View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C. appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 180

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. 7) Negotiate .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. As a founder cognizant of finding revenue anywhere you can, you are not likely to turn away today’s dollars for a conceptual future enterprise valuation.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C. appeared first on AGILEVC.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. 1) Market fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare. Some of the early B2B pioneers in this space were companies like JBoss ( story here ), SolarWinds, ConstantContact, HubSpot, etc. that directly tackled the problem of acquiring customers.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. While it’s true that valuations can get quite technical, the basics are relatively easy to understand.

eCommerce 107

eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 107

The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Highly experienced, top-tier angels. Requires team relocation. First-time VCs, building on their own entrepreneurial success. Conveniently local.

Term Sheet 31

Term Sheet Dilution Participating Preferred B2C 31

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

You have to be prepared for the grueling rigors of fundraising and repeated rejections, and difficult negotiations over valuation. B2B) Is that sales process implemented in a SALES ORGANIZATION which does not require much founder time? B2C) Is there a PRE-SALES promotion activity driving the top of the funnel? ii.actual REVENUE?

Asia 207

Asia Singapore Cofounder Incubator 207

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A look at the overall exits for both enterprise (B2B) and consumer (B2C) companies from 1995-2022 shows that both categories can produce power law returns, but they vary substantially: The top five enterprise companies with the largest exits account for $188B in value creation, or 12% of the $1,609B generated in the enterprise category since 1995.

B2C 103

B2C Israel IPO B2B 103

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

There are of course exceptions, mainly in the B2C world, like Waze, which sold to Google for $1.4 Why is revenue important (the obvious facts): We can all agree that revenue is important, or even essential, for startup success. billion with zero revenues, or Whatsapp, that sold to Facebook (aka Meta) for $19 billion with little or no revenue.

Metrics 179

Metrics Revenue B2C Portfolio 179

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts. Yet many B2B companies don’t have a clue. As private investors and public acquirers become more SaaS savvy, multiples of CMRR will likely become the primary valuation metric.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Highly experienced, top-tier angels. Requires team relocation. First-time VCs, building on their own entrepreneurial success. Conveniently local.

Term Sheet 20

Term Sheet Dilution Participating Preferred B2C 20

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Have you run your idea or wireframes by different segments, different buyers, different sizes of company (if B2B) or lots of different demographics (if B2C)? They focus on fundraising and valuation over business fundamentals. Lots of market traction is great — but is all that traction coming from the same type of customer?

Early Stage 62

Early Stage Founder Later Stage B2C 62

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 3, 2010

one is B2B, the other is B2C). In terms of valuation expectations, don’t expect to get any credit for synergies. Look at the example of Occipital building the Red Laser app, then selling it to eBay to finance the rest of their business. Business has its own culture and operations and “a life of its own&#.

Non-Compete 67

Non-Compete B2C IP Valuation 67

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 10, 2020

And so I’ve gotten the chance to work with large fortune five hundreds from the Googles and the Nike’s and the Apples to small startups and mid size companies and B2B and B2C, dry cleaners, everything, every business you can imagine. Now you think that the buyers and sellers would have the same valuation for that mug.

Sales 85

Sales Marketing Framework Pennsylvania 85

Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Contrary to popular myth, big business to consumer (B2C) companies can be created in Boston as four of the nine Reindeers are B2C. The others are all B2B, including a few perennial IPO watch list companies who are believed to be unicorns (i.e.,

Boston 20

Boston B2C Down Round IPO 20

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

The CEO doesn’t care about his website, he cares about his valuation (i.e. Sell CRO by calculating the valuation increase. Valuation increase? Bill Leake: Optimizing for the “Considered Purchase”: What Changes if You’re B2B or Expensive / Long Sales Cycle B2C? Who is the B2B buyer? Image Credit. ROI on CRO?

San Antonio 86

San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Optimize for a 1 not a 0 more than exact valuations now. Raise when you can.

Marketing 263

Marketing Valuation Churn Rate Balance Sheet 263

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Business software is different and shouldn’t be treated in the same way as B2C. I can remember a number of sources for similar numbers (they may be higher for B2B). I think people think freemium works as a rule as opposed to the reality that it’s the exception- mostly driven by glamorous web 2.0 41 AX on 08.19.10

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2020

Consumer and SaaS B2B companies that use technology drive a brighter collective future for mass market end users, per our investment approach thesis. We will leverage the standard YC post-money SAFE document with a valuation cap and no discount. THE GOAL : The culmination of this accelerator program ISN’T a demo day or a big show.

B2B 436

B2B Seed Stage B2C Programming 436

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. Yuga Labs, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), announced earlier this week that it had raised $255 million seed round led by A16Z at a $4 billion pre valuation. Decentralised tech, centralised ownership?

Cofounder 179

Cofounder Venture Capital Israel Equity 179

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool… We are using our own stuff – [link] Reply Josh , on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said: Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora? Reply Jarek , on February 27, 2011 at 11:51 pm said: What about CRM?

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Valuation: $1M – $3M. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . By contrast, Right Side Capital has a very tight thesis : .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital B2B 78

VC Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2025

Yet, 2024 also served as a cautionary tale: valuations skyrocketed, but not every generative AI company delivered tangible results. Consumer makes a comeback: for a while it seemed like VCs have distanced themselves from B2C startups. This reinforced an important remindertech innovation without clear product-market fit remains risky.

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Generative AI Israel Venture Capital ChatGPT 158