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FEBRUARY 25, 2014 © Emergence Confidential SEAN JACOBSOHN | VENTURE PARTNER @SJACOBSOHN
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15 years in business cloud: Cornerstone OnDemand (VP Channel Management) Joined at $7M revenue, now $300M revenue & $3B public company WageWorks (VP Sales & Partner Development) Joined at $3M revenue, now $250M revenue & $2B public company Elance (merged with oDesk) Joined at $0 revenue, now $100M revenue Hightail (VP Worldwide Alliances) Emergence Capital portfolio company formerly known as YouSendIt Joined Emergence as Venture Partner Sourcing business cloud startups for $250M fund Work closely with portfolio companies Navera, Intacct, InsideView About Me
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Emergence Capital Partners Leading early stage Silicon Valley VC in SaaS and cloud-based services 100% focused on cloud software for business users, including software-as-a-service “SaaS,” mobile and information services. $575 million under management across 3 funds Building market leaders First investment: Salesforce.com (market cap today: $36 billion) SuccessFactors- IPO in 2007, acquired by SAP for $3.4 billion Yammer – acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion EchoSign – purchased by Adobe Veeva – IPO (VEEV) in October 2013 (market cap today: $4 billion) And Box, Lithium, InsideView, Hightail, Intacct, ServiceMax, Doximity, Insightly and many more for
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An Inside Look at VC Pipeline Analysis Valuation VC “Value Add”
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VC Math InvestmentTotal Value 3 Total Loss $ 15 $ 0 3 Return Investment (1x)$ 15$ 15 3 Sell for profit (4x)$ 15$ 60 1 Home run (10x)$ 5$ 50 $50 $ 125 Typical Results – 10 Investments We are wrong 60% of the time!
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Companies 1200 review materials 500face-to-face meetings 40% 50due diligencex 10% 10investmentsx 20% < 1.0% Typical Pipeline for 10 investments VC Math
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Examples of 1200 Leads Not competitive with any portfolio company Not leveraging a connection for an introduction Compelling concise elevator pitch Not reading our firm’s website to see our focus area Strong founderNot looking at my LinkedIn bio; call me wrong name
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Examples of 500 Meetings Demonstrated product/ market fit; outside testing phase Solves an important problem outside Silicon Valley Well versed on market/competition Don’t know actual numbers or metrics well Not sure how to get to $1M, but expect $50M in 5 years Not strong technical team
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Examples of 50 Due Diligence 100%+ annual growth in revenue Positive customer references Positive team references High churn Not met projections from prior meeting Concentration of customer base
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Examples of 10 Investments Efficient customer acquisition Strong team, where people followed CEO Strategic to VC Portfolio Market size ($300M vs. $1B) Burn rate (need to raise too soon) Valuation too high
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Valuation – Mix of Art & Science
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Market Potential to emerge as market leader Hyper growth Replacement market Passionate customers New market High churn
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Future Fundraising Needs Capital efficiency 1.5-2X valuation reasonable for next round Risk of down round on morale Focused on % of pie vs. size of pie
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Team This is the team who will win the market and hire the best team Strong domain and technical experience of early team No proximity key talent
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Comparable Transactions Buyers pay higher multiples on deals below $50M Comparable public companies who are trading at high multiples Proximity of potential acquirers Private transactions above $100M where company didn’t have an option to go public Most startups get one offer
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What to Expect from VC Unpacking “VC Value Add” Talent Customer intros Best practices Metrics Good board management Sounding board
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QUESTIONS? WWW.EMCAP.COM@SJACOBSOHN
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