Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

More financings occur outside San Francisco, but Bay Area companies now raise 2000 to 2500 rounds per year, up from 404. While SF based companies’ round share may have declined, the aggregate dollars infused into the Bay Area ecosystem grew from $1.4b per year to $30b-$36b per year.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 17, 2022

Tanaku is founded by Jonathan Ma (Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer), Andries De Vos (Co-founder & Head of Product), Bhanu Prakash (Co-founder & Head of Marketing) & Alwin Hajaning (Co-founder & Head of Commercial) who are industry veterans in property, finance, legal, product and growth.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. Blade Years: The blade years lasted for at least 3 years from 1997 to 2000, where its revenue was around 1.5 Growth Inflection point: Netflix hit its growth inflexion point in 2000 with its revenue at 41 million. Surging Growth: This period started in 2001.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Kirjner’s most recent job was at Google where he led finance for ads and other key product areas, according to the company. Other unnamed existing investors also participated. While it was at it, the company announced it was naming experienced financial pro Carlos Kirjner as CFO. The presence of institutional investors like T.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

My first car was a 2000 Volvo S70 (manual transmission); I used a floppy disc in elementary school; and although I did grow up with a computer, I remember spending hours on Polar Bowler and Full Tilt! There’s a drastic difference in views and experiences between someone born in 1997 and someone born in 2012.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

THE ORIGIN I was the Founder & CEO of InboxDollars from 2000 to 2019. I learned something new with each pitch deck, each conversation with a Founder, each term sheet, each stock purchase agreement, each follow on financing, each exit event… Of course I expected that by angel investing I would learn about angel investing.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. In the past decade, we lived through an unprecedented run of optimism and climbing valuations, and the gut check we’re seeing now has been long in coming.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Private market valuations, at any point in time, are not only a reflection of a team’s hard work and progress, but are also impacted by the financing environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Founded in 2000, Clickatell is a pioneer in this mobile communications and chat commerce space. The company helps businesses communicate with their customers via mobile messaging platforms and today is announcing that it has raised $91 million in a new financing round.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

2018 and 2019 exceeded the heady days of 2000 in terms of dollars deployed. Also, more venture firms and startups are choosing debt as a non-dilutive financing alternative. This supply/demand shift that provides founders more leverage in conversations has catalyzed some innovation in venture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Sparked by a pair of scissors, some pantyhose and a party where founder, Sara Blakely , wanted to look her best, Spanx officially began production in 2000 and changed women’s fashion and fit forever. Peeler isn’t just changing the world of student aid, she’s also redefining the role of women entrepreneurs in finance and education.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Roughly 40% of the data fields included in the Aumni survey relate to the frequency with which certain deal terms are found in financing transactions. Most deal terms are present in 80-90%+ of financings. Minimal Variation by Round – The lack of variability by financing round is striking. Covid, What Covid?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

What can today’s founders learn from the 2000 dotcom bubble burst? By 2000, many of these high-fliers had left smoking craters behind. Image Credits: Chris Hondros (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The late 1990s were a fascinating time to work in startups and live in San Francisco. “That person was me.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2022

That conversation hasn’t disappeared, but it has certainly gotten quieter, with many investors now telling me that there’s a super surge of financing on the way. billion in financing for startups that use its own platform. What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? . Well, kind of.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They made great introductions, they helped you get financed, the put in more money themselves, they helped you strategically and they helped you with your exit. My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. For some reason most entrepreneurs do. Don’t let that be you. It’s an effen love fest.&#. My story briefly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

Scott pointed to B-round SaaS valuations in excess of $100 million in $15m+ financing rounds with companies with very limited proof of customer traction or revenue. Four years ago people paid $66m median pre-money valuation and are now paying $155m. This can’t all be driven by increased company performance).

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 15, 2022

YC’s Anu Hariharan sat down with Gusto co-founder and CPO Tomer London to talk about building for new customer segments and the future of embedded finance — sharing advice for startup founders and CEOs along the way. Since 2000 an entire generation of business owners had to learn to trust online financial services.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

If you take a look at the last two recessions in the United States (2000 and 2008), you will see that the stock market crash coincided with corrections to valuations in the VC market. If LPs have a strong interest in VC assets, there is more supply of capital and the price of startup equity will rise. But the opposite is also true.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2000 for her breakthrough work in circuit design automation. Earlier, she led Finance at a major solar manufacturer. Mar has been recognized in the Midas List of Top Tech Investors in 2021.” ” Mar is a successful serial entrepreneur, with numerous industry accolades.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. Baby Einstein grew revenues from $1 million in 1998 to over $10 million just a few years later in 2000. The economists who conducted the study analyzed administrative government data on the founders of all U.S. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 1, 2020

The Alliance of Angels has survived the 2000 (dot com crash) and 2008 (mortgage crisis) downturns, with a group IRR of over 20%. This is the time to step back and realistically consider the probability of success with limited financing. Multiple financing rounds. In stressful times like these, this is even more important.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Lerner said this point in time feels like the period between March and December 2000, “when public technology stock prices dropped dramatically and there was little apparent impact on venture capital fundraising. That’s new.”. As for pacing throughout the rest of 2022, stay tuned, suggested both Lerner and Clarkson.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In 2000, I founded VRX Studios, a global photography company for the travel and hospitality industry. That said, we’ve raised a round of financing, we’re growing at breakneck speed and we’re much closer to profitability. Your brain screams “brake” while your gut says “gun it.” It’s the same when it comes to your business decisions.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 12, 2021

WEF Alliance members sharing their experiences included Dr. Frank Aswani, CEO of Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance , Drew von Glahn, Executive Director of Collaborative for Frontier Finance , and Carolien de Bruin, Head of the WEF COVID-19 Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs. .

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 19, 2015

Startups pursuing consumer finance have popped recently, not driven by Bitcoin, but by a wave of founders bringing more sophisticated financial tools to the masses. Financial management tools like expense management or receivables financing are growing steadily. Gaming is out of fashion, following the broader market.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to the U.S. Before Karl Alomar became managing partner of VC firm M13, he led one company through the dotcom bust of 2000 and helped another survive the Great Recession of 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

They see it as a source of differentiation for them as a company because their less financed competitors can’t afford it (and often their careers are wrapped up in the multi-millions of dollars they’ve spent implementing it). In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Alomar, who led startups through the dotcom bust of 2000 and the Great Recession of 2008, will talk about whether investors are still prioritizing growth over profits, and identify which proof points founding teams must define before their next raise.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible.

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Gust

OCTOBER 25, 2011

It was not a great business decision, at that time (2000); but it was what I wanted and it felt good. Just getting financed doesn’t mean diddly. Investors are owners, and owners are bosses. That goes for co-owners too. Having a few hundred thousand dollars doesn’t mean you can’t fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. Retail investors were burned in IPOs in 2000, Consumers getting burned by services disappearing) Minutes 31-35.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The money is notable not just for its nine-figure size, but also because of its context.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Founded by Russell Teubner in 2000, HostBridge Technology occupies a historic building along E. Teubner attributes the OCAST Technology Business Finance Program managed by Oklahoma Innovation Model partner i2E, Inc., There isn’t one. 7th Street, just off Main Street.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 31, 2015

Private market rounds were 14x as common as IPOs in 2014, compared to the 2004-2007 era, when IPOs were about as equally common as large private financings. As Bill Gurley wrote, “These large, high-priced private financings are the defining characteristic of this particular technology cycle.”

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. Baby Einstein grew revenues from $1 million in 1998 to over $10 million just a few years later in 2000. The economists who conducted the study analyzed administrative government data on the founders of all U.S. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time. Nobody really talks about this.

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