The Valuation Ticker
The Valuation Ticker is a venture capital valuation tracking tool that utilizes the average daily close prices of public companies in particular industries. Each of these companies received venture capital or private equity funding prior to their IPO. Utilizing averages from 1999 to present, these daily figures are then applied to the most recent post-money valuation of a private, venture-backed company within the same industry, as calculated by VC Experts, to simulate the movement of that company's valuation on a daily basis. Additional data is utilized as a comparative measure, including the NASDAQ and S&P 500 indexes.
Why Should I Care?
Being that the data resources of the tool are divided by industry, one can view possible outcomes of the valuation of a private company based on similar companies in the same industry that have already completed an IPO. It could help determine entry points into the public market or allow the user to track the trends and fluctuations of the valuations through the current economic times.
What Makes this Tool Different?
Compared to similar tools, the greatest difference of our Valuation Ticker lies with the granularity of our public company selection.. Instead of blindly grouping all companies, we break them apart by industry, so that the user is viewing comparable data within the same industry.
For example, if you are looking at a private IT/Software company from the KIT database, then the comparable data used in the Valuation Ticker would be from public companies from the IT/Software industry. You would NOT see data of a private IT/Software company compared to an entire index of varied industries.
Think of it as comparing Apples to Apples and not Apples to the entire Produce Section.
What is KIT?
KIT is an interactive database of private companies, and includes information about individual investments, deal terms, and valuations. Please see our section on "Using KIT" for more detailed instructions on the functionality of KIT.
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