The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Then before long all dentists will be using a system like this and an entire mini-vertical will have been transformed. The second vertical to go was hearing aids where I’ve heard up to 90% of high end hearing aids are now 3D printed. A company called Sirona sells the machines dentists use to 3D print crowns.

Vertical 142

Vertical Audio Venture Capital Channel 142

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Whether you want to call them incubators, accelerators or any other name, the template is pretty similar: fixed amount of time inside the program in exchange for equity (and sometimes a cash investment). The rise of the vertical incubator focused on bringing together a set of startups aligned around a particular technology or industry.

Incubator 107

Incubator Vertical Equity Matching 107

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Eighteen months ago, San Diego-based MergerLabs was born out of CAPTARGET, a leader in private equity deal origination, owned and operated by Gabe Galvez. Galvez, a major player in private equity and investment banking, saw the need for marketing services geared toward these sectors.

Merger 113

Merger San Diego Mali Private Equity 113

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resetting expectations for VC investing in health tech [Christina Farr/OMERS Growth Equity] – Rather than just rearview punditry (oh no, the era of free money for startups is over), Christina looks at the dynamics of health care venture investing and why it might be *good* for the world to have more small successes in this vertical than everything (..)

Open Source 69

Open Source Vertical Equity Distribution 69

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

The Equity Kicker

MAY 11, 2016

Andy Dunn, the founder of Bonobos and one of the most thoughtful writers I know on ecommerce, penned a good piece yesterday entitled Digitally Native Vertical Brands. It’s a brand, and that brand is vertical. Personalisation is a common way for vertically integrated ecommerce companies to differentiate their physical product (e.g.

Vertical 60

Vertical eCommerce Differentiation Distribution 60

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. VIII: The Leading Flexible VCs, With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing. 20% initial ownership.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

As senior partner in Libreum Capital Management , JP James helps set the strategic direction in the diverse set of financial companies including alternative investments, private equity, risk management, investment banking focused on multiple verticals including medical, wellness, fracking tech, entertainment tech, and others.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 164

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market. More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 20, 2012

This is interesting because it is another move by a major internet company to vertically integrate its value chain. The humans and robots work together in a nice co-operation. We will see more and more of this type of co-operation.

Vertical 100

Vertical Acquisition eCommerce Video 100

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This is why it was so great to hear from Indiegogo co-founder Slava Rubin on how Indiegogo grew by 1) expanding into different verticals and 2) expanding into different products. Expand into different verticals. Don’t spread across verticals too fast. Here are some of the main takeaways from Slava’s talk.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Vertical Equity Cofounder 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed. Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return. Source: AngelList.

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building.

Customer Development 124

Customer Development Developer Silicon Valley Customer 124

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Reply steveblank , on June 29, 2009 at 1:07 am Said: Charlie, Nivi at Venture Hacks has great advice at [link] – look at the “Equity&# section. But make sure it fits who you are. If you have, I’d be very interested in your take on it. The rest is worth reading as well. steve Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime.

Cofounder 219

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 219

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed. Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return. Source: AngelList.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

” Data Collective prides itself on its deeply technical core team, and the Big Data chops of its extended group of 35 equity partners, who, while Data Collective wouldn’t reveal specific names, all work or have worked at companies like Akmai, Zynga, LinkedIn, Apple, Facebook, Salesforce, Twitter, IBM, Citrix, Airbnb and VMware.

Early Stage 70

Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2020

For reliable insights on the economy, an outstanding resource is ITR Economics , an economic research organization that issues monthly economic trend reports by industry verticals and market segments. These insights will help business leaders view information relevant to their specific marketplace. appeared first on Young Upstarts.

Private Equity 127

Private Equity Vertical Forecast Equity 127

Haystack

JULY 8, 2018

After reflecting on it for a day, I began to understand why — even though this topic has been written about many times, “technology” as a sector and industry now has gone from vertical to horizontal, entirely pervasive across industries, across sectors, across geographies and cultures.

Early Stage 95

Early Stage Dilution Private Equity Common Stock 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2017

Relish being the expert within a limited vertical domain. Entrepreneurs find it much harder to attract equity partners, compared to offering a premium salary to industry experts and people with highly relevant experience. That’s a whole different mindset and skill set from the one you learned in a big enterprise.

Salary 147

Salary Burn Rate Vertical Equity 147

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To me, it makes sense, because “tech” is no longer a vertical – it’s seeping into every sector horizontally. There are larger firms who were traditionally only focused on growth who realize the power of holding early equity in tech and are coming down-market, even to the seed stage.

Seattle 130

Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

one that got us into a new vertical or geography or product line. And remember that whomever you take money from, whether it is an angel investor, a VC, or private equity (PE) firm, that the partnership with them is like a marriage. But, on average, our initial clients signed on at a projected gross margin of 70%.

Bootstrapping 52

Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity). Basic Concepts The concept of the graphic shown below is very simple.

Churn Rate 288

Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

These connections are likely best when firms are networked with other sources of capital vertically (angel groups, venture debt, private equity and investment bank relationships) and horizontally (in-market and out-of-market venture capital firms).

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is useful for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which is to help you navigate the right channels in your vertical and open doors to potential customers. And founding teams with limited operational backgrounds in their vertical or domain will create doubt. (An Never discount the power of a warm intro.

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board Sweat Equity Marketing Vertical 48

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 26, 2013

Note: for this article I am referring to equity crowd-funding exclusively. High quality startups choose their investors carefully, because they view their company’s equity as precious and they will only give it out if people can add value beyond just cash. Let’s look more broadly at later-stage equity financing.

Later Stage 87

Later Stage Liquidity Event Equity Vertical 87

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). The power-law curve is when the distribution of returns is heavily skewed. Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return. Source: AngelList.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

In terms of acquisition, they ask more specifically: “How can we trade balance sheet assets (cash, equity) in exchange for executing our strategy better?”. To get there, Atlassian has to go beyond its traditional market of developer teams and branch out into other verticals.”

Balance Sheet 242

Balance Sheet Vertical Acquisition Revenue 242

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Hungary probably wouldn’t sell their sovereignty and entire economy for 1x sales, but Apple has no debt so they could probably lever the deal and borrow money on top of $137 billion in equity. 3) Vertically Integrate - Apple could also vertically integrate in more radical ways.

Hungary 168

Hungary Dividend Vertical Preferred Stock 168

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

I am also a die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan (#ChiefsKingdom) and might even offer Patrick Mahomes some of my personal equity in Quicc if he promises to be a Chief forever. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

Wichita 62

Wichita Kansas Kansas City Cofounder 62

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Praxis CEO and Co-Founder Elise Smith is passionate about leveraging innovation and disruptive technologies to increase access and opportunity in the pursuit of equity. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

Cofounder 62

Cofounder Vertical Green Austin 62

Up and Running

APRIL 30, 2013

A founder with a good idea and solid strategy will have her pick of potential advisors in exchange for equity. Honchos are found by looking vertically. Honchos typically require meaningful equity compensation. Ask for their advice and offer them equity when their eyes light up with enthusiasm. So, how do you decide?

Equity 89

Equity Vertical Naming Networking 89

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Jeff Richards of US VC fund GSV Capital has a good post up today: Content, Community and Commerce: Why Verticals Win. His investment thesis is that vertical platforms combining content, community and commerce will make great investments over the next period, and he cites existing portfolio companies including Houzz as good examples.

eCommerce 109

eCommerce Community Silicon Valley Vertical 109

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 15, 2014

mCommerce works for high value as well as low value goods – fashion is a key vertical for mobile. Android and iOS convert similarly, although Android transaction volume is about 65% of iOS.

eCommerce 134

eCommerce Mobile Vertical Marketing 134

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Follow Amber on Twitter @amberallen_aa #Gaming #Esports #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MixedReality #AmbersReality Andy Tryba recently launched a new company with Donald Park from Vista Equity, called Ionic Partners, after almost a decade running companies for Joe Liemandt.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2013

Vertically integrated ecommerce. That said, it is social curation and vertically integrated ecommerce which have me most intrigued. Collaborative consumption. Online market places. These models work in all areas of ecommerce and not just fashion, and I expect we will be making investments in all of them.

eCommerce 102

eCommerce Curation Vertical Business Model 102