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Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Uber and Thumbtack had a combined $9M valuation at first round
“Thumbtack and Uber, You know, they were nine million dollars, and they're like, well, we only want one million dollars more. I was like, no, no, combined. Their valuation was nine million combined when I invested in their first rounds”
Jason Calacanis Jun 1, 2015 ▶ 45:55 Jason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Zappacosta: Thumbtack expects international expansion and an IPO within five years
“Yeah, both of those things I would expect happen in the next five years.”
Marco Zappacosta Apr 20, 2018 ▶ 25:08 20VC: Thumbtack's Marco Zappacosta on The 3 Core Elements To All Board Meetings, Raising $250m from Sequoia and Why You Have To Win Supply Side Acquisition First For Marketplace Success
Assertion Supported
Thumbtack operates across 100,000 sub-markets spanning 100 metros and 1,000 categories
“We have, you know, on the order of a 100,000 unique different markets to fill, you know, across, you know, a hundred cities and a hundred metros and a thousand different categories.”
Marco Zappacosta Apr 20, 2018 ▶ 17:12 20VC: Thumbtack's Marco Zappacosta on The 3 Core Elements To All Board Meetings, Raising $250m from Sequoia and Why You Have To Win Supply Side Acquisition First For Marketplace Success
Assertion Supported
Thumbtack raised Series B from Sequoia six weeks after business model pivot
“February and March were the first months that this new model was rolled out nationwide. And we raised our beef from Sequoia six weeks later because they saw the potential in what we had done.”
Marco Zappacosta Apr 20, 2018 ▶ 13:29 20VC: Thumbtack's Marco Zappacosta on The 3 Core Elements To All Board Meetings, Raising $250m from Sequoia and Why You Have To Win Supply Side Acquisition First For Marketplace Success
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