NASDAQ? But at what valuation? Because companies today have way more revenues than the companies that went public or had huge up rounds back then.

Hockey Stick 60

Hockey Stick Valuation Startup Maryland 60

Jeff Hilimire

MAY 6, 2014

10 years ago (2004) I was 28 years old and my company, Spunlogic, was just starting to really grow. We had finally hit $1 million in revenue and would double our revenue every year after until we would eventually sell in March of 2008. We had an extremely high retention rate with existing people/divisions within a company.

Atlanta 62

Atlanta Retention Revenue Valuation 62

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. Financial Snapshot : 2011 Revenue: $3.71 2011 YoY Revenue Growth: 88%. 2011 YoY Revenue Growth: 88%.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100