12 de jan. de 2016

Arriving at the Pardot Acquisition Price

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One of the more popular questions I get from entrepreneurs that are curious about selling a company is how we arrived at the Pardot acquisition price. My normal response is that we had $10 million in trailing twelve months (TTM) revenue at time of sale and we got 9.5x TTM.

7 de jan. de 2016

10 Common Reasons Why Fin Tech Startups Fail

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The following is a guest post by Pascal Bouvier (@pascalbouvier), venture partner at Santander InnoVentures. You have a great fin tech business plan. You assemble your team and create your startup. Here are ten common mistakes you should avoid if you want to have a chance to live another day.

Founders Fund Leads a Financing Round for Nubank, a Brazilian Start-Up

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The billionaire and prominent Silicon Valley financier Peter Thiel has returned to investing in Brazil, even as the country remains mired in recession and faces almost weekly political upheavals. Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm Mr.

5 de jan. de 2016

Fundraising 2016 – Control Your Destiny

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Welcome to 2016. We’ve already heard lots of predictions about the late stage financing market, tech IPOs, and what is going to happen to unicorns this year. And it’s only Monday, January 4th. Remember that these are predictions. No one really has a clue. And a year is a long time.

4 de jan. de 2016

What Is Going To Happen In 2016 – AVC

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It’s easier to predict the medium to long term future. We will be able to tell our cars to take us home after a late night of new year’s partying within a decade.