11–20 of 70 posts
$40M+ Exits with Public Prices: Heroku - W08 - $212M > Salesforce [1] OMGPOP - S06 - $180M > Znyga [2] SocialCam - W12 - $60M > Autodesk [3] Loopt - S05 - $43.4M > Green Dot [4] $40M+ Exits with Rumored Prices: Parse - S11 - $85M > Facebook [5] [1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/breaking-salesforce-buys-he... [2] http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/26/zynga-ceo-mark-pincus-omgpo... [3] http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/17/so…
I'd rather know the sum of the valuations of all 511 companies (with the ones tha closed down valued at zero of course). while I am making wishes, I'd also like to know what percentage of that total valuation is owned by cofounders rather than investors.
There's enough uncertainty in how accurate the individual valuation numbers are for airbnb, dropbox, and the 30x40 club to dominate the error.
I'd rather know the sum of the valuations of all 511 companies (with the ones tha closed down valued at zero of course). while I am making wishes, I'd also like to know what percentage of that total valuation is owned by cofounders rather than investors.
We ourselves don't know the percentage owned by founders. But considering that investors continually complain that YC companies are overpriced, it may be higher than the industry average.
I'd rather know the sum of the valuations of all 511 companies (with the ones tha closed down valued at zero of course). while I am making wishes, I'd also like to know what percentage of that total valuation is owned by cofounders rather than investors.
Back in 2011, pg estimated the value of the top 21 YC companies at $4.7 billion (http://ycombinator.com/nums.html ).
EDIT: and my post is immediately obsolete, as pg has posted a current estimate in a sister comment.
I'd rather know the sum of the valuations of all 511 companies (with the ones tha closed down valued at zero of course). while I am making wishes, I'd also like to know what percentage of that total valuation is owned by cofounders rather than investors.
The total valuation of those 511 is currently about $11.5 billion. We ourselves don't know the percentage owned by founders. But considering that investors continually complain that YC companies are overpriced, it may be higher than the industry average.
When one of them goes public, we'll find out how much of that one is founder-owned :)
Thanks for the info.
$40M+ Exits with Public Prices: Heroku - W08 - $212M > Salesforce [1] OMGPOP - S06 - $180M > Znyga [2] SocialCam - W12 - $60M > Autodesk [3] Loopt - S05 - $43.4M > Green Dot [4] $40M+ Exits with Rumored Prices: Parse - S11 - $85M > Facebook [5] [1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/breaking-salesforce-buys-he... [2] http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/26/zynga-ceo-mark-pincus-omgpo... [3] http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/17/so…
CloudKick (to Rackspace) was probably over $40mm, or close to it.
If Cloudkick's product was generating material revenue, they wouldn't have shut it down recently.
My arm chair quaterbacking puts the deal closer to $10M for investors, and maybe a nice bit of earnout.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
CloudKick (to Rackspace) was probably over $40mm, or close to it.
I doubt your info is correct. IIRC, CloudKick had 10 employees and little revenue. $40M seems like a steep price. If Cloudkick's product was generating material revenue, they wouldn't have shut it down recently. My arm chair quaterbacking puts the deal closer to $10M for investors, and maybe a nice bit of earnout.
$30-50mm seems to be the consensus in this and some other places.
$30MM cash was in the 10-K filing.
I'd rather know the sum of the valuations of all 511 companies (with the ones tha closed down valued at zero of course). while I am making wishes, I'd also like to know what percentage of that total valuation is owned by cofounders rather than investors.
The total valuation of those 511 is currently about $11.5 billion. We ourselves don't know the percentage owned by founders. But considering that investors continually complain that YC companies are overpriced, it may be higher than the industry average.