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When will IPOs return? The past may hold some clues

TechCrunch

Natalia Holgado Sanchez is head of capital markets at Secfi , an equity planning, stock option financing and wealth management platform for startup executives and employees. The crisis of 2002: The dot-com bubble. Natalia Holgado Sanchez. Contributor. It’s usually a version of: “Will my equity ever be worth something?”. What happened?

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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tomasz Tunguz

Just as important, though, Amazon managed their finances well. Throughout those 15 years, Amazon constructed a monolith heavier and more valuable than almost every other business in the world, despite the vacillations on Wall Street. Amazon stood fast to their principles throughout. Net Income, $m. Cash & ST Equivalents, $m.

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The Financing Trends of Billion Dollar SaaS Companies

Tomasz Tunguz

I’ve gathered the financing histories of the 41 publicly traded SaaS companies and adjusted them for inflation. The table below compares the financing patterns of SaaS companies over time, in cohorts of 4 years. 2002 71 3.0 2002 71 3.0 There’s more to the story, however. 1998 42 2.5 2006 66 4.0 2010 101 4.5

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Adventr uses patented voice-control tech to allow anyone to create interactive videos

TechCrunch

He references a scene in the 2002 movie “Minority Report,” where Tom Cruise encounters a hologram at the GAP that asks him about his personalized shopping experience. ” Adventr launched with a $1 million seed round, but hasn’t yet announced further financing.

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Foreign investors, mature startups redraw New Zealand’s VC funding landscape

TechCrunch

In fact, in 2020, investors provided more follow-on capital than ever before, which shows a commitment to support startups as they scale, grow and hopefully exit — a sign of a maturing investment scene, according to Young Company Finance deal data. Note: All monetary amounts are listed in New Zealand dollars unless otherwise stipulated. .

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

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. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. That asset class need not represent the broader market. Have a cushion.

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How Venture Funding For Early-Stage Startups Will Change During the COVID-19 Crisis

Dream It

eBay hosted a jobs fair in 2002 for 75 jobs and 2,000 people showed up,” states Martino. Liquidation preferences may change in later financing rounds, but probably too significantly. It went from 1 million employed people to 750k employed people within 18 months. It wasn’t fear, it was boredom,” states Martino.

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