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The 2014-2015 VC boom generated 40x and 20x revenue valuation multiples
“And in particular today, I think we've got a little bit of a hangover from the funding cycle of 2014, 2015, where there was a huge boom in venture capital funding, and a lot of companies raised money at very high valuations. And, you know, these are ten millio…”
Jeff Richards Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 20:29 20VC: The Transition From Founder To CEO, How To Determine When To Stretch On Price in Venture & The Benefits of Attribution for Partnership Dynamics with Jeff Richards, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
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GGV Capital invested in Alibaba in 2003 at a $200M valuation
“GGB was an early investor in Alibaba Group, and back in 2003, the two hundred million dollar valuation.”
Jeff Richards Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 22:25 20VC: The Transition From Founder To CEO, How To Determine When To Stretch On Price in Venture & The Benefits of Attribution for Partnership Dynamics with Jeff Richards, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
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Qualtrics raised no venture capital for its first 12 years
“Qualtrics, which SAP just acquired for eight billion dollars. They didn't raise their first venture capital until 12 years into the company. I believe it was 18 years old when it was acquired”
Jeff Richards Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 9:01 20VC: The Transition From Founder To CEO, How To Determine When To Stretch On Price in Venture & The Benefits of Attribution for Partnership Dynamics with Jeff Richards, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
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Salesforce acquired Buddy Media for $800M at $20M to $25M in sales
“Which Salesforce acquired several years ago for eight hundred million dollars, and when we were scaling the company, we got to about 20 or twenty-five million in sales”
Jeff Richards Mar 4, 2019 ▶ 18:22 20VC: The Transition From Founder To CEO, How To Determine When To Stretch On Price in Venture & The Benefits of Attribution for Partnership Dynamics with Jeff Richards, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
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