valuation
The opaque, confusing and highly volatile practice of valuing a private SaaS business is frustrating for entrepreneurs and investors alike. Furthermore, the lack of transparency adds a tremendous amount of…
Silk‘s co-founder and CEO, Salar al Khafaji, announced today that private data analytics unicorn Palantir would be acquiring the company. The transaction appears to be an acqui-hire, with members of…
Signs point to a contraction, but no one’s bursting venture capital’s bubble
Regardless of the economic climate, the real job of any investor is to help entrepreneurs build meaningful companies and technologies. The best investors that we know don’t try to time…
Bed Bath & Beyond acquires One Kings Lane for undisclosed sum
Home furnishings site One Kings Lane has found a home of its own, with Bed Bath & Beyond. The retailer announced a cash acquisition of the e-commerce startup, but the…
A New, Standardized Way For Employees To Keep Their Vested Stock Options Longer
Amid headlines about billion-dollars valuations are many employees who remain trapped unless their employers eventually go public or else sell to an acquirer in a cash deal. The problem centers…
This morning, the law firm Fenwick & West published new findings about all the U.S.-based unicorn financings that took place during the last nine months of 2015. It’s rife with…
Tech Valuations In 2016: The End Of The Line For Sloppy Growth
What’s going on in technology investing right now? Is this another 2001, when tech imploded? Another 2008, when the wider world crashed but tech powered through? Or is it like…
Interest Rates, Unicorns And What The Fed Means To Silicon Valley
Changes in macroeconomic forces — starting with the interest rate hike — could have a dramatic impact on Silicon Valley and other regions.
The End Of The Startup Gold Rush, Absurd Burn Rates And Tourist VCs
In 15 years as a venture capitalist, I’ve seen just about every market condition you can imagine. I started at Insight Venture Partners in 2000 at a time when the…
The True Impact Of The Snapchat Writedown For Entrepreneurs
Writing down unicorns benefits everyone.
CrunchWeek: Apple Is Rich, Zenefits Versus ADP, And Facebook’s Phone Number Battle
Hello, comrades of the revolution, and welcome back to CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s weekly roundup of all things noteworthy. This week our fearless leader, Matthew Lynley, was joined by Sarah Buhr and…
Pay To Play: How Investors Get Burned Fast In A Downturn
Earlier this year, the law firm Fenwick & West published a report analyzing the financing terms of 37 U.S.-based venture-backed companies that raised money at valuations of $1 billion or more in…
We’ve abandoned time-honored valuation techniques from the past because they didn’t work for new rapid-growth, tech-driven businesses. But what if the new rule book was equally inept? As a lover…
On September 18, 2015, Comcast reached a $33 million settlement over claims that it published personal information of more than 75,000 customers — even though those customers had specifically paid…
How Do You Value A Company Like Uber?
Each week brings more Uber stories, with some containing good news for those who believe that the company is on a glide path to a $100 billion IPO, and some…
Founders are often puzzled by how VCs derive valuations for competitive Series A rounds. A competitive Series A round is an equity round where a company generally raises greater than…
That’ll Fly: Kayak Closes IPO Day With Shares Up Nearly 30% And Market Cap Over $1.2B
It’s been a long time in coming. After first filing to go public in late 2010, Kayak finally came to market today debuting as a public company on NASDAQ, trading…
