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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series D Preferred. 166M round closed Dec 2007. Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. In straight preferences the investors only get this money in a “downside&# scenario as protection that they get their money back if your company isn’t successful.

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

Convertible Note or Preferred Stock. Convertible Note or Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock / Warrants. Board Seats.

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

3/30/2007: 22.6. In fact, if you are like most companies, your managers probably implied to your employees that your stock price would only rise as long as you were private. They might have said something ridiculous like: “Based on the current price of the preferred stock, your offer is already worth $5M.” Silly them.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

View Comments lk says: October 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm the co-founders of textworks just experienced getting shafted by a co-founder! Ryan says: October 24, 2007 at 7:00 am I’m sorry to hear about that. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. would you like to link to one another?

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

3/30/2007: 22.6 In fact, if you are like most companies, your managers probably implied to your employees that your stock price would only rise as long as you were private. They might have said something ridiculous like: “Based on the current price of the preferred stock, your offer is already worth $5M.” 3/29/1996: 22.3

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). I found this data quite interesting and wonder how representative it actually is as most angel investments are not reported. Back to the panel.