VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2021

Ignite the spark is a community of over 1,000 individuals in the energytech ecosystem in Israel with a focus on: Renewable and conventional energy sources Methods for storing energy Energy Efficiency & smart loads Cutting edges electrical Infrastructure and more. Source: Benson Oak Ventures ( Download ) Benson Oak. Energy Tech.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2025

Firgun is all about genuinely feeling and expressing happiness, pride, or admiration for members of our community’s accomplishments, good fortune and wins. Anthropic has just raised $3.5bn in a round at a post-money valuation of $61.5bn. in funding and a combined valuation of $4.6T. Startup funding -20% YoY to $19.3B

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. Basically, it’s a topic community discussion board and that’s why people go to AVC.com every day. At an $86 million, pre-money valuation Benchmark sure did pay up for this investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. You can provide the discipline and the resources for results.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

Higher asset valuation – growing awareness about the environment; the social impact of buildings and the need to meet sustainability credentials is increasingly making real estate investors and occupiers turn to green buildings. Outside business, Tweed regularly participates in various community activities.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

billion valuation. They only recently raised $30 million at around a $300 million valuation and THAT raised eyebrows. The investor isn’t disclosed (or I haven’t seen it) but it’s rumored to be DST, the Russian investors who invested in Zynga and Facebook (at a $10 billion valuation).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For crypto market makers , monitoring TVL can help gauge a protocol’s health and community trust. Comparing the mCap/TVL ratio across protocols provides insights into their relative valuations. Lower ratios generally imply healthier valuations and may suggest a more stable investment opportunity.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

- crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. That crazy chicken.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Grade A Entrepreneurs , September 5, 2010 Why Krispy Kreme failed in Australia - Start Up Blog , November 3, 2010 Mellow Johnny’s: Retail Stores as Community Hubs - IDDICTIVE.COM , July 14, 2010 Is crowdfunding an option for my business?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” In a new book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally. Grockit – Provides online adaptive test prep services and community.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a pretty good valuation for the time. It was a $4.7M

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

I still generally advise software startups to file a patent as a barrier to entry from competitors and to increase their valuation by investors, but every entrepreneur needs to understand the tradeoffs. Rather than protection, this can be seen as a tax on innovation. Patents are counter to open source initiatives and free software.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application phase” dominated by the three C’s: content, communications and commerce. So what can a community do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The fact is that valuations are largely set by top venture capital investors and financial firms, and they all have their own proprietary formulas for assigning value. If your new venture is still in the idea or development stages, don’t even think about a high valuation. You have to earn a billion-dollar valuation, not declare it.

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Intellectual Property Valuation Merger Exit Strategy 120

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2019

Generally, all the US states can be defined as community property states and equitable distribution states. Briefly, community property states are the states where the couple is considered as a community, so all the marital property is deemed to be owned by both spouses equally. Use one of two business valuation formulas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

We felt proud to be the lead investor in Maker Studios at a sub $5 million valuation. Snapchat truly built an amazing product and an amazing community and anybody who knows me knows that I’m very active on it. I love this product & the community I’ve formed there. How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

That is in stark contrast to the late 90’s goldrush where VC partners made millions overnight as their companies IPO’d for crazy valuations. Running a local community / mentorship program – I run a group called LaunchPad LA. On the positive side, we have a portfolio and therefore more diverse chances of success.

Technical Review 312

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

If things are going great, you still may get a lower valuation or smaller round. The best recommendations are going to come from your community as this is a true ‘word of mouth’ network. You may end up decreasing the quality of outcomes by a standard deviation or more. How does this harm occur?

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View from Seed

APRIL 5, 2016

This is a story from the Traction community. Find a community of people that will support you,” Burger said. “It The best community is made up of supportive people trying to do the same thing. Likewise, true grit is defined by so much more than company growth and valuations. How to Land the Perfect Startup Job.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Look for community supporters and ask around about space. Be realistic about your valuation. You may have heard a valuation should be doubled because investors will cut it in half. The more other-focused you are, the more people will realize you are not an automaton, but an interconnected part of their community.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year. Products that were previously not inherently social, will embrace community, stories and sharing to increase stickiness and drive revenue.

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). And so it goes with social networking. And then came AOL.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

estimates in their recent report that medical products will have a very high global market valuation, crossing 30 billion US dollars by 2026. Lockdown and community quarantine have increased the demand for electronic devices because people are restricted from performing outdoor activities. Electronic Devices.

Demand 173

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? The reality is that, most of the time--like two thirds of the time--the venture market is totally open for good businesses to get fair valuations in reasonable turnaround times.

Venture Capital 119

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David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I have spoken periodically to private equity funds on this topic also: It’s the People: Improving Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives (discusses expert networks and other ways to tap outside operating executives). Lastly, I’ve blogged frequently about expert networks.

Networking 122

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Blablacar is one such example of innovation: with a fast growing community of 1.6m Zimride , Ridejoy ), they have not yet seen the explosive growth that the service has observed in Europe with more than 1 Billion miles shared by the community and more than 8m passengers transported ! SaaS 13 Index Valuation. My Investments.

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Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Many Asian entrepreneurs tell me that they want to raise funds from Silicon Valley firms because they perceive the valuations to be higher. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics. Finally, don’t over-optimize on valuation.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As the company announces its $530 million Series F at a valuation of $8.5 When you started Snyk, did you think about the importance of building a community from the offset, and is that what drove your decisions in terms of building and architecting the product? The community approach is instrumental to the developer tooling landscape.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation – [link]. Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness) – [link]. HOW TO: Attract Early Adopters to Your Social Startup – [link]. Top Startup Trends of 2010 – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

It hosts an environment which many other communities have attempted to emulate, although they haven’t and won’t. Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies. The Valley has been a unique place for over half a century.

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