This document discusses how investing small amounts in well-known tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and LinkedIn during their early funding rounds could have led to large returns today. It notes that $20 investments in Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and LinkedIn when they raised their initial seed or Series A funding would be worth hundreds of thousands, thousands, and thousands of dollars respectively today. The document concludes by promoting Symbid as an equity-based crowdfunding platform that allows investing in tomorrow's fast growing companies.
The promise of equity-based crowdfunding: How investing $20 in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more could have made you a fortune
1. The promise of Equity-BasedCrowdfunding Whatif the fastestgrowing companies of the last decade would have crowdfundedtheirgrowth?
2. Facebook Facebook is the world’slargestsocialnetwork, with over 500 million users. Ifyouwould have invested $20 in Facebookduringtheir Series A investment round in September 2005, your investment would have been worthtoday $240,000! Peter Thiel invested in September 2005 500K for a 10% stake. Today’svaluation of Facebook at $60 billionwouldbringhim $6 billion.
3. Microsoft Microsoft is a veteran software company, best knownforitsMicrosoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Ifyouwould have invested $20 in Microsoft duringtheir IPO on March 13, 1986 your investment would have been worthtoday $7200!
4. Twitter Twitterallows users to post text updates via SMS, instant messaging, email, Twitter’s website andthird party applications. Users have theirown profile page that displays theirlatest updates. Ifyouwould have invested $20 in Twitter in their Series A investment roundwheretheyraised$5 millionon a $20 million pre-money valuation in July, 2007 your investment would have been worthtoday $2,960!
5. LinkedIn With over 100 million users representing over 200 countriesaround the world, LinkedIn is a fast-growing professional networking site thatallows members tocreate business contacts, search for jobs, andfindpotentialclients. Ifyouwould have invested $20 in LinkedIn in November, 2003 duringtheirSeries A financing of $4.7 million your investment would have been worthtoday $6,810! Sequoia Capital, which led a $4.7 million investment in 2003, now owns 17.8% of the company. That stake was worth about $1.6 billion.
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