2011 Capital Competition Metrics 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011.
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JUNE 5, 2011
2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. while acknowledging that San Fran deals are often higher valuations due to increased competition amongst investors. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 7, 2013
Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Have easy access to capital by investors who are committed to building businesses at Interent scale. Internet scale.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. acquisition merger exits interview capital venture banking investment siemer david' That''s paramount to a great exit.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 25, 2008
We were over 2x up on this round, and we also had a bunch of individual investors who wanted to put in--people who had invested in our competition a few years ago. I think that there might be cash toward the end of 2010 or 2011, where IPOs might be reasonable. We were oversubscribed, and had a stack of term sheets. READ MORE>>
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