http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/04/valuations-of-venture-backed-companies-hit-five-year-high/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/04/valuations-of-venture-backed-companies-hit-five-year-high/comment-page-1/#comment-4428 Rob-Bridgescale Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:40:21 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1408#comment-4428 What seems to be one of the key drivers of rising late-stage valuations is simply company maturity or, specifically, the age of the company. Evaluation of the Dow Jones VentureOne data shows that the median age of these later stage companies has also increased from 4.35 years in the year 2002 to 5.76 years in 2005. This 32 percent increase in the median age of the companies is largely driven by the lengthening time to liquidity for private venture-backed companies. What seems to be one of the key drivers of rising late-stage valuations is simply company maturity or, specifically, the age of the company. Evaluation of the Dow Jones VentureOne data shows that the median age of these later stage companies has also increased from 4.35 years in the year 2002 to 5.76 years in 2005. This 32 percent increase in the median age of the companies is largely driven by the lengthening time to liquidity for private venture-backed companies.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/04/valuations-of-venture-backed-companies-hit-five-year-high/comment-page-1/#comment-4427 Pran Kurup Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:43:11 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1408#comment-4427 Any idea on what Web 2.0 company pre-money valuations are like? Your download document does not track that. Any idea on what Web 2.0 company pre-money valuations are like? Your download document does not track that.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/04/valuations-of-venture-backed-companies-hit-five-year-high/comment-page-1/#comment-4426 Matt Marshall Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:38:53 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1408#comment-4426 Apologies for any confusion. I'd been waiting for DJ to give me the thumbs up on releasing the press release. It is now there in the post, in an update. Apologies for any confusion. I’d been waiting for DJ to give me the thumbs up on releasing the press release. It is now there in the post, in an update.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/04/valuations-of-venture-backed-companies-hit-five-year-high/comment-page-1/#comment-4425 DV Henkel-Wallace Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:44:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1408#comment-4425 Your explanation is not clear, so it's hard to see if it supports your conclusion or not. I suspect this valuation is due to companies taking an additional round rather than going public right now. This would be consistent with this $18.4MM being the _median_ (not mean) value. If so, then I agree it's not a sign of a bubble. But on the other hand it doesn't imply that A or B stage valuations are any higher. Your explanation is not clear, so it’s hard to see if it supports your conclusion or not. I suspect this valuation is due to companies taking an additional round rather than going public right now. This would be consistent with this $18.4MM being the _median_ (not mean) value. If so, then I agree it’s not a sign of a bubble. But on the other hand it doesn’t imply that A or B stage valuations are any higher.

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