Silicon Valley Startup & Funding Trends

June 2012

Facebook IPO

Secondary Markets & Crowd Funding

AngelList

The Jobs Act

Post-IPO is the Wrong Time to Make Money on Startups

Impact on Startup Stages

• Pre-Seed

• Seed to Series A

• Series B+

• Pre-IPO

Yammer Acquisition

The Paul Graham Letter

Institutional Investors (Where to Park Money)

Mood Check

Recommendations for US Startups

• No more social

• Focus on revenue businesses

• Choose big markets

Recommendations for Japanese Startups

• Don’t underestimate difficulties in living in the US

• Build in Japan + Asia

@raygrieselhuber

ray@ginzametrics.com

www.ginzametrics.com/blog

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