Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

We try to look at the sources of capital, the valuations, exits and trends. We did know the entirety of the people invited to participate and it was hand curated as a strong cross-section of mostly US VC firms and it was mostly investment partners in these firms. Every year at Upfront we try to analyze the venture markets.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The most common arguments among ecommerce bears are that the sector is over-invested and that late-stage valuations do not map to public company comps and realistic acquisition values. Moreover, as an early stage investor the late stage valuation issues don’t directly effect us. This creates opportunity for us.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

From big brands creating campaigns on Facebook to group buying sites like Groupon to subscription services such as Birchbox and Shoedazzle to highly curated specialty sites such as Fab.com , 2011 saw large increases in consumers buying online. eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 26, 2022

There are very few times in corporate history where offering more product options has performed better financially, in contrast to careful market curation. Tech companies have been getting a free pass for a long time on their valuations. If you think this is bad for consumers, I can assure you it is much worse for companies.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2021

Readers of VC Cafe know that I collect and curate Israeli startup landscape maps. billion valuation just one year from funding, or Israeli founded Deel, that recently raised $156M series C at a $1.25 billion valuation and is one of the fastest growing Israeli founded startups to reach unicorn status. July 2020 , May 2019.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2012

That didn't quite work out--while Zynga does represent over 10% of Facebook's revenue, Zynga continued to grew, went public at a multi-billion dollar valuation, and just bought a significant mobile foothold with OMGPOP.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Probably as a function of the gold standard (global price of gold as the trading valuation mechanism) with some form of digital instant and unseen conversion from our home currency into some quantum derived from gold. Facilitated by digital arbitrage… where we know the cross rates of goods and services after currency conversion and shipping.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Facebook and Google are the second and twelfth most valuable companies in the US (accurate at 22/6/15 see here ), they both rose to prominence extremely quickly setting records for rapid valuation growth on the way, and as a result they are both very aware that their shelf life could be limited.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

The carefully curated items, displayed in the home or in a dedicated collection, play host to historical and aesthetic value, which is hard to recreate and reproduce. The key is to have some passion for antiques, do careful research, and have an eye for a bargain. Source: Pixabay.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The source, size and valuation when funding determines how big of a company you’re claiming to build. The future is in finding relevance, curating for context, and syndicating this to the right audience at the right place. Q: If you can successfully curate social data at scale, what might you then do with it?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 20, 2017

You could either go with the highest offer on valuation that gives you the lowest dilution, or you can choose the partner who you’re going to be working with. A good tell here is if they give you a curated list or ask you to choose who you would like to speak to. Be sure to do some off-list references.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

I think you'll see a lot of focus on companies like Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare and Pinterest--services that haven't really established a business model yet to justify their sky high valuations. With an influx of talented designers into startup communities, I think you'll see better, more effective launches and more useful services.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The cheerleading tech press and massive valuation rounds have built a mystique around startup culture. See Also: Cash Flow: A Curated List of Everything You Need to Know. This certainly feels like the age of the startup founder. Look to build a company with these key characteristics, and you’ll be on your way to a lifestyle business.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

You'll have more zeros, but your winners will be that much bigger for you because you'll be in at attractive valuations. By doing all of the marketing and much of the curation for these events, I can change who is in the crowd of people I get exposed to.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

At this point, Greg is in the process of bringing in two additional investors, and the primary topics of our discussion were valuation and ROI issues around the new investors. Orbiter expects to give its investors a 15 times return on investment based on their current pipeline and revenue forecast.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

While Amazon may be “the everything store,” one area for improvement is curation, as it can somtimes be difficult to find specific products or trust in the quality of new brands. The e-commerce platform sells organic and non-GMO products from a range of brands, including its own private label. Disclosed funding: $40.4M.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In the wake of these things, I think we’ve seen the rise of more curated, editorial, and premium content beginning to grow in attention and influence. I think this reset will continue, as investors are increasingly valuation sensitive and returning to a focus on building real businesses with solid foundations.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 2, 2011

billion valuation). Beautiful graphics and layout characterize this app, but what makes it brilliant in my opinion is they way it turns Twitter and Facebook into curated content channels. So, here are my picks for the Top 5 Apps of 2010 that will face the challenge of becoming great companies in 2011: Flipboard. FourSquare.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

At the outset, you simply want to know all the potential sources of data (regardless of whether you’re able to gather them into a Customer Data Platform that curates “ a single source of truth “). The Page Value metric provides URL-by-URL valuations of every page. Page Value. Image source ).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. This allowed followers to be able to “curate&# their newsfeed with people that they found interesting. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

billion a 125% increased compared to the equivalent period in 2020, the number of Unicorns, private companies valued at $1 billion or more has grown significantly, with several companies achieving “Decacorn” status – achieving valuations of $10 billion and up, including eToro , soon to complete a SPAC merger, and Rapyd payments.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

It drives up valuations, creates interest in the category among other investors, and in a new space a well funded competitor is usually out there educating audiences about the very problem the startup solves. If an introduction was properly curated (meaning double opt in) then you need to treat it with great care.

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Venture Chronicles

JUNE 4, 2011

The Stocktwits Edge – Crowdsourced, Curated, Published | Howard Lindzon. Newspapers still don’t get it, we want them to aggregate and curate content, not just deliver better formatting. Critics dismiss infographics as nothing more than eye candy, but I’m here to tell you that they work, as in drive traffic and improve SEO.

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