New Features: Google Maps and Comparables List Search
Hey everybody! We are pleased to announce the release of several new features. First, we have completed the first phase of our integration with Google maps.
You can now see a picture of map of the location of individual funds and companies. Next up is the ability to see all of the funds, companies, and even deals in our database. You will be able to map these by sector, drill-down by region or state, and explore different relationships between companies. For example, you may want to see all of the companies, fund, and deals related to the conveyor belt industry. We can map all of these for you. You may want to see the geographic location of all of Google's acquisitions, we will soon be able to do that for you.
We have also released a great new feature for our Valuation Tool. You can now search for Comparables (or Industry Comps) Lists by simply typing in the name of a company, ticker or a keyword. So if you want to see all of the Comps or Industry Lists in which Microsoft is included, you can type in "Microsoft" or "MSFT" and you will be able to see all of the lists in which the company is included. This is very helpful if you know the name of a competitor company but you don't know the name of a particular industry or sector list.
posted by VentureReturns at
7:00 AM
2 Comments:
The valuation tool is amazing. I was wondering how did you come up with the valuation? For example, your valuation for LinkedIn is about 1.18B in June and it decreased to 1.12B in September. And how did you get the Revenue and EBITDA projections? Thanks!
Thanks very much. I am glad that you like the valuation tool. In terms of the valuation, we use a very standard valuation approach--basically a slight modification of the market approach. We find comparable companies and then find the valuation ratios for those companies (EV/Revenue and EV/EBITDA), and then apply those valuation ratios to the financial projections of the private company--in this case LinkedIn. I probably can't tell you where I got the revenue and EBITDA projections since it is a bit of a trade secret, but I can tell you that nobody knows the forward projections with certainty. They are educated guesses. Does that help?
Thanks again and please keep in touch.
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