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Venture Transaction MultiplesFrance 2016 EditionHow Much Is Your Startup Worth ?
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EditoStartup valuat ion: the secret sauce
is the median EV/Sales multiple observed in France in 2015, based on all the fundraisingtransactions in Venture Capital.
How much value is your startup worth? Every entrepreneur will be asking himself this question at least oncein his lifetime. Obviously, the answer is far from being simple.
In Venture Capital there is no « transparency » about startups valuation. Neither from startups nor funds. It's likebeing constantly in the haze. Only a few rumours and indiscretions sometimes feed the FrenchTech fantasies.Under such conditions, it is not easy for an entrepreneur to calmly consider one of the most complex stages ofhis adventure: fundraising.
Venture Capital is facing a total asymmetry concerning the available market information. On one hand, fundshold a substantial amount of information, inherited from their past experiences and their precise knowledge ofthe fundraising market; on the other hand startups have none.
In practice, the method ruling Venture Capital is the famous "2/3 1/3" method. 2/3 Pre-Money - 1/3 NewMoney. In other words, if you want to raise €1m, your fundraising valuation basis will be close to €2m, and yourdilution for this round will represent 33% of your capital. This theory is correlated to what we have observed inour study where we found a 27.9% median dilution in France in 2015.This method can be explained by the willof the Venture Capital funds to make minority but substantial enough investments to hold a controlling stake instartups they are investing in: that’s why we call it the "2/3 1/3" method.
Having this in mind and thanks to a data driven experience, Avolta Partners decided to reflect a little bit furtherupon the metrics that are underlying startups valuation. This is what we endeavoured to do in this study whichaims to allow each startup to get a better (and fair) idea of its own valuation, to know how much it may claim aspart of its fundraising adventure and to « fluidity » the relationship between Venture Capitalists andentrepreneurs.
6.38x
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Companies belonging to the eCommerce, Hardware and Retail sectionshave a business based on stock management and margin betweensupplier prices and selling prices. Each of these 3 categories has its ownkey metrics, that’s the reason why we differentiated them. Performancemodel is built around the constitution of a recurring user community whileAudience one is based on traffic. Service business incomes come frommargin between labor cost and service invoice price.
Focusing on Transaction Multiples.
MethodologyData. Data. Data.
1000 startups. 650 investors. 497 deals in 2015.
We are continuously tracking over 1000 startups, 650 investors and we’vemonitored around 500 deals in 2015. We’ve built a method to categorisestartups according to their sector and business model and to estimatetheir transaction multiple. Here’s some insightsabout our approach.
The French startup landscape mapped into 11 main sectors.
We segmented the French startup landscape into 11 categoriesdepending on fields of application. The 9 first are directly related to thedisruptive tech environment while the 2 last gather non-tech companies.The AdTech and FinTech segments include respectively advertising andfinancial technology companies. The Digital Media section clusters media,social media and gaming-related companies. We put into the IoT segmentcompanies positioned on combined software/hardware solutions. Onlinesellers go into eCommerce. Business Services and Consumer Servicessections cover respectively B2B and C2C service technology startups.Companies focused on energy & environment on the one hand, and onmedical, pharmaceutical & biological on the other hand go respectivelyinto CleanTech and MedTech / BioTech groups. Eventually, we classifiednon-tech startups into Retail and Consulting according to their distributionor service-provider specialty.
9 business models to approach startup valuation.
To focus on companies’ core business, we mapped the French startupenvironment through 9 business models (BM). The subscription model isbased on recurring revenue (SaaS) or more traditional licensing. Thecommission model basically relies on a debit from the Gross MerchandiseVolume (GMV) flowing through the platform according to a definedcommission rate (such as a marketplace).
497 startup fundraisings monitored
286 fundraisings > to €1m
217 startups with legal information disclosed
171 Transaction Multiples
We tracked over 286 fundraising rounds superior
to €1m by extracting information from several
sources
We tracked legal information from BODACC to calculate
217 Equity Values
We mapped the ecosystem and consolidated data to
calculate 171 Transaction Multiples
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Global Trends
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Global Trends€1.8bn deals value. 497 startups.
French tech startups booming activity.
With more than€1.8bn raised in 497 transactions in 2015, investments have more than doubled compared to 2014 and reached a new milestone in France.€810m were raised during the first semester and €1.02bn during the second one. France remains at the 3rd place in Europe in terms of total amounts raisedbehind the United Kingdom and Germany.
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Global TrendsFrenchTech mapping
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Paris. Toulouse. Grenoble. Montpellier. Lyon.
The FrenchTech initiative has promoted the creation of regional startup ecosystems. There are 14 different FrenchTech metropolis (Paris included). In 2015,almost 93.6% startups which raised funds (and 96.5% of total volume raised) were located within the French Tech metropolis network (Paris included). Parishegemony is tremendous: 58.2% of startups funded in 2015 (64.3% of volume raised) have their headquarter located in Paris area. PACA, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie are the next 3 main startup home places, weighting for 22.2% in total.
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Global TrendsInside the VCs’ mind
Will the rich always get richer ?
VCs’ investment activity has more than doubled this year. But what about money allocation through the different funding stages ? Is there a real move towards abigger place for Seed Series ? Well yes, but there’s still room for improvement. Series A and B have seen their median ticket and global volume doubled butSeed tours - which concern almost half of the total 2015 deals - are still craving for more institutional financings. For now, alternative financing actors such ascrowd equity platforms,crowd lending platformsand businessangels remain the main source of fund inflows to Seed stages.
The « 2/3 pre-money, 1/3 new money » law, a reality ?
One of the VCs’ rules acting as a law when entering in startup’s capital is: 1/3 of the valuation is injected in new money. Even if the global dilution median is28%, we observed that almost 50% of Series A and 45% of Series B this year have been structured with a dilution below 25%. One constant metric is that VCshardly ever invest with a dilution above 35%.
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€157m
Series B
€539m
Series D €262mSeries C
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Startup distribution by Series
19.1% 13.2%
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Global TrendsThe long journey of an entrepreneur
Startup lifetime and average waiting period at each stage of funding story.
53 months is the average waiting period between creation date and the Series A. Once you’ve reached this point, the typical delay until Series B is about 26months. At this point, you can start thinking about quicker development and easier access to funds. But as you can see on the red curve, only few startupssurvive to this obstacle course.
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Median time to reach Series B
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Global TrendsThe French startup cosmos
11 Sectors. 9 Business Models.
Our vision of the French startup landscape is a dual one. On one side, we focus on fields of application – what we called sector – and on the other side, we thinkin terms of core earning model of the business – or business model. We spaced the 497 transactions over 11 sectors (11 verticals from AdTech to Consulting)and 9 business models (9 horizontals from Subscription to Research).
Deal size (€m)Logarithmic scale
AdTech FinTech Digital Media IoT eCommerce Business Services
Consumer Services CleanTech MedTech /
BioTech Retail Consulting
SubscriptionCommissionPerformance eCommerce
HardwareRetail
Audience
ResearchService
Business Model
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Global TrendsFundraising opportunit ies split by sector
Are there sector investment patterns ?
Depending on average revenue and average deal size positioning, 4 main sector trends have been spotted. The first one covers startups generating low revenueand getting high deal size such as FinTech – highly VC attractive but mainly based on low commission revenue. VCs also strongly believe in disruptive hardwarecompanies. Demanding time and fund to validate their proof of concept and set up the production line, the IoT sector is consolidating and once revenues aregenerated, access to financing is significantly facilitated. eCommerce position in the matrix is rather indicative: based on non-recurring revenue and highmarketing expenses, the break-even point is rarely reached below €8m revenue. Reaching a critical size is compulsory to pretend to a VC-backed fundraising.We will analyse the impact on valuation further in the study.
AdTech
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Based on 171 investments with available 2015 revenues and new money between €0.5m and €40m
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Transaction MultiplesThe secret sauce unveiled
Valuation(startup) = a{sector ; business_model} + b{team ; product ; competition ; equity_stor y}
with “a” based on revenue & ecosystem analysis (Transaction Multiple approach)with “b” based on other driver analysis (qualitative approach)
How do Venture Capitalists (VCs) valuate Tech companies?
That’s what we want to explain with the formula above. The ultimate way to drive startups valuation on a more rational way thanexisting VC methods. “Pre-Money = 2x New Money” as VC partners say for early stage startups is no longer a viable valuationmethod.
a = 80%. b = 20%. Our main postulate.
We assume 80% of the value is driven by revenues, i.e. that we can obtain a consistent range of transaction multiples by {Sector;BM}subgroup and then, when it comes to value a new venture, to leverage the startup revenue by the median multiple of its {Sector;BM}subgroup.
Other more qualitative considerations such as team expertise, product, competition, equity story or market opportunities could beused to improve the value and explain why startups outperform their {Sector;BM} median multiple.
Understand startup earnings. Map startup ecosystem. Modelise Transaction Multiples. Valuate.
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Transaction MultiplesTech valuat ion snapshot
A splash of rational in the worldof startupvaluation.
At first sight, startup valuation seems to depend on both quantified and unquantified variables. Global momentum, market reaction, VCs’predictions and policies or management team profiles are all influencing startup perceived value. Getting a fair and objective view on thevaluation of a business might be a tricky task. But we did try to bring some rational into it and we strongly believe that each sector andrevenue generating model reveals its own trend. Here’s a snapshot of our study.
Subscription
Commission
Performance
eCommerce
Hardware
Audience
Research 7.95x
19.26x
26.58x
4.20x
12.20x
27.10x
8.72x
5.45
4.16x
6.39x
1.24x
4.44x
3.38x
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2015 EV/SALES by Business Models
1st quartile 3rd quartile
19.65x
10.06x
52.31x
8.54x
4.09x
23.08x
13.18x
28.68x
5.06x
3.93x
2.09x
6.56x
2.99x
1.26x
5.82x
3.29x
9.83x
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2015 EV/SALES by Sectors
AdTech
FinTech
Digital Media
IoT
eCommerce
Business Services
Consumer Services
CleanTech
MedTech / BioTech
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Transaction MultiplesThe {Sector;BM} matrix convergence points
SubscriptionCommissionPerformanceeCommerceHardwareRetailAudience
ResearchService
Deal size (€m)Logarithmic scale
AdTech FinTech Digital Media IoT eCommerce Business Services
Consumer Services CleanTech MedTech /
BioTech Retail Consulting
AdTech X SubscriptionBusiness Services X Subscription95 startups€280m total funding
FinTech X CommissioneCommerce X Commission
Consumer Services X Commission77 startups
€360m total funding
IoT X HardwareCleanTech X HardwareMedTech / BioTech X Hardware76 startups€300m total funding
MedTech / BioTech X Research30 startups€175m total funding
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Transaction MultiplesAdTech
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5.06x2.16xAdTech
Subscription
Performance6.55x2.55x
4.15x2.32x
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution23
€1.09m
33%
€4.97m
24.8%€2.5m
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
Reaching the critical mass.
Mainly structured around subscription and performance models (CPC/CPM/CPA/etc.) linked to the advertising ecosystem, AdTech venturesare valued on relatively discounted multiples. VCs focus on mature startups (€5m median revenue) with a proven business model and anestablished network of publishers. Reaching a critical mass is crucial in view of AdTech ecosystem complexity and offers/technologiesfragmentation.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
1st quartile 3rd quartile
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Transaction MultiplesFinTech
20 €3.1m
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Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
€0.55m€1.32m
Sector medianAll in all median
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
FinTech
Commission25.63x10.02x
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28.68x9.83x
30.0x
A huge seductive power.
VCs’ craze for FinTech startups is real. While still fragmented and immature, potential booming and disruptive FinTech technology market iscurrently attracting financing from almost any kind of VC. Commission business model is prevailing and the average debit percentage is prettylow: close to 5%. Therefore, although the median revenue of FinTech startup is the lowest one, all bets are off and this trend pushes upEV/Sales multiples.
Med. Amountraised
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
1st quartile 3rd quartile
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Transaction MultiplesDigital Media
Digital Media
Audience
0.0x 5.0x 10.0x 15.0x 20.0x 25.0x
5.90x2.42x
13.18x3.29x
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
15 €3.1m
€2m
11%
€4.47m
28.1%
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
Concentration trend.
Few deals, but high ones. Digital Media sector is consolidating around big actors. Cross media, cross canal and cross audience: theperspectives are promising and VCs are valuing that on consistent transaction multiples basis. Mainly based on audience model, expectationsin terms of revenue and media exposure are high.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
1st quartile 3rd quartile
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Transaction MultiplesIoT
IoT
Hardware4.12x
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21.65x
23.08x5.82x
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
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€2.1m
€1m17%
€1.79m
32.3%
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
Take time to develop yourproduct, VCs are patient.
When investing in IoT, VCs generally expect startups to generate revenue (only 17% of pre revenue deals). Most of the time, average €2mticket size is to go for market distribution. Yet, as any CAPEX incentive models, prototyping and industrialisation are crucial financing steps andsome VCs size opportunities while hedging their risk with relatively high dilution.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
1st quartile 3rd quartile
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Transaction MultipleseCommerce
eCommerce
Commission
eCommerce
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6.09x3.51x
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Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
19 €2.5m
€0.51m13%
€3.6m
27%
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
Critical size reaching is… highly critical.
eCommerce actors experience fierce competition from global players and suffer from low technological barrieres and a high level of OPEXexpenses. It explains that VCs’ expectations in terms of revenue and profitability are higher than in other sectors. Reaching a critical mass toprove the viability of the model is a must-have to access to Series A.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
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Transaction MultiplesBusiness Services
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8.54x2.99xBusiness Services
Performance
2.0x
Subscription8.03x2.93x
7.93x6x
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
70
€2m
€0.95m13%€2.5m
24.8%
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
B2B reduces hazards and explains lowmultiplesdispersion.
Business services represent the biggest sector when considering the number and the volume of deals in French venture capital: fundraisingsof startup ventures from this subgroup are a benchmark to all others sectors since they give consistent medians to compare with. It is all themore interesting to notice differences between the sector’s medians and general trends, such as outstandingly low percentage of pre-revenuedeals. In the whole, the group is a dispersed investment market with relatively small deals for low-revenues startups and 25% market-practicedilution. Subscription is the classic business model, yet performance promises better valuation, which explains the rush to revenue-indexedSaaS plans.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
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Transaction MultiplesConsumer Services
24 €1.7m
€0.47m
19%
€1.25m
21.9%
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
Consumer Services
Commission
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185.94x2.93x
Money does not make « Winner-Takes-All » markets.
The observed median deal size in consumer services is relatively low. It appears conterintuitive in regards to the journalistic “Winner-Takes-All”speech but investors’ reality is that B2C venture capital is a dispersed market formed by startups with outstanding small revenues of which19% are considered pre-revenue. Investments are hazardous with high dispersion in valuation multiple: venture capitalists commit smallamounts of money and wait for product-market fit and growth before massively injecting cash in later rounds. It is worth noticing thatconsumer services outperform global commission business model multiples thanks to high margins (around 20%).
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
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Transaction MultiplesCleanTech
CleanTech
Hardware
Subscription
0.0x 5.0x 10.0x 15.0x 20.0x 25.0x
12.23x2.99x
21.87x6.61x
2.14x1.93x
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
25 €2.5m
€1.5m
36%
€3.31m
27%
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
Sector medianAll in all median
Investors in cleantech focus on revenue growth.
The median deal size in cleantech is relatively high and the median operation rather dilutive. It is not surprising when considering that hardwareis the most common business model of the subgroup. Cleantech ventures need high investments to develop their products and investorshedge technology uncertainties, industrial risks and operational delays by heavily acquiring preferred equity stocks. Yet, the median revenue ofVC-backed ventures is +€3.3m and this tells an other counterintuitive story: venture capitalists expect cleantech startups to commercialiseand earn money quickly after their series A otherwise they won’t participate in the next round.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
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Transaction MultiplesMedTech / BioTech
MedTech / BioTech
Research
Hardware
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7.95x5.45x
19.65x3.93x
8.38x 24.2x
Global SectorGlobal BMSector x BM
No. deals
Med. Amountraised
Share of prerevenue deals
Med. Revenue
Med. dillution
Med. gap1
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7 years before commercialisation.
Medtech/biotech startups have €1m median revenue and 59% are considered pre-revenue. Ventures in this sector are financially hazardoussince the main business model is research. Yet, investors cannot hedge their risks by committing small tickets and diversifying becauseMedtech/Biotech may need +3 rounds of financing before generating revenues. So venture capitalists ask for high dilutions and valueintangible assets such as patents for guarantee. Nonetheless, when a startup starts earning revenues, its market monopolistic position explainx7 median revenue multiple with low range dispersion.
1Gap between amount disclose and amount effectively raised
1st quartile 3rd quartile
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BonusSaaS model insights
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EV/ARR, the true multiple for SaaS model valuation.
SaaS models from Subscription sub model are based on same financial characteristics: Recurring revenues. In most of time, annual Sales are not relevant to appreciate the recurrence of the flows and an other indicator EV/ARR* has to be determined to improve the fairness of the valuation. As we say below on the Transaction Multiples part, subscription models are not linked to pre-revenue models and SaaS Transaction Multiples are substantially linked to growth rate.
In our statistical analysis, we note that linear regression on EV/ARR vs. Growth Rate is higher than on Sales basis to prove the better correlation with recurring valuation approach. VCs are in mind some critical MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenues) size determining the ability of the startup to access type of Series. €80k to be comfortable at A Series level. €400k to go at B+ Series level.
ARR (Annual Recurr ing Revenue) = MRR (Monthly Recurr ing Revenue) x 12
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Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) vs. amount raised
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BonusWhat about pre-revenue Tech companies valuat ion?
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VCs’ appetite for pre-revenue Tech companies is substantially linked to sector combining with business model.
There are 3 reasons VCs invest in startups who have not yet generated revenue. Either it is research-focus, in its hardware proof of concept period, or on itsway to reach a critical size.
Research category gathers exclusively MedTech / BioTech sector companies. VCs have no specific commercial considerations and are present at each fundingstage from seed to B+ series. Hardware companies (in MedTech, IoT and CleanTech) have to make viable prototype to test the market before consolidate astructured revenue, that is the reason why they are VC backed mainly until the A Series round. After that stage, commercial VC’s expectations are gettingserious. Same logic with a even higher expectation level for startups who have to make investment to build a first viable audience to access a market on aprofitable way.
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BonusNew Money Bullshit Gap
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FinTech
Digital Media
IoT
eCommerce
Business Services
Consumer Services
CleanTech
MedTech / BioTech
New money amount announced / Equity really raised
Median
20% Bullshit gap between the amounts announced in the press and real equity raised.
This gap can be partly explained by the leverage some startups use on top of the equity they raise: Convertible bonds, BPI loans, etc. Moreover, theamounts announced in the press sometimes includes cash in + cash out witch is not disclosed into BODACC Legal information. Nevertheless, we note thateven if we take leverage and cash out apart amounts announced are still inflated due to the positive impact it has on the market. Everyone wants to investon the biggest.
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BonusTop Tech companies valuat ion by sector
AdTech FinTech Digital Media IoT eCommerce Business Services Consumer Services CleanTech MedTech / BioTech
#1 Holimetrix 6.55x Lendix 109.24x Happn 21.21x Sigfox 47.97x La ruche qui dit oui 17.88x Videodesk 72.30x GuestToGuest 247.94x SunPartner Technologies 54.06x Theraclion 42.79x
#2 AdotMob 5.00x Finsquare 25.63x Amplement 13.26x Actility 47.18x Sculpteo 6.32x Hopwork 56.87x Zenpark 114.40x Enertime 21.87x Poietis 34.50x
#3 Netwave 4.57x Compte-‐Nickel 21.03x Kudoz 12.94x Multix 29.88x 1001pharmacies.com 6.09x Doctolib 24.37x Blablacar 62.67x APR2 10.26x Defymed 24.22x
Med. 3.36x 18.18x 9.42x 8.56x 3.28x 6.03x 22.74x 4.25x 8.38x
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