socalTECH
JULY 16, 2010
Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. Quinn Curtis: We were not for sale, although to be fair, we had gotten more than a couple of offers to buy the firm. How much thought went into exit strategy and setting up the firm for a sale? Quinn, thanks for the time.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# Get funded now, if you can.&#.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 18, 2013
acquired by AOL in 2006), a Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Universal Studios, and a senior business and legal affairs executive at New Line Cinema and Savoy Pictures Entertainment. Pierce’s entrepreneurial activities are focused in the areas of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, games, gambling, ad tech and payments.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2010
One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. Albert Ko: I started at Cornell University in the Class of 2006, with a degree in material science engineering and a masters in management engineering.
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