Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2017

If you have been following our recent insights, you’ll be up to speed knowing that professional investors negotiate tough terms, from provisions of control over asset acquisition, eventual sale of the company, future investments, forced co-sale when others attempt to sell their shares and more.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. The price negotiated is not at all the critical factor in the emotional sale. And the emotional buyer.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The rest of the purchase price was concocted from a brew of zero coupon bonds (where the face value is many times the invested amount until the reduced cost bonds mature thirty years later), and borrowing using the target company’s accounts receivable and other assets as collateral for a loan to purchase the company. What power!

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2010

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards, has set pricing on its IPO, saying in a filing Friday that it estimates and initial public offering price of between $32.00 Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Piper Jaffray, and UBS Investment Bank. Tags: green financial merger acquisition. and $35.00 READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5

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MAY 2, 2017

Veritone is backed by Newport Coast Investments and Acacia Research; Chad Steelberg and his brother, Ryan Steelberg, own the majority of the company. billion price tag. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here is the warning: The execution of equity allocations and of a good incentive program using equity is often mismanaged, damaging the corporate capitalization structure and even affecting the outcome of subsequent investment into the company. … Pricing your options: The price per share for option grants is also an important consideration.

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JUNE 27, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the developer of software-as-a-service for enterprise IT management, is expected to price its IPO Thursday, as the first, technology-focused IPO since the Facebook debacle. The firm, which has set initial pricing range of its IPO at between $15.00 and $17.00 READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#. Backstopping is when banks feel they are protected by VC’s investing in the company.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2020

According to Helios, it acquired Balboa Water Group from investment funds affiliated with AE Investors LP. The company also said it expects the acquisition to be accretive from day one, with the $218.5M purchase price representing a 2020E Adjusted EBITDA transaction multiple of 9.3x on a pro forma basis.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Rowe Price Associates Inc. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. In 2018, Clio made its first acquisition with its buy of Lexicata, a Los Angeles-based legal tech startup. The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based ZendyHealth (www.zendyhealth.com) thinks it has figured out a way to help both patients and doctors by helping connect patients to doctors and specific procedures, with upfront pricing. It's an on-demand, name your own price service. There's a complete lack of pricing transparency.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

But wait, aren’t you the guy who invested in Ad.ly, the in-stream advertising company? Two things : 1) when I invested in Ad.ly Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices. No, I don’t think so. We will be direct and forthright.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2011

Idealab, Quercus Trust, and Phoenix Fire had invested $3.5M The disclosure of the sale price came at a solar power conference, from the firm's former founder, who said the investors scored a multiple of 12.8 on their investment. on their investment. in funding in RayTracker a developer of solar tracking technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. Many people (including inside of YouTube) mistook this to mean that I was negative on YouTube itself. I wasn’t.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stnaley & Co.,

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APRIL 4, 2014

TrueCar--which is led by Scott Painter--is backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, Upfront Ventures, Anthem Ventures, Vulcan Capital Growth Equity, and Peppy Capital Partners. truecar merger acquisition exit nasdaq true automobile buying pricing' The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Either of these qualms can ultimately sidetrack your startup as not worthy of investment, so it pays to do your homework on what you say and how to communicate effectively. Investors will be looking for a sizing validated by industry analysts large enough for good investment returns. Investors invest in people more than the idea.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

We’ve scaled up so massively in investments in our growth and technology, but running on a loss is very odd for us,” he told TechCrunch. “We They can also do things like initiate refunds, track deliveries and get price-drop notifications. Now we have more cash and money available to invest further in the long term.”.

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JUNE 21, 2012

The acquisition of Los Angeles-based Savings.com is apparently worth over $100M, plus an unspecified additional amount based on future performance of the firm, according to new numbers provided to the press by acquiring firm Cox Target Media. Savings.com is a provider of online coupons and deal information. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Epicor Software , the developer of supply chain management software which has its roots and still has significant operations in Orange County, is off the block, after its private equity investors did not see enough interest--or high enough prices--for the business. The news on that move came in May. Apax bought Epicor back in 2011.

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MAY 28, 2021

Los Angeles-based FIGS, which makes medical scrubs and other apparel, has surged in its IPO debut, pricing on Wednesday night at $22 a share, and ending Thursday up 36% in its debut to 30.02. The IPO priced above an earlier estimated IPO price of $16.00 The IPO raised $1.02

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos surged more than 25 percent in early trading on its first day as a public company on Thursday, after pricing its IPO on Wednesday evening at $15.00 Although Sonos did see a big jump in its IPO, it priced below its earlier estimated IPO range of $17.00 Sonos was trading. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

RadPad had offered up a place to search for apartment rentals, which were shown on a map and also let users search by feature, price, and other details. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. RadPad had been venture backed by Altpoint Ventures, Goldcrest Investments and AmplifyLA. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2017

RadPad had offered up a place to search for apartment rentals, which were shown on a map and also let users search by feature, price, and other details. Financial details of the acquisition were not anounced. RadPad had been venture backed by Altpoint Ventures, Goldcrest Investments and AmplifyLA. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree. Should I make an acquisition to increase value? Let’s analyze the effect of a potential acquisition upon the value of your company.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

She worked on Wall Street as an investment banker for a few years in New York before returning to Houston with a job in energy. All of the stylists are independent contractors and set their own pricing. The price a consumer pays depends on the stylist chosen. One of Britney Winters’ goals is to “live a less tangled life.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If there are conflicts within the team, or differing views of the strategy, or evidence of missing processes and tools, the investment process will likely be terminated. Make yourself available to answer any questions, show your enthusiasm, and explain both the positives and negatives of the external investment process.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Riley Financial has made a strategic investment in a developer of software for the financial industry, IQvestment Holdings , the company announced this morning. Size of the investment was not announced. Los Angeles-based business advisory and financial services company B. According to B. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The median VC exit price for deals is $70 million (FLAG Capital via Bryce.VC). There is a mythology amongst some LPs (funds that invest in VCs) and some VCs that “entry price doesn’t matter – only investing in the absolute best entrepreneurs.” So entry price matters a lot. Often it does.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The pricing gives Rivian a valuation of as much as $54.6M, with the IPO bringing in as much as $9.6 Rowe Price, Global Oryx Company, Ford Motor Company, and Mannheim Investments. The company is expected to potentially hit the market next week. billion in cpiatl from the company. Rivian has applied to list on the Nasdaq as RIVN.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

Demand Media's IPO is being underwritten by UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, and Pacific Crest Securities. Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Megan Lisa Jones , an investment banker, on the Fifteen things investment bankers won't tell you. nothing kills a deal faster than a sky high and unrealistic price. Get some competition going for your deal and then you'll see more pricing flexibility.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Aerie said the notes accrue interest at $1.75% per annum, and also provide conversion at a 30 percent premium over its closing stock price as of yesterday. The company said the financing will help provide "adequate financial resources" for its programs, and also for potential licensing and acquisitions. READ MORE>>.

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