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Hot IPO markets were a key driver – 107 companies listed, the most since 2007. It looks like the IPO markets have closed so I would expect a swing back to M&A this year. VentureBeat just published a high level analysis of the US VC industry in 2013. MORE
Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. entrepreneur startup liability risk IPO business MORE
The graph below shows the trend of exits – IPO vs. M&A over the past handful of years (side note here that Foundry, like many firms, considers an IPO a financing event, not an exit in and of itself; although obviously it can be a path to an exit shortly thereafter). MORE
Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. million spent directly on their IPO, in addition to underwriter fees of 5 to 7 percent of proceeds. MORE
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me. MORE
2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. In some respects though Zoom has had the most “successful” IPO of the three companies, which has surprised some folks. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations. MORE
If the company was successful, this quickly led to an IPO – a very happy ending for the entrepreneur, the angels, and the venture capitalists. The two major differences in the exit environment in the past decade are (1) the disappearance of the IPO market and (2) the rapidly increasing size of the average VC fund. Larger VC rounds and the lack of early IPOs have also resulted in substantially longer pre-exit waiting periods for venture capitalists. MORE
The graph below shows the trend of exits – IPO vs. M&A over the past handful of years (side note here that Foundry, like many firms, considers an IPO a financing event, not an exit in and of itself; although obviously it can be a path to an exit shortly thereafter). MORE
Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Do IPOs also necessitate an additional policy? MORE
The post Xeris Pharmaceuticals Files to Raise $75 Million in an IPO appeared first on SiliconHills. MORE
Earlier this year, I released the book Progressive Partnerships – The Future of Business. The central tenant of the book was that we are moving away from competition and into a period of collaboration. MORE
The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. There are a lot of facts and figures being thrown around, but from my point of view I’m interested in just a few of them and what they mean for tech entreprepreneurs: 100 Billion Valuation: If the IPO is successful the expected valuation is 33 times their current revenue. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush. MORE
Last Friday night, I did a TV interview on ABC regarding Uber’s long awaited IPO. An IPO is when a company first becomes a publicly traded stock that anyone can buy and hold. Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded. MORE
Enterprise IPO upland Upland Software, Inc. will soon join the rarefied air of Austin-based public companies. The company announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock in an effort to raise $50M in capital. It was founded by Jack McDonald, former CEO of Perficient, and Chairman of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. MORE
Every successful technology company raises money throughout its lifecycle, perhaps starting with a seed investment and progressing through Series A, B, C, late-stage investments, and, for the most successful companies, an IPO. This was the recent case with the Box.com IPO. MORE
For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy. MORE
Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. MORE
Square filed its S-1 several weeks ago and is now in the middle of its IPO road show process. Anyone who’s familiar with the IPO process knows that companies state an “initial” range as they begin their road show. MORE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is at an all-time low, and most entrepreneurs avoid this option like the plague, knowing the process is painful, and public company executives are seen as greedy sharks. MORE
In the last decade, Israeli high-tech companies raised approximately $15 billion from investors, compared to more than $37 billion received in M&A and IPO exits, according to the latest IVC report. M&As and IPOs of Israeli High-Tech Companies $b (2002-2011). MORE
Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Plus Facebook has ample cash on hand today and will get a huge slug more from the IPO. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. MORE
This is good news because it implies they intend to keep the IPO price reasonable and allow investors to make good money as the stock appreciates in the weeks and months after the listing date. That way the next IPO will be easier and the one after that will be easier again. NOTE: I wrote the post below a couple of weeks back but failed to hit the publish button. That was before Twitter filed their S1 with a valuation of c$15bn. MORE
The NYSE recently published a book – The Entrepreneur’s Roadmap – From Concept to IPO that I’ve been involved in. The post Book: The Entrepreneur’s Roadmap – From Concept to IPO appeared first on Feld Thoughts. I wrote a chapter and made a number of introductions to the team working on the book that resulted in a number of other chapters. The book covers a variety of stages of company development, including: The Seed Stage: Starting a Company. MORE
Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. billion from 49 listings, and represented the strongest annual period for IPOs since 2000. MORE
Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. What will happen for the startup IPO market? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. MORE
The profound lessons that startups can learn from Facebook IPO. Tomorrow is the Facebook IPO and I am not expert enough to predict what is going to happen. Main Page facebook facebook IPO lessons startups Time ManagementWarning : This is blog post #1762 on this blog. MORE
Internet Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech IPO Silicon Valley VC[Follow Me on Twitter] “Living in the limelight The universal dream For those who wish to seem. Those who wish to be Must put aside the alienation, Get on with the fascination…” — Limelight from Moving Pictures, Rush If you could travel back in time to the early 1990’s and ask Silicon Valley’s top entrepreneurs [.]. MORE
" Current IPO activity feedback seems to support their excitement. IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 That is more than double the number of IPOs in the first quarter of 2013. MORE
The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. There are a lot of facts and figures being thrown around, but from my point of view I’m interested in just a few of them and what they mean for tech entreprepreneurs: 100 Billion Valuation: If the IPO is successful the expected valuation is 33 times their current revenue. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush. MORE
Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Growth IPOs Are Back. MORE
Finance Grow fast business growth hostile takeover investors ipo money raising capital selling stockGoing public is much more involved than the prestige of seeing your company name in lights on the NASDAQ or NYSE ticker. Such a momentous decisions has to come with a huge amount of forethought. MORE
How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest? Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” MORE
In the “you knew this was coming&# category, Bazaarvoice filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of it’s stock today. Enterprise Bazaarvoice IPOThe news is being covered by TechCrunch and The Statesman. The company is one of the fastest growing in Austin, going from 70 employees in April 2007 to over 600 today. MORE
Mattermark notes that this is a potential “IPO List” for ~2014. Mattermark is a startup focused on analyzing private companies. While most of their data is only available via subscription, they’ve got a free daily newsletter that’s worth signing up for – do that here. Today’s newsletter listed the 25 fastest growing companies who’ve raised >$80m in investment capital. MORE
The good news is there is an Initial Public Offering or IPO market, said Daniel Klausner, managing director of PricewaterhouseCoopers based in New York. “At But overall the IPO market in the U.S. IPO Market is Seeing a Slowdown in 2016 appeared first on SiliconHills. At times, I think it’s been dormant or hidden,” he said. September has been a great month.” is on track to have the […] The post The U.S. MORE
It is fitting that 2012 is the year that Snapchat really took off in Los Angeles and raised its first venture capital and began a five year ascent to becoming LA’s most recognizable startup company and largest IPO alongside LAs other great startup brands such as Riot Games and Tinder. MORE
Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back, it is relatively rare. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). business entrepreneur exit founder IPO startup MORE
With IPOs like this European venture funds must be performing better, and that will bring more money into the market. These are two great charts! It has taken us a long time to get over the 1999/2000 bubble and build a sustainable ecosystem. MORE
But second there has been a big shift from IPOs to late stage private rounds. Investors in these late stage rounds are traditionally public market investors who have moved to the private markets because companies are going public later and the returns are now pre-IPO. MORE
Where has the initial public offering (IPO) gone? But this question matters beyond those interested … policy IPOsThat’s a question the capital markets have been asking for some time, and is a leading concern of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), too. MORE
The latest Global Trends in Venture Capital report, compiled by the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and Deloitte, asks the question: “Is a an active IPO market in your home country essential for the success of the venture capital industry in that market?&#. MORE
The post Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings appeared first on BeyondVC. Enterprise Software enterprise software ipoI finally had a chance to take a quick read of the respective S1 filings for AppDynamics and Mulesoft. MORE
It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy? MORE
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View from Seed
APRIL 30, 2019
2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. In some respects though Zoom has had the most “successful” IPO of the three companies, which has surprised some folks. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 26, 2018
Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. million spent directly on their IPO, in addition to underwriter fees of 5 to 7 percent of proceeds.
Start Up Blog
MAY 13, 2019
Last Friday night, I did a TV interview on ABC regarding Uber’s long awaited IPO. An IPO is when a company first becomes a publicly traded stock that anyone can buy and hold. Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 3, 2015
For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Do IPOs also necessitate an additional policy?
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 6, 2014
" Current IPO activity feedback seems to support their excitement. IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 That is more than double the number of IPOs in the first quarter of 2013.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
The NYSE recently published a book – The Entrepreneur’s Roadmap – From Concept to IPO that I’ve been involved in. The post Book: The Entrepreneur’s Roadmap – From Concept to IPO appeared first on Feld Thoughts. I wrote a chapter and made a number of introductions to the team working on the book that resulted in a number of other chapters. The book covers a variety of stages of company development, including: The Seed Stage: Starting a Company.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back, it is relatively rare. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). business entrepreneur exit founder IPO startup
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2017
It is fitting that 2012 is the year that Snapchat really took off in Los Angeles and raised its first venture capital and began a five year ascent to becoming LA’s most recognizable startup company and largest IPO alongside LAs other great startup brands such as Riot Games and Tinder.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. entrepreneur startup liability risk IPO business
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 15, 2010
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me.
BeyondVC
MARCH 21, 2017
The post Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings appeared first on BeyondVC. Enterprise Software enterprise software ipoI finally had a chance to take a quick read of the respective S1 filings for AppDynamics and Mulesoft.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is at an all-time low, and most entrepreneurs avoid this option like the plague, knowing the process is painful, and public company executives are seen as greedy sharks.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 28, 2015
With IPOs like this European venture funds must be performing better, and that will bring more money into the market. These are two great charts! It has taken us a long time to get over the 1999/2000 bubble and build a sustainable ecosystem.
Gust
DECEMBER 28, 2011
If the company was successful, this quickly led to an IPO – a very happy ending for the entrepreneur, the angels, and the venture capitalists. The two major differences in the exit environment in the past decade are (1) the disappearance of the IPO market and (2) the rapidly increasing size of the average VC fund. Larger VC rounds and the lack of early IPOs have also resulted in substantially longer pre-exit waiting periods for venture capitalists.
VC Adventure
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
The graph below shows the trend of exits – IPO vs. M&A over the past handful of years (side note here that Foundry, like many firms, considers an IPO a financing event, not an exit in and of itself; although obviously it can be a path to an exit shortly thereafter).
Gust
MAY 24, 2012
Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn.
YFS Magazine
MAY 3, 2016
Finance Grow fast business growth hostile takeover investors ipo money raising capital selling stockGoing public is much more involved than the prestige of seeing your company name in lights on the NASDAQ or NYSE ticker. Such a momentous decisions has to come with a huge amount of forethought.
Agile VC
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Growth IPOs Are Back.
SiliconHills
MAY 25, 2018
The post Xeris Pharmaceuticals Files to Raise $75 Million in an IPO appeared first on SiliconHills.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2011
It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy?
Start Up Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. There are a lot of facts and figures being thrown around, but from my point of view I’m interested in just a few of them and what they mean for tech entreprepreneurs: 100 Billion Valuation: If the IPO is successful the expected valuation is 33 times their current revenue. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush.
deal architect
AUGUST 6, 2010
Bill Hambrecht makes a persuasive case on CNBC for a Dutch Auction for the GM IPO. In my book, his bankers David Marcus and Jim Dohonue explain how it works and why it is usually better for the issuer –.
Agile VC
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. What will happen for the startup IPO market? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
Enterprise IPO upland Upland Software, Inc. will soon join the rarefied air of Austin-based public companies. The company announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock in an effort to raise $50M in capital. It was founded by Jack McDonald, former CEO of Perficient, and Chairman of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest? Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.”
Agile VC
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
Square filed its S-1 several weeks ago and is now in the middle of its IPO road show process. Anyone who’s familiar with the IPO process knows that companies state an “initial” range as they begin their road show.
VC Adventure
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
The graph below shows the trend of exits – IPO vs. M&A over the past handful of years (side note here that Foundry, like many firms, considers an IPO a financing event, not an exit in and of itself; although obviously it can be a path to an exit shortly thereafter).
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
Every successful technology company raises money throughout its lifecycle, perhaps starting with a seed investment and progressing through Series A, B, C, late-stage investments, and, for the most successful companies, an IPO. This was the recent case with the Box.com IPO.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
Earlier this year, I released the book Progressive Partnerships – The Future of Business. The central tenant of the book was that we are moving away from competition and into a period of collaboration.
The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
This is good news because it implies they intend to keep the IPO price reasonable and allow investors to make good money as the stock appreciates in the weeks and months after the listing date. That way the next IPO will be easier and the one after that will be easier again. NOTE: I wrote the post below a couple of weeks back but failed to hit the publish button. That was before Twitter filed their S1 with a valuation of c$15bn.
Life Beyond Code
MAY 16, 2012
The profound lessons that startups can learn from Facebook IPO. Tomorrow is the Facebook IPO and I am not expert enough to predict what is going to happen. Main Page facebook facebook IPO lessons startups Time ManagementWarning : This is blog post #1762 on this blog.
VC Cafe
JUNE 29, 2011
The latest Global Trends in Venture Capital report, compiled by the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and Deloitte, asks the question: “Is a an active IPO market in your home country essential for the success of the venture capital industry in that market?&#.
Ben's Blog
JUNE 19, 2017
Where has the initial public offering (IPO) gone? But this question matters beyond those interested … policy IPOsThat’s a question the capital markets have been asking for some time, and is a leading concern of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), too.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 2, 2016
The good news is there is an Initial Public Offering or IPO market, said Daniel Klausner, managing director of PricewaterhouseCoopers based in New York. “At But overall the IPO market in the U.S. IPO Market is Seeing a Slowdown in 2016 appeared first on SiliconHills. At times, I think it’s been dormant or hidden,” he said. September has been a great month.” is on track to have the […] The post The U.S.
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Mattermark notes that this is a potential “IPO List” for ~2014. Mattermark is a startup focused on analyzing private companies. While most of their data is only available via subscription, they’ve got a free daily newsletter that’s worth signing up for – do that here. Today’s newsletter listed the 25 fastest growing companies who’ve raised >$80m in investment capital.
Start Up Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. There are a lot of facts and figures being thrown around, but from my point of view I’m interested in just a few of them and what they mean for tech entreprepreneurs: 100 Billion Valuation: If the IPO is successful the expected valuation is 33 times their current revenue. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 26, 2011
In the “you knew this was coming&# category, Bazaarvoice filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of it’s stock today. Enterprise Bazaarvoice IPOThe news is being covered by TechCrunch and The Statesman. The company is one of the fastest growing in Austin, going from 70 employees in April 2007 to over 600 today.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
In the last decade, Israeli high-tech companies raised approximately $15 billion from investors, compared to more than $37 billion received in M&A and IPO exits, according to the latest IVC report. M&As and IPOs of Israeli High-Tech Companies $b (2002-2011).
abovethecrowd.com
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Internet Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech IPO Silicon Valley VC[Follow Me on Twitter] “Living in the limelight The universal dream For those who wish to seem. Those who wish to be Must put aside the alienation, Get on with the fascination…” — Limelight from Moving Pictures, Rush If you could travel back in time to the early 1990’s and ask Silicon Valley’s top entrepreneurs [.].
The Equity Kicker
MAY 2, 2014
Hot IPO markets were a key driver – 107 companies listed, the most since 2007. It looks like the IPO markets have closed so I would expect a swing back to M&A this year. VentureBeat just published a high level analysis of the US VC industry in 2013.
The Equity Kicker
JUNE 17, 2015
But second there has been a big shift from IPOs to late stage private rounds. Investors in these late stage rounds are traditionally public market investors who have moved to the private markets because companies are going public later and the returns are now pre-IPO.
Agile VC
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Plus Facebook has ample cash on hand today and will get a huge slug more from the IPO. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.
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