Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That brings us to one of the most exciting topics — exits. Diving into the Data According to Pitchbook, there have been 390 exits in proptech between 2018 and 2022. For the purposes of this analysis, an exit was defined as either an IPO, M&A, buyout, or other (namely, a merger of equals or reverse merger).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

There is a lot of dilution from the seed round to exit, in my experience, a seed investor will be diluted by around 2/3 between seed and exit. Total Value At Exit $133,333,323 Fund Return 1.33. The dilution from seed to exit also matters a lot. And that number is gross, before fees and carry. fund, before fees and carry.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. Getting Exits / Driving LP Returns: This was always the knock on me. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. None have exited. ” Still.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Dan’s ultimate goal is to scale the business for a lucrative exit in about five years. Never share your exit strategy with venture capitalists. So, if you anticipate a short-term exit, keep that information to yourself. Here are 11 tips EO members shared: 1. Know what investors want.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 10, 2015

It takes a really long time for a company to go from zero to being worth hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars, and to *exit*. It's very difficult to force an exit, to affect strategy, and if you have to replace a team early, things have really hit the fan. 2) The payback time is forever. 4) Money is a commodity. Trust me.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

It's a market that had gotten completely detached from the regular venture capital market--you know, the VCs and angels like SV Angel, First Round, and even Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley who I'm pretty sure aren't crying a river over a multi-billion dollar exit to the public markets after just six years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In 2019, I exited the business and relocated to Canada. Suddenly, I found myself in a period of my life that so many entrepreneurs know all too well after an exit: I felt unsure of my “place.”. After exiting the company, I felt like I had no “home base”. After my exit, people would ask: “So, what are you doing nowadays?”

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 29, 2025

Having worked for top tier investment banks and sold a SAAS business and having been backed by some of the worlds top accelerators i have some idea of what it takes to become a great leader and i will use this to share a little bit of experince with what i think it really take to be a great leader.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

” If the “nut” is too high I usually veer them towards later-stage opportunities (post B or C round) where the comp is higher, the exit is more likely / nearer, the upside is still nice but obviously not the same as if you joined early). Being the CEO vs. a senior executive gives you a lot more control over exit timing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

They were also there to help me exit companies, sharing their experiences on how to maximize value during the process. He wanted me to share what I had learned on my journey, and why I had successfully started, scaled, and exited companies so many times. And Exiting was a whole other challenge. What was that formula?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 14, 2020

And exits have been very robust. The NVCA and Pitch Book are out with their Q3 report on the VC industry and what they report is that the VC industry continues to be very active throughout the pandemic. Deal counts and deal values are stable to up over last year. The massive expansion of later-stage private capital continues unabated.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Since Airbnb, however, it feels like not only is YC missing another billion dollar plus home run, but the percent of companies worth $40 million (a standard YC has used in the press), either by financing or exit, seems low. That''s less than 10%. That''s 25%. a far higher rate than YC has appeared to have done since then.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Founders should be able to discuss future milestones that they will hit to enable them to raise intermediate rounds of capital before exiting and ensure investors they can de-risk their startups along the way to achieving their grand vision. Don’t confuse "exit strategy" with your company’s vision.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2014

Maybe ten years from now, when I''ve got lots more exits under my own watch, you can call me that, but for now, I consider myself a really ambitious student. This is a professional relationship and we''re here to grow an enterprise. I am not an expert.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Mailchimp looks like it’s going to be a huge exit down in Atlanta, but that might turn out to be a one-off. It wasn’t until the late twenty teens that exits like Flatiron Health started proving naysayers wrong. Big outcomes don’t have as much to do with a “community” of interrelated people as you might think.

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JULY 2, 2015

Look how much Twitter and Facebook raised before exit. Yet, as cash friendly as Slack could be--where it could easily have Kickstarter or Craigslist-like cashflow to cap table like ratios, it is still raising hundreds of millions of dollars. So does it really matter if it's being spent on developers or factories. Dollars are still dollars.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market). It’s just math.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 12, 2014

So, ten years from now, investments I make three years from now might be exiting. Some may take longer, some might exit in a shorter amount of time. The most important thing, though, is that I have a chance of making a million dollars doing something I love. To me, that puts me in the 1% of the 1% of life.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2023

This can negatively impact the growth of your business and hurt your chances for a healthy exit — whether you’re selling to a buyer or passing it on to the next generation. It’s a misconception that to IPO or exit successfully, you must have outside financing and investor capital. To raise or not to raise?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 7, 2022

With more than 20 years in the M&A industry, Scott is a recognized leader in the field, providing exit strategies, sell- and buy-side transitions, along with valuation services in the lower middle market. . On the one hand, this is why you worked so hard: To exit and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Letting go.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

One example is whether it’s assumed that seed VCs maximize outcomes by religiously holding their shares until the company itself exits. We hold until the founders and company exit. But I’ve also seen a few change quite dramatically based upon the progressing ‘game on the field’ and my own VC experiences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 17, 2023

They’re not going after the next big exit, the next bell ringing or unicorn because they need the money; they feel a deep-seated need to keep working. Monish grins and gently explains, “I’ve never started a business with an exit goal in the future. Changing the world with a new technology. How much is enough?”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2015

It’s Clutter’s day. It’s the day to acknowledge the hard work and achievements of Team Clutter.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 19, 2023

25+% IRR sustained over many years) if you don’t have access to a steady stream of potential unicorn-sized exits? So, is it possible for an angel to make venture capital returns (e.g.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I think it''s likely that it will unfocus the company and what it definitely does is eliminate the possibility of exiting for anything less than two and a half billion dollars. That is likely to lead to decisions that might not be in the best interest in the company or the users. So that''s what I wrote on Twitter.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 27, 2021

That is because our 2010 Opportunity Fund had a few very fast material exits and our 2014 Opportunity Fund had a more typical holding period for its material exits. Our 2014 Opportunity Fund has a higher cash on cash return but a lower IRR than our 2010 Opportunity Fund. They take it down over time, often over four or five years.

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Dream It

APRIL 2, 2019

And over the last six months, the fund has seen over $600m in exits of companies that got their start at Dreamit, including LevelUp (acquired by GrubHub), Trendkite (acquired by Cision), and Adaptly (acquired by Accenture). Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 320 companies.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

In 2019 Dreamit saw over $600 million in exits of companies that got their start at Dreamit, including LevelUp (acquired by GrubHub), Trendkite (acquired by Cision), and Adaptly (acquired by Accenture). Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 350 companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway sold its shares in the Paytm-parent firm One97 Communications Friday, booking a loss of about 40% on the investment it made more than five years ago. The Warren Buffett firm invested about $260 million in Paytm in 2018, acquiring a 3% stake in the financial services startup at a valuation of about $10 […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Now I just have a 3x higher exit price if I want to sell one day. Talk to your teammates and make sure they’re still good with the exit. How can you wake up every day and process that decision. Five million? Upside scenarios. Downside scenarios. Raise a big VC round – yeah! At least I have more resources. Stay focused.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. As a result I’ve seen hundreds of VC decks, all certain they will be among the top performers. This post is about ‘seeing.’

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A natural product extension to Seraf’s renowned portfolio management solution, our new deal flow product enables teams to collaborate and efficiently usher deals from sourcing to exit all in one place.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2019

It’s just a model of the share price of a company going up and to the right smoothly until it exits for $300mm, and the outcomes for the shares purchased in each round of financing. Seed round investors get a tidy 18.2x I created a few fund mix scenarios and estimated what the overall fund return would be given that mix.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Seed investments made now are expected to exit sometime after this next recession will have likely played itself out. They’re going in at high valuations using preferred securities—meaning they’re the first money out in a downside exit. I also think seed and early stage managers are more aligned with their LPs.

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The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 10, 2022

They talked about a wide variety of topics ranging from how he first got involved in angel investing, to some good exit stories, to his work on the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, to crowdfunding and regulation of the crypto market. Have a listen!

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Revolution

MAY 23, 2023

But that short-term gain and convenience often results in long-term stagnation and limited exit opportunities. These are not hypotheticals — I have seen this play out more than once over the last five years. Building the right investor syndicate takes time and effort.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated Maker Studios?—?sold innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero.

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