You’ve seen the headlines; you know that over the last couple of years, a growing number of startups has gone public at valuations below where they were valued as privately held companies (or sunk past them quickly). You’ve also come to understand that a lot of late, and often lofty, private company valuations are getting […]
Barry Kramer
StrictlyVC: May 7, 2015
Good morning, dear readers! —– Top News in the A.M. Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is replacing CEO Jonathan Lu with the company’s COO, Daniel Zhang. Lu took over as chief executive from Alibaba’s founder and executive chairman Jack Ma two years ago. The New York Times has more here. —– The Venture Math Behind These Giant Financings To better understand […]
The Venture Math Behind All These Giant Financings
To better understand unicorn valuations, the law firm Fenwick & West recently analyzed the financing terms of 37 U.S.-based venture backed companies that raised money at valuations of $1 billion or more in the 12-month period ending March 31. Among the firm’s findings about these financings is that only a quarter were led by “traditional” […]