Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking. After that evaporated, I didn’t invest again until just after the dotcom crash (when my long-suffering spouse grounded me from any further entrepreneurial ventures :-)).

New York 221

New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR 221

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Jon Fisher purposely avoided raising venture capital in his ventures. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Angel Investor 28

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

Lots of returns are being made these days, but the latest CalPers report shows dissapointing returns by Israeli VC firms , with an IRR of 3.5%-3.8% Facebook’s acquisition of Face.com will enable the social network to embed face recognition software into its photo app. to JVP and Carmel, the highest performing funds. .

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Israel Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? return on investment after 3.5 ► January. (1).

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Traditional KPIs are, in descending order of importance: IRR (and secondarily Multiple). Firm revenues. Net Promoter Score from Founders we back.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60