Startups and Bubbles

Startups&bubbles $6 Billion Billion YOU ARE 9.5b HERE 3.8Ь 5.0b 5.7b 1.8b 5.3b 5.6b 3-5b 2.1b 2.7b 1.ob 1.6b 1.4b 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 AMOUNT OF VENTURE & GROWTH CAPITAL RAISED 2011 Annualized LARGEST ROUNDS Verado Holdings (FirstWorld Communica- tions) raises $250m in a COMPANIES FUNDED venture round. Files for 1998 | 1995 I 1996 I 1997 bankruptcy in 2001. 1999 NetRatings 251 1998 Raises $246m. Since acquired by Nielson. 761 1999 Receives $200m and 1,620 2000 manages another EQUINIX $224m in 2001. 462 2001 2000 2002 2003 Raises ib Internet Brands" CoreExpress Inc. Raised $573m. It's now a part of $290m, now 266 2004 privately held. 286 2005 Level 3 Communications. 551 2006 2004 809 2007 Reconda International Corporation 855 2008 757 2009 Receives the 3rd largest VC funding in this time period, for $900m. FriendFinder Networks" 789 2010 329 2011 Raises $551m in lieu of going public. 2010 2011 facebook THEIR FATE? ACQUIRED GROUPON STILL ALIVE 28% 8% Having previously raised 10 separate rounds of financing, most recently $200m in 2009 and $500m in 2010, Facebook starts off 2011 with a $1 billion raise. The largest venture / growth round since 1995, valuing Facebook at $50 billion. They have raised over $2 billion since 2004. To kick off 2011, 64% Groupon, Inc. raises the 2nd largest VC round for the period, taking in a total of $950m which valued it at $6.4 billion. SPLIT SINCE 2002 I+I $0.9b moby Mobywan blog.mobywan.com wan Wes Johnson www.playmobeo.com $34b Please see footnotes, below. DEAD