Sentences with phrase «exits at valuations»

It is easy to observe the strong trend toward earlier exits at valuations under $ 30 million.

Not exact matches

First Round based its performance evaluations on the difference in a company's valuation between the VC firm's initial investment and current fair market value for the company or value at the time of an exit.

In 2014 3 out of 12 exits were occurred at a lower valuation than the previous round.

This allows the Shark to meet the valuation «ask» of the entrepreneur and VC board member, all the while knowing that they will make excellent returns, even at exits that are far below the cover valuation.

The bottom line: with the unicorn bubble likely to go bust over the next 12 — 24 months, less than 1/4 of today's unicorns are likely to achieve a successful exit for their investors at a $ 1 billion + valuation.

Despite recent hype around a handful of venture - backed companies raising money at multi-billion dollar valuations, achieving a more than $ 1b exit for a startup is highly unlikely.

A decline much more than 2 % below that average could provoke coordinated exit attempts by trend - followers, at valuations nowhere near the point where value - conscious investors would be eager to absorb those shares.»

Rather, they're interested in pumping up enough hype and valuation to find a quick exit through an acquisition at an eye - popping premium.

For example, assume an exit valuation of $ 100 million and the VC owns 20 % of the company at the time of the exit.

To determine a value for an early - stage business, most VCs use two valuation methodologies: recent comparable financing, and potential value at exit.

Given that a favorable shift in the quality of market action at these valuations would prompt us to remove perhaps 25 % of our hedges, the «best case» benefit from an exposure to market fluctuations here, even assuming a perfect exit, would probably be just 2 - 3 %.

Once valuations are rich and our broad return / risk estimates are negative, our willingness to accept market risk generally requires a window with two exits — one below, at the point where the trend - following measures deteriorate, and one above, at the point where overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions emerge.

IKAN is still trading at a discount to both its net cash and liquidation valuations, so it's difficult to exit when the possibility of additional upside is good.

With the stock price at $ 0.51, we're going to maintain our position for now, but we're mindful that NENG is a perennial net net stock and so we might take the opportunity to exit if it gets to our target valuation of $ 0.55.

We are exiting our position in Amtech Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ASYS) at its $ 5.65 close yesterday because the stock is trading at a substantial premium to our valuation.

The business, fundamentals and dividend growth potential appear sound at this time, while the valuation has dipped due to short - term investors exiting based on one quarter's missed estimates.