Just a few random items from my inbox:
Tomorrow I will be presenting a webinar on business valuation for Funding Universe. If you would like to participate and you are not a Funding Universe Angel Ready subscriber, you can pay a one-time fee of $19.95 to participate.
Know More Media, the publisher of this blog, is working actively to develop new tools to help companies increase their "on-line density," the number of hits you get when you search for the company. This is not a problem for Yahoo or Google, but for small investment banks in Utah, it is an issue. The latest effort is being tested in beta here. BizzSpotlight provides a forum for companies to create an on-line profile with a link back to the company's home page.
VentureWire reports today that the average pre-money value of venture-backed companies has increased to $18.5 million in 2006 from $15 million in 2005. For series A Rounds, the median pre-money valuation inched up to $6.2 million from $5.9 million, for the same periods.
The law firm Fenwick and West has published its quarterly update on venture capital trends. You can read the report here.
One last note: the deadline for applications to the Stoel Rives Innovation Awards is coming up Friday. Be sure to check out the site to decide if you should apply--you probably should!
Devin, you did a superb job of explaining our concept of Online Density. We will be rolling out more beta products to help companies be more easily found online in the near future. We are glad we had a chance to spotlight Thorpe Capital on BIZZspotlight as well!
Posted by: Tim Stay | February 22, 2007 9:44 AM | Permalink to Comment