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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. The tide has gone out.

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More on Liquidation Preferences

Altgate

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? One of the least understood of these key terms is the liquidation preference. For example, rounds with a preference between 1.1X

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series A-1 Preferred. Series B Preferred.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

I took money with a 3x participating preferred liquidation preference with 8% compounded interest annually. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. Many term sheets ensued.

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top 10 posts from 2008

Altgate

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Current Affairs , Entrepreneurship , Green Business , Management , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital , Venture Debt and tagged top posts. Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew?

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

The early-stage vacuum that existed in 2006-2007 that then led to the formation of “Seed” funds, is oddly enough re-emerging as the Micro-VCs who once dominated this space move upstream. There is too much capital coming into tech investing. Tech companies generate a lot of buzz. Yes, history is repeating itself!).