Post by bayezidislam on Feb 15, 2024 4:39:03 GMT
Savvy VCs are doing value add beyond the check, and are starting to couple their portfolio together to build larger networks. Knowing which investor has blessed a startup is key, as it demonstrates confidence in the business model, executive team, and product roadmap. Buyers of social business should ask five key questions of startups about their investors. With that said, having investors is not a requirement, as one-third of startups did not take in investment as they can often go it alone. Winner Circle: Social Business VCs Achieving Material Events The following lists the startups with exit.
We listed each round of funding and who’s the investors Antarctica Email List Buddy Media (Acquisition) Buddy Media acquired for an estimated $689M (source), raised a total of $5M WPP Digital $1.5M Roger Ehrenberg, James Altucher, Howard Lindzon, Peter Thiel, Mark Pincus $6.5M SoftBank Capital, Greycroft Partners, European Founders Fund, Ron Conway $23M SoftBank Capital, Greycroft Partners, Institutional Ventures, Bay Partners $54M Institutional Ventures, Bay Partners, GGV Capital, Insight Ventures CoTweet (Acquisition) Acquired for apparently $8.1m (source) $1.1M Founders Fund, Baseline Ventures.
First Round Capital, Freestyle Capital, SV Angel, Floodgate Fund Vitrue (Acquisition) Acquired for an estimated $300M (source) $2.2M General Catalyst Partners $3.8M General Catalyst Partners, Comcast Ventures, Turner Broadcasting, $10M General Catalyst Partners, Comcast Ventures, Dace Ventures $17M General Catalyst Partners, Dace Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Advent Venture Partners Wildfire (Acquisition) WildFire acquired for an estimated $350M, with $100m retention bonus (source) $100K fbFund $4M Summit Partners, Jeff Clavier, Gary Vaynerchuk, 500 Startups.
We listed each round of funding and who’s the investors Antarctica Email List Buddy Media (Acquisition) Buddy Media acquired for an estimated $689M (source), raised a total of $5M WPP Digital $1.5M Roger Ehrenberg, James Altucher, Howard Lindzon, Peter Thiel, Mark Pincus $6.5M SoftBank Capital, Greycroft Partners, European Founders Fund, Ron Conway $23M SoftBank Capital, Greycroft Partners, Institutional Ventures, Bay Partners $54M Institutional Ventures, Bay Partners, GGV Capital, Insight Ventures CoTweet (Acquisition) Acquired for apparently $8.1m (source) $1.1M Founders Fund, Baseline Ventures.
First Round Capital, Freestyle Capital, SV Angel, Floodgate Fund Vitrue (Acquisition) Acquired for an estimated $300M (source) $2.2M General Catalyst Partners $3.8M General Catalyst Partners, Comcast Ventures, Turner Broadcasting, $10M General Catalyst Partners, Comcast Ventures, Dace Ventures $17M General Catalyst Partners, Dace Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Advent Venture Partners Wildfire (Acquisition) WildFire acquired for an estimated $350M, with $100m retention bonus (source) $100K fbFund $4M Summit Partners, Jeff Clavier, Gary Vaynerchuk, 500 Startups.