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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue.

IPO 40
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Rule 409A

ithacaVC

Let’s say a given company has raised $15mm in VC funding and is generating about $3mm in revenue and starting to ramp up quickly. Furthermore, it is in an industry where M&A transactions typically happen in the 3-4X revenue range. Tough to argue that it is not reasonable. Worth some thought and discussion.