VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48 Seed stage companies attracted 5%, a slight increase from 3% in 2010, and Early stage companies accounted for 26% of the investment, down from 35% in 2010 and 29% in 2009. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million. It sold to Amazon for > $1 billion. The right number of deals will depend on your strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Venture capital fundraising can be divided into three stages: seed, early stage, and later stage. According to the same report by KPMG, the median deal size is the largest for later-stage funding, at $26 million. Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. You make your case with objective data: CTR, customer acquisition cost, etc.

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Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 22, 2021

After publicly leading a Series A, the firm put another $50m+ into the startup in two subsequent insider rounds, neither of which were disclosed publicly prior to the acquisition.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. At its most basic form, venture capital is a source of funding for companies that are too risky to be ideal candidates for other forms of funding, like a bank loan.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2021

If you want to continue growing with PPC ads in the later stages of your company’s development, you can increase your budget and target keywords more aggressively. Most of the strategies on this list prioritize customer acquisition, and rightly so. Depending on which keywords you target, it can also be inexpensive.

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Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In cases where there are smaller outcomes, acquisitions for stock in another company, or buyouts from later stage investors the outcomes can vary. In the case of a truly venture scale outcome – meaning the business is worth billions of dollars – advisor equity can be worth quite a bit.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Despite, the negative trends noted above in terms of overall volume and the later-stage nature of IPOs, the good news is that we have seen areas of innovation and progress in the market over the past few years. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, SPACs raised $87.9 Performance has been more un-even.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

The ten biggest exits of the year included a mix of IPOs and acquisitions. As a result, I expect to see slower pace of investing across stages. Lower valuations , especially in later stage. Total deal value this year was $16.9 billion, about a fifth of the same figure last year, with $82.5 ” Fred Wilson.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48 Seed stage companies attracted 5%, a slight increase from 3% in 2010, and Early stage companies accounted for 26% of the investment, down from 35% in 2010 and 29% in 2009. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 60

Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2022

For many early-stage companies with outside investors, the goal is to ultimately sell the company or even go public, always at a significant increase in valuation over time. Have you stated a goal for others to follow? I prefer a financial goal, such as “achieve $20 million in revenue within five years.”

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions. Most startups that hit this level did so via IPO or acquisition value. But we can also see that not every unicorn will fly high forever.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2022

With the markets down significantly, financings (at least at the later stages) slowing down, and inflation and interest rates on the rise, perhaps now is a good time to talk about your burn rate. Hopefully, you took advantage of the robust financing markets of the past few years to put some money on your balance sheet.

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Balance Sheet Burn Rate Valuation Metrics 121

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

In this time, as I said previously, we are looking to improve the valuations of our companies and get them ready for either a VC investment round (and an equity buy-out for us), or a strategic acquisition, such as Google’s acquisition of LabPixies back in April after 2 years of operating with just Angel capital.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). Seed investors are being compensated for the risk because later-stage investors are paying higher prices, and diluting early-stage investors less. This could mean that everything is going to be ok, as Tim Urban explained.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Most importantly, we have regular meetings with later-stage VCs and enterprise clients both in the US and internationally to discuss our companies which fit their investment mandates. Effectively, we are a market maker between our portfolio companies and the late-stage VCs and large enterprises which are our co-investors.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). Seed investors are being compensated for the risk because later-stage investors are paying higher prices, and diluting early-stage investors less. This could mean that everything is going to be ok, as Tim Urban explained.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

The quest for building such hiring machine is universal across companies at various stages. Keeping that in mind, we designed the program in such way that later-stage portfolio companies such as Dia&Co and MealPal could gain insights alongside younger ones such as Voodoo Manufacturing , ExecThread , and Virgent Realty.

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Hiring Portfolio Metrics B2C 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. Later stage investors are using for sourcing private company marketplace services focused on more established companies, listed below under “Step 11: Exit”. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub. ” After PayPal, StubHub is widely seen as eBay’s second most profitable acquisition. I made some reference calls. They were effusive. Especially from those that had worked with Greg over his many years at eBay. He was stubborn.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

I like how the Angel Capital Association describes the difference between angels and venture capitalists: “Angels generally invest their own money in start-ups and very early stage companies, while VCs mostly provide capital they have raised from others to later-stage businesses for growth.”. 51 percent). Tweet This Tip.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So the lenders don’t see any of the upside on the acquisition. Usually we see 2-3x, but in later stage companies, this multiple can be even higher. With later stage companies, the investors usually structure the convertible notes to have the most flexibility. Typical language follows.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

John Jantsch (16:58): Yeah, you, I think you can almost make a case for saying it's targeting It is in a way because I think your core acquisition person that says this tools for this much and they know what those tools are, right? We are responsible for bringing in new user acquisition, right? They want a path to grow themselves.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 22, 2016

The addition of Serendex adds new drugs to its portofolio including Serendex’s flagship product, Molgradex, an inhaled drug in later stage clinical trials in Europe and Japan to treat autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

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Japan Later Stage Europe Acquisition 50

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It is in a way, because I think your core acquisition person that says these tools for this much and they know what those tools are. We are responsible for bringing in new user acquisition, right. It can be a request for a $5 million acquisition doesn't or 10 or whatever, you know, that's not the point. (21:23): that's right.

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SEO Channel Campaign Audience 84

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

The vast majority of their customer acquisition is word of mouth. When you put those two things together, you get high-quality customers, high LTV, and acquisition at super low costs. And you know, a cost goes out with an acquisition, so whether it’s hiring a salesperson, commissions, or paying Google. David Zhang.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages. Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages.

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Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 241

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2018

If your content is as relevant at a later stage as it is now, it has evergreen qualities. Many of your competitors may prioritise industry relations for a later stage. By doing so, not only will it increase brand awareness but also position you as an authoritative, industry influencer.

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Marketing PR Later Stage Startup 113

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). Seed investors are being compensated for the risk because later-stage investors are paying higher prices, and diluting early-stage investors less. This could mean that everything is going to be ok, as Tim Urban explained.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2018

Of these rounds, nearly every one was classified as a Series B or later-stage round, with the exception of a few debt and equity financing rounds. A trend towards larger, later-stage companies typically means investors are looking to take on less risk and invest in more established companies.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Many investments in startups start with local venture firms in the early stages and then attract non-local venture firms for later stage and larger deal size opportunities. Entrepreneurs with early stage companies typically look for local funding before going out of region to pursue other funding sources.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

We never seek any rights to give Amex preferential treatment at the time of a potential acquisition. There is a possibility that Amex may explore acquisitions within the Amex Ventures portfolio, but those discussions will be on market terms similar to those with other potential acquirers.”. It’s the same as approaching any VC.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

The initial sales for any eCommerce brand can be particularly difficult and require high customer acquisition costs; however, in this case, they were also able to pre-sell their product to their fellow classmates, which provided a lot of added confidence during the initial manufacturing run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages. Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages.

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Investment Bankers Venture Capital Initial Public Offering Startup 231

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

This added exposure can result in indications of interest (investment, acquisition, partnership, etc.) information will end up being disseminated broadly into other sites based on geography, industry, etc. from people and organizations that you didn’t even know existed.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages. Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages.

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Venture Capital Investment Bankers Angel Investor Initial Public Offering 171