Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 26, 2011
A star example is Google, which raised a mere $40 million in private funding before its IPO at a $23 billion valuation. While there has not been a defining exit in clean energy akin to the "Netscape moment" for the internet, there have been numerous recent IPOs in the biofuels sector.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 5, 2014
Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. LPs expect to be paid well to assume the high fees (2% annual fees on committed capital) and long illiquidity ( minimum 10 years) of investing in private equities. What is the optimum level of VC commit?
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2018
It was one of the world’s highest-grossing IPOs in a year when the market was otherwise in chaos due to the mortgage lending crisis. In 2010, in India, the microfinance institution SKS also went through an IPO that generated millions in profits — along with an impressive amount of scandal and intrigue.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, the ride-sharing giant, proudly declared on September 10 that “very few brands become verbs” The same week Upwork, a platform for hiring freelancers, filed for an IPO, as did Fiverr , which boasts that it offers a “freelance services marketplace for the lean entrepreneur.”
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 2, 2017
However, at least on paper, emerging-market entrepreneurs are just as experienced and committed as high-income country entrepreneurs. Yet, investors still report a lack of commitment and entrepreneurial experience in these entrepreneurs, which they say makes it difficult to invest in some markets compared to others. Related Video.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 23, 2013
There are three pieces of data that are particularly shocking to internet, software, and biotech entrepreneurs who are on the verge of committing their firms to starting firms in secondary startup markets (and, in particular, outside of the San Francisco Bay). It takes longer to raise money. But it is an important metric.
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