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Nearly a year ago, security services provider Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) went public. And what a year it has been. Since then, Zscaler’s valuation has grown almost five times, and a slowdown does not appear to be coming soon.
Daniel Ibri: If you go to a retail shop, you can normally pay for your high end equipment in installments. It’s really common for the Brazilian market. These retailers end up giving credit, direct to consumers, out of their own balance sheet. The delinquency rate is really huge. It’s something around 30% to 50%. The
Taylor Greene: I think the major shift over the last six years since I’ve been doing this full-time is in the nomenclature. Pre-seed is really akin to what would have been a seed round or angel round 10 years ago. Typically that’s between $750,000 and a million dollars. Ten years ago when I was raising
Recently, Big Data player Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) announced its first quarter results that surpassed market expectations. Splunk is focusing on transitioning its business model to a subscription-based model, a move that is impacting quarterly cash flows. The drop in the cash flow outlook resulted in a decline in the stock’s price post result announcement.
Sramana Mitra: You have a very interesting investment thesis. What stage do you come in? Daniel Ibri: We normally invest early stage. It’s normally pre-A, A, or post-A. It’s normally around Series A and we normally co-invest with local funds. We try not to lead the rounds. We co-invest with local VC’s and angels. We
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 447th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Taylor Greene was recorded in April 2019. Taylor Greene, Managing Director at Collaborative Fund, shares his firms’ investment thesis. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you and to Collaborative