The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Herman raised $60M venture funding to buy back $120M of Viewlogic revenue
“A year after we sold it, we bought back about 75% of the revenue, 80% of the revenue of the company in an MBO and then ran that company. Oh, it's a management buyout. We actually got venture funding about 50 or sixty million dollars and bought the bought about…”
Will Herman Oct 7, 2018 ▶ 4:57 1170 Playbook he used for taking 3 companies public f\rom scratch
Assertion Partly supported
Herman: Quintus grew to $60M revenue and IPO'd before collapsing
“That was an actually an investment, not one that I was active in, although I did help the VCs spin it out of a of another company. Company was called Quintus. High flyer went from nothing to sixty million in revenue, went public.”
Will Herman Oct 7, 2018 ▶ 2:43 1170 Playbook he used for taking 3 companies public f\rom scratch
Assertion Supported
Herman: Viewlogic IPO'd in 1991 and Sold for ~$500M in 1996-1997
“We started that in 1984, took it public in 91 sold it in 9006 or 97. About a half, it was about a half billion dollar deal.”
Will Herman Oct 7, 2018 ▶ 4:35 1170 Playbook he used for taking 3 companies public f\rom scratch
Assertion Partly supported
Herman: Viewlogic Had $160M-$175M TTM Revenue at Acquisition
“Trailing 12 was probably 175,000,160 million.”
Will Herman Oct 7, 2018 ▶ 6:37 1170 Playbook he used for taking 3 companies public f\rom scratch
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