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Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumers’ Homes

View from Seed

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. In other words, for every $1.00

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

April 17, 2011. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh And Why 20%?

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

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Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumers’ Homes

Agile VC

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Average revenue per customer has steadily increased from $223/yr in 2012 to $334/yr in 2018. In other words, for every $1.00

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Inc. To Reveal Its Inc. 500 And Inc. 5000 For 2012

YoungUpstarts

5000 list in aggregate generated some US$299 billion in revenue for the year 2011, creating some 389,000 jobs for the economy. “To rank among the 2012 Inc. The companies in the Inc. Companies in the Inc. 5000 – let alone, the Inc. editor Eric Schurenberg. 500 will appear in the September issue of Inc. ’s.

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Exits in Israel 2011: IPOs Pool is Dry, Buy M&A Activity up 134%

VC Cafe

On aggregate, putting a dollar into Israeli high-tech could yield you more than double the returns (if only these things worked on aggregate!). Below are 10 interesting facts from the report: Exits involving Israeli and Israel-related high-tech companies in 2011 totaled $5.23 billion, a 134 percent increase from $2.18

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